Congratulations to the Lab of Robert Wirka, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Cardiology, for the receipt of R01 grant, entitled “The role of Twist1 in smooth muscle cells during atherosclerosis”, from NIH’s NHLBI. Over the next 5 years, this funding will allow the lab to define fundamental smooth … Read more

        Congratulations to Gabrielle B. Bais, a graduate student with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Biology and a part of the Cell Biology and Physiology (CBP) curriculum, currently in Dr. Giudice’s Lab, Emily “Gracie” Clark, a graduate student with a Bachelor’s Degree (BC) and a part of the Biochemistry and Biophysics … Read more

Congratulations to Robert Wirka, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Cardiology, for publishing a paper, titled “ZEB2 Shapes the Epigenetic Landscape of Atherosclerosis”, in the journal Circulation. This co-first author paper was based off of some of the work Dr. Wirka did as a post-doc during his Cardiology Fellowship … Read more