Published May 24, 2024
MONROE, LA – Dr. Nektarios Barabutis has been named Researcher of the Semester for Spring 2024
by the ULM Office of Sponsored Programs and Research (OSPR.) Dr. Barabutis is an Associate
Professor of Pharmacology in the College of Pharmacy at ULM. He joined forces with
the School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences in October 2017 as a
tenure-track Assistant Professor.
His basic research endeavors are focused on elucidating cellular mechanisms involved
in human disease in order to try to promote our understanding of disease pathogenesis
and contribute to the development of new pharmacotherapies against severe disorders.
Special emphasis is given to delineating the molecular network dictating endothelial
barrier function since vascular leak is the hallmark of potentially lethal conditions.
Based on that expertise, he was invited to participate as an ad-hoc reviewer in The
Respiratory Integrative Biology and Translational Research standing study section
of the National Institutes of Health.
Since joining the University of Louisiana Monroe, Dr. Barabutis has published 68 manuscripts
in peer-reviewed journals, including Endocrinology, American Journal of Physiology
- Cell Physiology, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. The investigator was recently
invited to submit an article to Trends in Cell Biology (Impact Factor: 19), in order
to review and articulate deliberations on the topic of endothelium regulation and
advanced therapeutics. He also serves as a Section Editor in Data in Brief (Elsevier)
and MethodsX (Elsevier), as an Associate Editor in Frontiers in Pharmacology, and
participates in the editorial board of BMC Pulmonary Medicine (Springer Nature). His
research program has been continuously funded by extramural resources since 2018,
and it is currently supported by the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (NIGMS/NIH
P2O GM103424-21). A full list of his publications in PubMed can be found here.
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research commends Dr. Barabutis for the important
research and work he is doing on behalf of the University of Louisiana Monroe and
his impact on the world.
