Excited to share the latest review in AJP-Heart from the Laboratory of Dr. Helen Collins, led by Avery N. Kendall. From bump to pump: extracellular matrix remodeling, dynamics, and biomechanics in the maternal heart explores how the maternal heart adapts during pregnancy.

More good news is coming out of the Carll Lab in the Center — and it’s arriving in rapid succession. Dr. Alex Carll (pictured) has been awarded a $3.9M NIH R01 grant for a new project titled: “Cardiorespiratory and Autonomic Impacts of Coolants in E‑Cigarette Aerosols.”

Cooling additives in e-cigs aren’t harmless. New work from the Carll Lab shows synthetic coolants (WS‑3, WS‑23) ↑ autonomic imbalance and trigger ventricular arrhythmias—independent of nicotine. Implication: “ice” flavors may elevate cardiac risk beyond nicotine alone. #Vaping #Cardiosky

Heading to Kidney Camp next week? Dr. Sophia Sears (pictured) will present recent work from her lab showing that exercise can accelerate recovery from renal ischemia/reperfusion injury during the Tuesday poster session (June 23) between 6 and 7 pm. #renalsky #kidneysky

Professor Guyton built his career on feedback control, so consider this our (slightly delayed) feedback: Dr. Helen Collins winning the 2026 Arthur C. Guyton Award is exactly the equilibrium the field should settle into. Congratulations, Helen! 🫀 #Cardiosky #Physiology

Latest from the Wysoczynski lab! In Experimental Hematology, Stephan et al. show that after MI, SiglecF⁺ neutrophils arise locally in the heart—not from immature cells, but from mature CD101⁺ neutrophils.

Several of the faculty and trainees from the center presented their latest cutting-edge cardiovascular research at last week's International Society for Heart Research-North American section meeting in Minnesota. It was a great meeting for all. #ISHRNAS2026 #cardiosky

Huge congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Doelling (pictured) on defending his PhD today! His work shows that restoring cardiac carnosine levels in heart failure reduces chronic cardiac inflammation and rescues cardiac function. We are proud of you and your accomplishments.

Rounding out the CCS presentations, Dr. Helen Collins will present in the Women's Cardiovascular Health Session in the Nicollet D room at 8 am on June 3. Her presentation will discuss recent findings from the lab examining Remodeling in the Female Heart in response to Pathological Stress.

Made your list for poster session 1 and now thinking about poster session 2 on June 2 at ISHR-NAS, three of our Center Trainees will be presenting posters in the Exhibit Hall beginning at 4:30 pm.

Planning your agenda for Tuesday, June 2 at ISHR-NAS? Steven Jones (pictured) kicks off Session 11: Fibroblasts/ Fibrosis at 11:30 am in the lakeshore room, where he will discuss recent work from his laboratory examining post-myocardial infarction ventricular remodeling. @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Making your list of posters to visit at ISHR-NAS on Monday, June 1? Avery Kendall (pictured), an MEng Student in the laboratory of Dr. Helen Collins, will present her thesis work on changes in the maternal cardiac extracellular matrix during pregnancy and the postpartum period (Poster #155).

Building out your itinerary for Monday, June 1 at ISHR-NAS 2026? Be sure to stop by the Cardiac Metabolomics Session (Session 4) at 11:30 am in the Lakeshore room, where you will hear from two of our Center Faculty. #Cardiosky #ISHRNAS #ISHRNAS2026

Headed to ISHR-NAS 2026 this weekend, several Center Faculty and Trainees will be attending and presenting.

Congratulations to Dr. Jonah Stephan on defending his PhD yesterday! His dissertation on emergency granulopoiesis and wound healing after myocardial infarction is exactly the kind of mechanistic work that advances the field. We are proud that he trained in the Center. #CardioSky.

We are excited to host Dr. Loren Wold (pictured) from The Ohio State University, a leading expert on cardiac physiology and environmental toxicology, for today’s Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds.

It is a great pleasure to introduce Dr. Caitlin Howard—AHA Predoctoral Fellow, macrophage mechanist, and incoming Northwestern postdoc with Prof. Elizabeth McNally. Dr. Howard (pictured) recently defended her PhD. Congratulations! #NewPhD #CardioSky #WomenInScience @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Three of the Centers' trainees will be giving poster presentations at this afternoon’s (Saturday) poster session in the Physiohub at the Summit #APS2026 #APSSummit

Today (Saturday) at the Summit, be sure to stop by the systems physiology of pregnancy session to see Avery Kendall talk about the maternal cardiac ECM #APS2026 #APSSummit

Stop by the poster session at their Summit now to catch Center Trainees, Caitlin Wilkerson and Ilaria Ferrari at their posters #APS2026 #APSsummit

Watching Caitlin Wilkerson from our Center deliver great presentation in the ion channel session at the Summit #APS2026 #APSSummit

Ilaria Ferrari from Steve Jones’ laboratory in our Center is now presenting in the exercise session at the Summit #APS2026 #APSSummit

If you are interested in all thing's ion channel related, be sure to stop by Caitlin's talk this afternoon at the Summit #APS2026 #APSSummit

Don't forget to stop by Ilaria's talk today at the Summit #APSSummit #APS2026

Later on Saturday, three of the Center Trainees will present posters during the evening session at #APSSummit.

