Congratulations to Ameya Chaudhari, a postdoctoral student, in Dr. Nguyen’s Lab, for recently receiving a GSK Fellowship Award. The GSK Fellowship is strategically awarded to applicants who have made an outstanding contribution to the graduate program, demonstrate evidence of outstanding research accomplishments, and have the potential for a highly successful career that will have a … Continued

Congratulations to Boa Kim, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Lineberger Cancer Center, for the receipt of P&F award from the UNC NORC and SPLENDOR-NC Program. The grant, titled, “Do endothelial lipid droplets buffer the kinetics of lipid transport?”, is a 1-year grant. SPLENDOR-NC … Continued

Congratulations to John S. Ikonomidis, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Adam Akerman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, for publishing articles, titled “Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells and their secreted extracellular vesicles in thoracic aortic aneurysm disease” and “A standardized method for plasma extracellular vesicle … Continued

Congratulations to Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, in collaboration with Arthur P. Arnold, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), for publishing article, titled “Sex-chromosome mechanisms in cardiac development and disease”, in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research. The work was featured on the cover of … Continued

Congratulations to Danielle Buglak, Ph.D., a Cell Biology and Physiology alumnae graduate student, formerly in the Bautch Lab, for publishing article, titled “Nuclear SUN1 stabilizes endothelial cell junctions via microtubules to regulate blood vessel formation”, in eLife magazine. The work is a beautiful study of how a nuclear-membrane localized protein affects endothelial cell junctions and … Continued

Congratulations to Emma Bouck and Dre Dobson, both graduate students, currently in Dr. Wolbeg’s Lab, for successfully defending their Ph.D. theses. Dre is also an alumus of North Carolina A&T State University, studying genetic modifiers of fibrinogen expression and specializing in molecular biology tools and assays. This has been a huge week in the Wolberg … Continued

Congratulations to Ricardo Scheufen Tieghi, an undergraduate student, and his mentor, Dr. Pauline Bougaran, a postdoctoral fellow, both in Dr. Bautch’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2023 SURF award from NIST. This award provides funds to do research in the Bautch Lab on nuclear SUN proteins in vascular biology.

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, MS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, for presenting and moderating at the 2023 NCI SeroNet Investigators Meeting. Dr. Schisler did a great job presenting and moderating on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) campus, featuring his work with SAS Software, Matthew Wolfgang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; Faculty Director, … Continued

Congratulations to Joan M. Taylor, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for being selected to serve as the Director of Faculty Advancement for the UNC SOM’s FALD. Dr. Taylor will develop and disseminate resources pertaining to Appointments, Promotion and Tenure (APT), serve as an APT liaison between … Continued

Congratulations to Mairead Heavey, a Ph.D. student, who received a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University at Buffalo, a member of Dr. Nguyen’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2023 Feng Liu Award from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s DPMP. This award is given to a UNC DPMP student who … Continued