INVITED LECTURES:

2017

• EPA-Ffar4 Cardioprotective Signaling: Implications for HFpEF. Program in Physiology, Pennsylvania State University, January 2017.

• EPA-FFAR4 Cardioprotective Signaling: Implications for HFpEF. Neuroscience Program, University of St. Thomas, February 2017.

• EPA-Ffar4 Cardioprotective Signaling: Implications for HFpEF. Cardiology Division, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, February 2017.

• Compartmentalized alpha1-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Physiologic Function in Cardiac Myocytes. Department of Physiology, Marquette University, April 2017.

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2016

• Compartmentalized alpha1-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Physiologic Function in Cardiac Myocytes. ISHR, International Section Meeting, April 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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2014

• Compartmentalized α1-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Physiologic Function in Cardiac Myocytes. McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina, January 2014.

 

• Compartmentalized α1-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Physiologic Function in Cardiac Myocytes. ISHR North American Section Meeting, May 2014, Miami, FL.

 

• Eicosapentaenoic Acid Prevents Interstitial Fibrosis in a Pressure Overload Model of Heart Failure. AHA Sessions, November 2014, Chicago, IL.

 

2013

• Cardiac α1-Adrenergic Receptors: Clinical Importance, Physiologic Function, and Novel Signaling Mechanisms. Cardiology Grand Rounds. The University of Montreal, February 2013.

 

• Cardiac α1-adrenergic receptors; Clinical importance, physiologic function and novel signaling mechanisms. The Department of Pharmacology, The University of Minnesota. June 2013.

 

2012

• Novel G-Protein Coupled Receptor Targets for the Treatment of Heart Failure. Seminar Series. The University of Minnesota, August 2012.

 

2011

• New directions in α1-adrenergic receptor signaling in cardiac myocytes. Cardiovascular Research Seminar Series, San Diego State University, March 3, 2011, San Diego, CA.

 

• α1-Adrenergic receptors do no function as typical Gq-coupled receptors in cardiac myocytes.  BRIN Faculty Retreat, The University of South Dakota, July 29 2001, Vermillion, SD

 

• α1-ARs aren’t typical Gq-coupled receptors in cardiac myocytes. Keynote Address, 4th Annual Graduate Science Research Symposium, South Dakota State University, August 18, 2011, Brookings, SD.

 

2010

• Nuclear GPCRs in cardiac myocytes. Gordon Research Conference, “Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms,” June 2010, New London, NH.

 

• Nuclear α1-adrenergic receptors in cardiac myocytes. San Francisco VA Medical Center and The University of California, San Francisco, July 2010.

 

2009

• Nuclear α1-adrenergic receptors and cardioprotective signaling in cardiac myocytes. ISHR North American Section Meeting, May 2009, Baltimore, MD. Session: Cardiac Hypertrophy: Novel Mechanisms.

 

2007

• α1-AR Survival Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes: Novel Mechanisms of α1-AR Signaling. Cardiovascular Research Seminar Series, The University of Minnesota, May 2007, Minneapolis, MN.

 

2003

• Double knockout of the α1A/C- and α1B-adrenergic receptors increases mortality and induces abnormal remodeling and heart failure after aortic constriction. American Heart Association Sessions, November 2003, Orlando, FL, Session: Myocardial Hypertrophy and Disruption of Molecular Machinery.

 

2002

• α1-Adrenergic receptors are required for stress responses in the heart. American Heart Association Sessions, November 2002, Chicago, IL, Session: Thomas Smith Memorial Lecture and Signal Transduction Targets in Cardiac Hypertrophy.

 

2001

• α1-Adrenergic Receptor Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Function: Insights from α1A/α1B-Adrenergic Receptor Double Knockout Mice.  International Society for Heart Research, July 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Session: Richard J. Bing Young Investigator Award.

 

• α1-Adrenergic Receptor Regulation of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Function: Insights from α1A/α1B-Adrenergic Receptor Double Knockout Mice.  Cardiovascular Research Seminar Series, Mayo Clinic, November 2001, Rochester, MN.

 

2000

• Characterization of α1- and β-adrenergic receptor binding in α1A/α1B-adrenergic receptor double knockout mice.  American Heart Association Sessions, November 2000, New Orleans, LA, Session: Adrenergic Receptors in Heart.