Already planning your itinerary for Saturday at #APSSummit? We have some great Trainee presentations for you to add to your schedule.

For those that do not get the opportunity to attend Ilaria Ferrari's or Caitlin Wilkerson's talks, or for those wishing to learn more about the research they are both doing in the Center, both Trainees of the Jones Lab will be presenting posters in the Friday evening poster session at the #APSSummit

Next up on Friday afternoon at #APSSummit, Caitlin Wilkerson, a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Jones, will give an oral presentation on the role of Kvbeta2-Mediated Kv1 channel regulation in shaping macrophage phenotypes and immune responses. #cardiosky @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Headed to #APSsummit this week? Interested in cardiometabolic health and disease? The Center has several Trainee presentations that you should check out.

Today at the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, Iona Palmer, a medical student and Dean's Research Scholar in the Laboratory of Dr. Helen E. Collins, will present a poster on her research on Sleep Health and Sleep Disruption During Pregnancy. @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social

We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Karyn Esser (@kaesser.bsky.social) this past Friday for the Division of Environmental Medicine Weekly Ground Rounds. Dr. Esser gave an incredibly thought provoking seminar on skeletal muscle biology and its regulation by the circadian clock. #musclesky #exercisesky

Tomorrow, Dr. Shahid Baba, an Associate Professor in the Center, will present at the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy Spring Seminar Series at LSU Shreveport on the positive benefits of reducing carbonyl stress in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease. #cardiosky #vascularsky

Congratulations to Dr. Gibb, an Assistant Professor in the Center, for being named as one of the 2025 Top Reviewers for #JACCBTS. We are proud of your accomplishments!

New review from the Baba lab highlights how Heart Failure is a systemic disease, not just a cardiac one. 🫀 Skeletal muscle remodeling—including mitochondrial dysfunction, fiber type shifts, and oxidative stress—is a primary driver of exercise intolerance and fatigue. 🏃

Collagen gets all the attention, but hyaluronan rivals it in the diseased heart 🫀 New review from @stevenpjones.bsky.social lab on cardiac HA: biosynthesis, degradation, immunomodulation, & open questions. 👉 doi.org/10.1152/ajph... #HeartFailure #ECM #Cardiology #cardiosky

🫀 Men's and Women's hearts aren't just different—they remodel differently. The latest review by Drs. Steven Jones and Helen E. Collins breaks down why a "one size fits all" approach doesn't work for heart failure.

Congratulations to Drs. Anand Ramalingam and Alex Carll, for receiving the Paper of the Year Award from the Inhalation and Respiratory Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) at their recent annual meeting.

Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Reynolds, a former Trainee in the Laboratory of Dr. Alex Carll, who received the Paper of the Year Award from the Cardiovascular Toxicology Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology at their recent annual meeting.

Today at #SOT2026

Today at #SOT2026

Today at #SOT2026

Today at #SOT2026

Today at #SOT2026

We are excited to host Dr. Timothy O'Connell from the University of Minnesota, a leading expert in GPCR-mediated cardio protection. He delivered a great presentation focused on the mechanisms by which FFAR4 attenuates ischemic cardiomyopathy at this morning's ground rounds. #cardiosky

Heading to the Society of Toxicology (SOT) conference next week? Looking for a great talk to attend? On Wednesday morning, Dr. Daniel Conklin will give a research talk on his laboratory's most recent findings regarding the cardiovascular impacts of a novel nicotine analogue. #Toxicology #SOT2026

Rounding out Tuesday afternoon at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) conference, Dr. Daniel Conklin will chair a poster session focused on Human Exposure Assessment and Biomonitoring. #Toxicology #SOT2026 @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social @sotoxicology.bsky.social

Also, at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) conference, on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Petra Haberzettl, will chair a poster session focused on Cardiovascular Toxicology and Hemodynamics. #Toxicology #SOT2026

Next, at the Society of Toxicology conference, on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Brittany Reynolds, a former PhD student in the Laboratory of Dr. Alex Carll, will present her thesis research showing that beta-blockade prevents e-cigarette-induced arrhythmias during and after pregnancy.#Toxicology#SOT2026

Heading to #SOT2026 next week? On Tuesday, 24, Dr. Petra Haberzettl will chair and present in an exciting session highlighting the novel and underappreciated interactions between diet and the responses to toxicants. #Toxicology

Interested in the vascular impact of 6-Methylnicotine (Metatine™)? 🫀Don't miss Daniel Conklin at #SRNT2026 for a comparison study of Metatine™ vs. nicotine and Spree Bar in vitro. Essential data on this novel analog! 🧪🔬 #TobaccoResearch #NicotineScience #PublicHealth #cardiosky