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.

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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

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧬✨ We celebrate the brilliant female faculty in the Center. From groundbreaking research to inspiring the next generation of scientists, your work is at the heart of our progress. #WomenInScience #cardiosky

Congratulations to Dr. Sophia Sears on her recent appointment to the Early Career Editorial Board for the FASEB Journal. @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Congratulations to Ben Doelling of the Baba lab for recently receiving an NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship to examine strategies to reduce maladaptive inflammation in the setting of heart failure. #cardiosky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social

Congratulations to Brittany Reynolds, Alex Carll, and colleagues on their recent publication in AJP-Heart. This review discusses how e-cigarette constituents and related toxicants disrupt cardiac rhythm and cause arrhythmias. For more details, please see: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41467847/ #cardiosky

We are excited to hear from Dr. Kory Lavine, Director for the Center of Cardiovascular Research at WashU, today. Dr Lavine is presenting as part of the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Seminar Series, on work from his laboratory focused on understanding cardiac fibrosis. #cardiosky

Congratulations to Helen E. Collins on receiving the 2025 International Union of Physiological Sciences International Early-Stage Faculty Prize for her contributions to Physiology. Read more about the award at www.iups.org/academy/awards #cardiosky

🫀 After MI, the heart is anything but static. Our new @CircRes paper maps temporal, sex-specific, cell-level transcriptomic changes in the murine heart following MI. A resource for the field. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41410034/ GEO: GSE308914 #cardiosky @stevenpjones.bsky.social

On Friday, Drs. Baba, Carll, Collins, Hill, and Nystoriak proudly hooded their latest PhD students. #cardiosky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social @cardiocarll.bsky.social @drhelenecollin1.bsky.social

Congratulations to Tyler Jobe, a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Marcin Wysoczynski, for receiving an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship to examine the metabolic control of neutrophil function. You have a bright future ahead of you. #cardiosky @stevenpjones.bsky.social @uoflenvirome.bsky.social

Congratulations are in order. Last week at the Envirome Annual Awards Gathering, the Center's own, Dr. Yibing Nong, received the Faculty of the Year award, and Ben Doelling, a PhD student, received the Trainee of the Year award. These Awards are extremely well deserved, and we are proud of you both.

This week, Dr. Sophia Sears, Assistant Professor in the Center, will deliver an invited talk as part of the Indiana University School of Medicine Nephrology Divisions' Renal Research Seminar Series.

Congratulations to Richa Singhal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Center, and her collaborators in the Division of Gastroenterology, on their recent publication in Scientific Reports.

Congratulations to Dr. Marcin Wysoczynski, Associate Professor in the Center, on his appointment as a regular standing member of the NIH Integrative Myocardial Physiology/Pathophysiology B (MPPB) Study Section. #cardiosky @uoflenvirome.bsky.social @uoflmedicine.bsky.social @stevenpjones.bsky.social

Dr. Danielle Little, Jones Lab graduate, had her final paper published from her dissertation. She led a team that deleted the primary hyaluronan-producing gene (Has2) in fibroblasts.

Congratulations to the Center's own, Lianay Gutierrez Luque and Tyler Jobe, for their excellent presentation this week at #SfRBM25. We are proud of you both. Keep up the great work!

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