VBC Faculty Labs

Research Focus: The role of the endothelium & reactive oxygen & nitrogen species in cardiovascular disease.

David FULTON LAB

 

Fax: 706-721-9799
Lab: CL-3731A|phone icon 706-721-1900

Research Focus: Hypoxia dependent angiogenesis & peripheral arterial disease.

Brian Annex Lab

Office: BI-5076|Fax: 706-721-9405
Lab: CL-3072/ phone icon 706-446-0259

Research Focus: Mechanisms of cardiometabolic disease.

Neal WEINTRAUB LAB

 

Office: CB-3330C

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Research Focus: Mechanisms of hypertension in metabolic diseases.

Eric BELIN DE CHANTEMÈLE LAB

 

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB 3212B|Lab: CB-3205

Research Focus: The role of neurovascular inflammation in ischemic retinal diseases.

Ruth CALDWELL LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3209A|Lab: CB-3315

Research Focus: Macrophage biology in atherosclerosis.

Gábor CSÁNYI LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3213A|Lab: CB-3904

Research Focus: Oxidative stress & Copper transporters in vascular metabolic disease.

Tohru FUKAI LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB 3330B|Lab: CB-3201B

Research Focus: ROS (redox) signaling in angiogenesis & ischemicvascular & metabolic disease.

Masuko USHIO-FUKAI LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB 3212A|Lab: CB-3201B

Research Focus: Endothelial Metabolism & Epigenetics in Ischemic Cardiovascular Diseases.

Ganta Lab
Office: CB-3942

Research Focus: links between HIV and pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) while identifying the molecular mechanisms through which HIV-derived proteins contribute to the pathological processes of HIV-associated pulmonary vascular remodeling & cardiopulmonary alterations.

László Kovács, PhD 

Office: CB-2608| Office phone icon 706-446-4449 | Lab: CB-2701A | Lab phone icon 706-446-0298

Research Focus: Significance of ufmylation in the heart & the role of deubiquitinases (DUBs) in the heart

Jie Li Lab

 

Office: CB-3717 |Lab: Cb-3716

Research Focus: Molecular regulation of vascular smooth muscle pathophysiology.

Xiaochun Long Lab

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CL-3004|Lab: CL-3072

Research Focus: Novel therapies for pulmonary edema

RUDOLF LUCAS LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3713|Lab: CB-3714

Research Focus: CRISPR editing in mice & cells to elucidate coding & noncoding sequence function.

 Joseph MIANO LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CL-3060|Lab: CL-3072

Research Focus: To understand the role of sex chromosomes (XX and XY) contribution to cardiovascular disease including arterial stiffening. 

Ben Ogola Lab

Lab phone: 706-446-0297
Office: CB-3330A|Lab: CB-3205

Research Focus: Oncogenes in cardiovascular development & disease.

Brian STANSFIELD LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3212A|Lab: CB-3203

Research Focus: Cardiovascular complications of obesity.

David STEPP LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3211|Lab: CB-3319

Research Focus: Protein quality control in cardiac disease.

Huabo SU LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3704|Lab: CB-3705, 3908

Research Focus: Developmental signaling pathways in adult cardiac & skeletal muscle repair.

YAO LIANG TANG LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3303A|Lab: CB-3302, CB-3303

Research Focus: Cytoskeletal mechanisms of acute lung injury & repair.

ALEXANDER VERIN LAB

Fax: 706-721-9799
Office: CB-3210A|Lab: CB-3701