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5th Meeting of the Gulf Coast Physiological Society
2009
LSU
Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S) hosted the 5th Annual Gulf
Coast Physiological Society Meeting April 17-18 in New Orleans on the campus
of LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) immediately before
the APS Experimental Biology 2009 Annual Meeting. Matt
Grisham
(LSUHSC-S) served as President of the meeting with the Organizing Committee
consisting of Steve
Alexander
(LSUHSC-S), Neil
Granger
(LSUHSC-S), Norman
Harris
(LSUHSC-S), Mary
Townsley
(University of South Alabama),
Patricia Molina
(LSUHSC-NO) and Gabby
Navar
(Tulane University).
Mark
Gladwin
(University of Pittsburgh) was selected as the Keynote speaker for the
meeting and gave a very entertaining lecture entitled “Haldane, Hot Dogs
and Halitosis”. In addition, 4 junior faculty members were invited to
present their work as 30 minute oral presentations. These presenters
included Jerry
Breslin
(LSUHSC-NO), Khalid
Matrougui (Tulane
University), Michael
Ryan
(University of Mississippi) and Mark
Taylor (University
of South Alabama).
Finally, the abstracts submitted by 8 trainees (post docs and graduate
students) were selected as 15 minute oral presentations. Following their
presentations, Sydney
Murphy
(University of Mississippi) and
Caroline Raasch
(LSUHSC-NO), both PhD students, were each presented with and APS-sponsored
Student Award of $250 each.
Keynote speaker (Mark Gladwin) as well as the
junior faculty and trainees (post docs and students) who were
invited/selected to speak at the GCPS meeting.
Photo Key (left to right):
Jerry Breslin
(Asst Prof; LSU-NO), Sungmi Park
(Post doc; LSU-NO), Robert Siggins
(Post doc; LSU-NO), Annie Whitaker
(student; LSU-NO), Fridirk Karlsson
(student; LSU-Shreveport), Mark
Gladwin (Keynote speaker;
University of Pittsburgh), Caroline Raasch
(student; LSU-NO), Serena Li-Sue Yan
(student; LSU-Shreveport), Sydney
Murphy (student; University of
Mississippi), Matt Grisham
(LSU-Shreveport) and Khalid Matrougui
(Asst Prof; Tulane University). Not pictured:
Michael Ryan
(Asst Prof; University of Mississippi),
Magdalena Circu
(Post doc; LSU-Shreveport) and
Mark Taylor
(Asst Prof; University of South Alabama).
The
meeting attracted 82 participants of which 44 submitted abstracts. Attendees
represented 6 different Universities/Colleges (LSUHSC-S, LSUHSC-NO), Tulane
University, University of Mississippi, University of South Alabama and
Centenary College in Shreveport).
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