Submit your late breaking abstracts for CARNet 2025 today! The deadline is September 30. We look forward to seeing you all in Fort Worth, Texas in November!

Welcome to the newest member of our lab team, Dr. Erica Tourula! Erica has joined us as a postdoctoral fellow, and will be working on our recently funded Collaborative Sciences Award from the American Heart Association. Erica, welcome to Texas, and welcome to UNT Health Fort Worth!

Congratulations to @vietdinhsci.bsky.social on this excellent contribution to the "I Spy Physiology" series from the American Physiological Society (@apsphysiology.bsky.social)! Viet has been perfecting his scientific communication skills as a PhD student at the UNT Health Science Center.

A big welcome to two summer undergraduate research students who are working in our lab this summer - Katie Vu and Ayrion Moody! Katie and Ayrion are supported by an American Heart Association Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training - "HSC Pulse" (PI: Dr. Paula Gregory).

The 14th Cerebrovascular Research Network (CARNet) Annual Meeting will take place on November 12-14, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA (see flyer attached). We now invite you to submit your best work for a presentation at our annual meeting! Abstracts are due by July 31, 2025.

I am exceptionally proud of Dr. K. Austin Davis (@austin-phys.bsky.social), a newly minted PhD graduate from our laboratory! Congratulations Austin! Thank you also to @vietdinhsci.bsky.social and Michael Eleruja for your support of Austin (including sitting through the 4 hour commencement ceremony)!

Our Cerebral & Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory had an outstanding American Physiological Society (APS) Summit in Baltimore last week!

Members of our Cerebral & Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory took home some hardware at the recent UNTHSC College of Biomedical & Translational Sciences Awards Banquet:

I am exceptionally proud to announce that Dr. Austin Davis successfully defended his PhD dissertation today! Congratulations Austin!

Congratulations to Austin, Michael, and Viet (L to R) for outstanding presentations at the UNTHSC Research Appreciation Day (RAD) today!

I look forward to welcoming you to The University of North Texas Health Science Center in November for the 14th Annual Meeting of the Cerebrovascular Research Network (CARNet). This is a time to strengthen our community and share the excitement of new discoveries in cerebral blood flow regulation!

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Congratulations to Austin Davis for receiving the Gatorade Sport Science Institute Predoctoral Research Award from the Environmental & Exercise Physiology section of the American Physiological Society (APS)! Austin will be presenting his work at the 2025 APS Summit in Baltimore this April.

Guardian story about Federal Register issue is up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Look at this ever-growing list of institutions reducing PhD programs, and freezing new faculty hires… Cuts in funding will have a devastating impact on the future of the US biomedical research workforce… Full credit to @cbibberson.bsky.social

Do you have IBS and live in Melbourne? We need you! Help test the effect of fibre-containing drinks in the Body and Brain in IBS study #IBS #fibre See here for more info. 👉 www.monash.edu/medicine/tra...

A website has been started in response to the orders to take down references to women’s accomplishments in government offices. We are not going to let them erase us this time. womenrefusingtobeerased.org

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ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

One more week left for submissions! Consider checking out this opportunity and this Symposium (chaired by me and Dr. Rickards!) 👇👇👇

Can you explain the “GIST” of your research in just 3 minutes? Sign up for the chance to compete in the APS Physiolo-GIST Competition at #APS2025 in Baltimore! Trainees at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral) are encouraged to apply. Scan the QR code for more information.

It's #MeetTheLabMonday (just don't tell anyone it's Wednesday)! Meet Viet Dinh @vietdinhsci.bsky.social! Viet is in the 3rd year of his PhD. His dissertation project is focused on examining Pulsatile Perfusion Therapy as a novel treatment to improve survival from hemorrhage.

At least temporarily staving off what many saw as a crushing blow to U.S. biomedical research, a federal judge has suspended a plan by the Trump administration to slash billions of dollars in payments from the NIH that now go to universities to cover the overhead costs of research. scim.ag/40T7g5q

Since there has been a lot of misinformation circulating since last night, I find this AAMC infographic helpful in illustrating which types of expenses are and are not covered by NIH indirect cost reimbursements.

Helpful table to determine how much your University or health system is set to lose if the NIH indirect cap is suddenly lowered to 15%. For SJSU it is $374k which is on the smaller end but devastating considering our other budget issues. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

It's #MeetTheLabMonday! Meet Austin Davis! Austin is in the final semester of his PhD. His dissertation project is focused on examining sympathetic responses to Pulsatile Perfusion Therapy, and the utility of this approach to improve tissue oxygenation with severe ischemia. doi.org/10.1152/japp...

How it feels to be working on a grant application right now.

It's #MeetTheLabMonday! Meet Michael Eleruja! Michael is a new PhD student who will be investigating the cardiac effects of Pulsatile Perfusion Therapy using a multi-model approach. Welcome to our laboratory Michael!

Late-breaking abstract submission deadline for #APS2025 is January 31 ⌛ You have one more chance to submit your best research and join us in Baltimore this April! Learn more: www.physiology.org/professional...

A really 🔥 topic ! "The pathobiology of neurovascular aging" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... #cerebrovascular

Happy Saturday. If you're working on your NIH specific Aims for a February submission, don't include a figure. grants.nih.gov/grants-proce....

Reminder to all cerebrovascular physiologists! Call for Papers in J Appl Physiol! Cerebrovascular Control in Health and Disease: From Modeling to Translational Research Send us your work ! journals.physiology.org/jappl/cerebr...

The relationships between age, sex, and exercise intensity on cerebral artery hemodynamics during isometric handgrip exercise journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Hello Bluesky! APS Publications is excited to expand our socials and connect with our community. Learn more about how you can Publish with Purpose in APS Publications journals.physiology.org/publish-with...

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

Here to connect anyone working in the field of cerebral blood flow regulation (clincal and basic science). Let me know who I’ve missed! go.bsky.app/HV1UGx9

Started a Starter Pack of Physiologists (and Physiology Journals) that have made the move 2 Bluesky. If you’re a #physiologist and I missed you! Please say hey in comments so I can update!Hoping 2 put together a pretty strong list 2 make it easier 4 us 2 find each other on here! go.bsky.app/6cccp6E

Cerebrovascular vasoconstriction syndrome in a 15 yr-old after ingestion of Carolina Reaper pepper. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles... MRI brain:

Congratulations to Austin Davis (PhD student) on the publication of the first manuscript from his PhD dissertation! journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

If you work in the field of cerebrovascular regulation (physiology, clinical, and/or measurement/modeling), check out the Cerebrovascular Research Network (CARNet), and consider becoming a member! www.car-net.org

If you work in the field of cerebrovascular physiology, consider submitting your work to our special call for papers #JAPPL: Cerebrovascular Control in Health and Disease: From Modeling to Translational Research journals.physiology.org/jappl/cerebr...

I’m a Professor in the Department of Physiology & Anatomy at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. We investigate the regulation of brain blood flow and oxygenation during conditions of cerebral hypoperfusion, and develop novel interventions to treat these conditions.