Scientists reported a Sox17-Erg direct 💻 reprogramming approach that used 💓 #cardiac fibroblasts to create differentiated #endothelial cells that demonstrated endothelial-like molecular and physiological functions. Nature Communications | 🔗 go.nature.com/3Vay6UY

ATVB is gratified to honor the life and legacy of Dr David A. Dichek. Inauguration of the David A. Dichek Mid-Career Investigator Award.

I was honored to give a talk as a newly minted FIR at the annual FIR Symposium! It's been an incomparable six weeks ❤️

“This collaboration is a case of a biological need propelling a technological advance that could have real-world therapeutic benefit for patients." Ruohola-Baker Lab Hannele Ruohola-Bake UW Biochemistry Institute for Protein Design UW Medicine UW Bioengineering shorturl.at/mTE5x

Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis is associated with hematopoietic loss of the Y chromosome in males. Frederick L Ruberg @the_BMC UVA Medicine mathew.maurer Nick Chavkin #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/3XlyD7O

Congratulations to Dr. Wayne Orr, Director of the LSUHS Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences on being named the 2024-2025 President-Elect of the North American Vascular Biology Organization! Read more about Dr. Orr and his appointment here: bit.ly/orr-navbo

Currently taking Post-Doctoral application nominations to our T32 training grant

Research| Deng et al. show that endothelial cells respond to fluid shear stress by KLF2-mediated induction of the BMP-Smad1/5 pathway inhibitor BMPER, and develop an approach to improve vessel remodelling in diabetic mouse models. 👉 rdcu.be/dM5an

2 huge single-cell studies of the vasculature out this week in nature. Great resources nature.com/articles/s4158… (brain) nature.com/articles/s4158… (tumor)

My department here at UVA continues its amazing growth with two open rank faculty positions. Come join US! apply.interfolio.com/148838

RCCN Webinar: Stories of Successful K Awards "Current and previous K awardees will share their experiences of applying and being funded. This webinar aims to be a useful resource for prospective applicants and their mentors to gain insight into the process, and to ask questions

Calling all Zebrafish lovers📣 Listen now on Spotify! Our new episode with Dr Stefania Nicoli, featuring zebrafish models, mRNAs and her international experiences! 😀 open.spotify.com/episode/1nMzVX…

🚀 Thrilled to share our new publication in Nature CVR! We revealed the crucial role of a newly described APOE+ valve interstitial cell subtype in human valve remodeling. Huge thanks to our amazing collaborators! 🙌 Jason Spence Ya-Wen Chen YutzeyLab Simon Miao

Deadline for ABSTRACT submission is EXTENDED till August 8! Plan to attend Vascular Biology 2024 in California, October 20-24, 2024 at Asilomar Conference Grounds. Early Bird Discount till August 31, 2024! Details: navbo.org/vb2024/

The Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC is hiring a hard money TT Assistant Professor. Focus is on physiology of aging. I’m hoping we can fill gaps cardiovascular and metabolism, where we are strong but small in numbers. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacul…

Register for NAVBO's DEI event! Tuesday Sep 10 at 1pm EST. Women in Science: Challenges and Coping Strategies (Part 2): Mentorship Details and link: rb.gy/1837cw

Join Kevin, Program Manager I, at Seattle Children’s Research Institute in person or virtually on Oct. 19 from 12 to 4 p.m. for Seattle Extra Life’s ‘Game On’! Attendees can register today bit.ly/4dxxpek or tune in virtually at twitch.tv/seattleextrali…. “Each year I