Dr. Yen-Lin Chen Wins American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Postdoctoral Scientist Award
Dr. Yen-Lin Chen wins American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Postdoctoral Scientist Award. Congratulations!!
Dr. Zdravka Daneva Wins American Society for Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics Cardiovascular Pharmacology Postdoctoral Scientist Award
Dr. Zdravka Daneva wins American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Cardiovascular Pharmacology Postdoctoral Scientist Award. Congratulations!!
Wolf Lab Published Paper in Circulation Research
Wolf lab published a paper in Circulation Research, Inhibition of DYRK 1a Enhances Cardiomyocyte Cycling After Myocardial Infarction. Go here to view the here – ahajournals.org
Dr. Sonkusare Awarded Dean’s Excellence in Faculty Research Award
Go here to view the recipients – SOM website
Dr. Zhen Yan Given Distinguished Researcher Award – Congratulations!!
Zhen Yan works on the fundamental signaling processes in muscle, in order to determine its potential to maintain health and prevent muscle from being a contributor to disease. After discovering that endurance exercise improves mitochondrial function by clearing damaged or … Read More
Dr. Zdravka (Ava) Daneva publishes her findings in PNAS!
Dr. Ava Daneva published a first-author paper in PNAS in April 2021. This manuscript discovers a vital role for endothelial caveolin-1:TRPV4 channel signaling in maintaining a low resting pulmonary arterial pressure. Dr. Daneva also showed that disrupted caveolin-1:TRPV4 channel signaling … Read More
Dr. Yen-Lin Chen awarded an American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship!
Dr. Yen-Lin Chen, a postdoctoral fellow in the Sonkusare lab, has been awarded a competitive two-year postdoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association for his work on smooth muscle cell TRPV4 ion channels in blood pressure regulation. Yen-Lin`s research focuses … Read More
Dr. Zhen Yan quoted in article from The New York Times, Parents` Diet and Exercise Habits, Even Before Birth, May Contribute to Child`s Well-Being
The New York Times features an article quoting Dr. Zhen Yan about the potential benefits of exercise while pregnant. Dr. Yan headed a study, Exercise during pregnancy mitigates negative effects of parental obesity on metabolic function in adult mouse offspring. … Read More
Owens Lab article, Discovery Reveals Potential Way to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes
Scientists at the School of Medicine have identified a potential way to head off heart attacks and strokes by strengthening the fibrous caps overlying atherosclerotic plaques that naturally accumulate inside our arteries. These fatty lesions can rupture, triggering blood clots … Read More
Yan Lab article, Exercise during pregnancy can prevent noncommunicable diseases in offspring
New research out of the University of Virginia suggests that exercise during pregnancy may significantly reduce expectant mothers` children`s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life. Zhen Yan said this research was inspired by the vast … Read More