Why travel to Denmark to collect samples from a giraffe's heart? @brantisakson.bsky.social lab members Skylar Loeb and @lukedunaway.bsky.social made the trip to learn more about diastolic heart failure. Red more: www.cvrc.virginia.edu/cvrc-trainee... #cardiology #medsky

Headed to #APS2025! Two great talks tomorrow from the Isakson Lab in the MCS session. Wyatt Shug (8:30AM) will present on basophil-endothelial crosstalk, and Skylar Loeb (10:50AM) will present the novel identification and impact of hemoglobin-alpha in cardiac lymphatics. @brantisakson.bsky.social

Want to stay current with cardiology at UVA? Check out our starter pack! If you're a cardiologist at UVA and want to be included in the list, DM us! go.bsky.app/3NVEjJ5

Check out our latest paper reviewing the regulation of vascular tone! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@lukedunaway.bsky.social, PhD, recently received an @americanheart.bsky.social Career Development Award to study iron's role in chronic kidney disease. Luke is a postdoc in @brantisakson.bsky.social's Lab and member of our Cardiovascular Training Program. Congratulations! #CardioSky #MedSky

Upcoming meetings on #NitricOxide – The application deadline for the GRC meeting: Nitric Oxide and Sulfide in Redox Signaling and Medicine is January 12th! The meeting will take place on February 9-14 in Ventura, CA (United States).

And if you are a trainee, be sure to register for the GRS! We have a great line up of speakers and mentors. #NOGRC 🔵🔴

From our lab to yours, happy holidays!