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Congratulations to Jessica Cote, a postdoctoral research associate in Jimena Giudice’s Lab for recently receiving a prestigious F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the NIAMS at the NIH. Jessica will use the award to study the impact of specific alternative splicing events on skeletal muscle development. The F32 provides stipend support and...

Congratulations to Aung Moe Zaw, Ph.D., Director and Head Surgeon, MHI-Cardiovascular Physiology and Phenotyping Core, for the receipt of CFAC awards. Dr. Zaw received $37,550 for a Mouse Working Heart Foundation System (Fall 2023) and $15,300 for a rodent surgical monitor and small animal ventilator (Spring 2024).

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, MS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, for being featured in the UNC Office of Graduate Education 2023-24 Mentoring Shout-Out. The Office of Graduate Education at UNC SOM honored Dr. Schisler for his strong mentorship. He was nominated by a whopping 24 people.

Congratulations to the Lab of Brian C. Jensen, M.D., an MHI member and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, for publishing paper, titled “The alpha-1A adrenergic receptor regulates mitochondrial oxidative metabolism in the mouse heart” in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. The lead author on the paper was...

Jensen Lab Receives NHLBI Funding Renewal

NIH is implementing multiple changes that will impact the preparation and peer review of most grant applications submitted to NIH for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. Although each of these initiatives have specific goals, they are all meant to simplify, clarify, or ensure greater fairness. We just...

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 CDA from the AHA. Dr. Kim received this 3-year grant to study endothelial lipid droplets in endothelial dysfunction.

Congratulations to Yanhan Dong, a postdoctoral fellow in the Lab of Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing paper, titled “Single-cell chromatin profiling reveals genetic programs activating proregenerative states in nonmyocyte cells”, in the journal Science Advances. This work is featured in the 21 February...

Congratulations to Rebekah Sanchez-Hodge, Lab Manager/Research Associate in the Schisler Lab, for recently receiving a UNC SOM staff professional development grant for Spring 2024. This pilot program grant provides funds to support the professional development of SOM staff members. Becky will also present her abstract, “The pro-atherogenic effects of CXCL5...

Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., an MHI member and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, for recently receiving promotion to Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology in UNC’s Division of Cardiology and Department of Pharmacology.