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Jonathan Schisler, M.S., Ph.D., In Collaboration With Matthew Wolfgang, Ph.D., Selected As Finalists For The 2022 Creativity Hub Award

January 25, 2022

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, MS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, in collaboration with Matthew Wolfgang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, for being selected as finalists for the 2022 Creativity Hub Award. Their research creativity hub, CTSB-RID (Center for Therapeutic Systems Biology of Respiratory Infections Diseases), seeking a better understanding of the … Read more

Brian C. Jensen M.D., In Collaboration With Current and Former McAllister Heart Institute Members, Publishes In The Journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

January 25, 2022

Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in collaboration with current and former MHI members, Silvio Antoniak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, also a member of the UNC Blood Research Center, and Zhaokang Cheng, Ph.D., former postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Taylor’s Lab and current Postdoctoral Research … Read more

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sophie Maiocchi, Receives K99/R00 Pathway To Independence Award From The National Institutes Of Health’s (NIH) National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (NHLBI)

January 10, 2022

Congratulations to Sophie Maiocchi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bahnson Research Group, for recently receiving a K99/R00 pathway to independence award from the NIH’s NHLBI. Sophie’s project is titled “Targeted Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease and Its Clinical Complications”.  

The Griffith Lab, In Collaboration With Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D., John P. Vavalle, M.D., And Alisa Wolberg, Ph.D., And In Partnership With The University Of California-Irvine And The University Of Utah, Awarded R01 Grant From The National Institutes Of Health (NIH)

January 10, 2022

Congratulations to the Lab of Boyce Griffith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics, Adjunct Associate Professor of Applied Physical Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, in collaboration with Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D., Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery; Assistant Professor of Surgery, John P. Vavalle, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, UNC Structural Heart Disease Program; Associate Program Director, … Read more

Graduate Student, Natalie Harris, And Alumni Graduate Student, Natalie Nielsen, Publish In The Journal Circulation Research

November 22, 2021

Congratulations to Natalie Harris, a graduate student, and Natalie Nielsen, an alumni graduate student, both in Dr. Caron’s Lab, for publishing paper, titled “VE-Cadherin Is Required for Cardiac Lymphatic Maintenance and Signaling”, in the journal Circulation Research. The “Natalies’” much anticipated paper focuses on the novel role of VE-cadherin in cardiac lymphatics. It will be … Read more

Matthew J. Flick, Ph.D. Appointed Chairman Of The 2022 Gordon Research Conference On Plasminogen Activation And Extracellular Proteolysis

November 22, 2021

Congratulations to Matthew J. Flick, Ph.D., Member of McAllister Heart Institute; Associate Professor of Pathology, UNC Blood Research Center, for recently being appointed to chair the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis. An overarching objective of this meeting is to bring together biomedical practice with the biology of plasminogen activation factors, … Read more

Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D. Appointed To The National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (NHLBI) Advisory Council Of The National Institutes Of Health (NIH)

November 22, 2021

Congratulations to Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for recently being appointed to the NHLBI Advisory Council of the NIH. The Council advises the NHLBI and its Director, Dr. Gary Gibbons, on research directions and funding priorities, and meets approximately 4 times/year.

The Conlon Lab Publishes In The Journal Developmental Cell

November 9, 2021

Congratulations to the Lab of Frank L. Conlon, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Genetics, for publishing paper, titled “Cardiac proteomics reveals sex chromosome-dependent differences between males and females that arise prior to gonad formation”, in the journal Developmental Cell. The work from Dr. Conlon’s Lab team was co-led by postdoctoral fellow, Wei Shi. It was … Read more