Attention Chicagoland cardiovascular basic science researchers!

Join us for the 3rd annual CRCRS on July 12th, hosted by the Center for Cardiovascular Research at UIC.

See below for abstract submission details.

For more info, visit barefieldlab.org/crcrs

Tune in, it'll be a good one!

Nice work to my students, Hope Burnham and Hannah Cizauskas.

Calling all senior postdocs! The @BCVSEarlyCareer Committee is opening 2 liaison slots to serve, starting July. Must be an active member. Complete/update the Science Volunteer Form located on your dashboard in Professional Heart Daily (professional.heart.org) by Feb 23.

#ArticlesInPress : Fine Tuning Contractility: Atrial #Sarcomere Function in Health and Disease
Hope V Burnham, Hannah E Cizauskas, and David Y Barefield
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Dave Barefield, PhD Loyola University Chicago
#arcomere #Myofilament #Atria

This is going to be a fantastic panel! Register and hear all the insight into this great professional development topic. Thanks to the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Early Career committee for putting this together.

Undergrads, send your (short) application to [email protected]! Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Loyola Chicago CUR AHA Science American Physiological Society APS CV Section @biophysicalsoc #research #Undergraduate

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Natural History of Echocardiographic Changes in Atrial Fibrillation: A Case-Controlled Study of Longitudinal Remodeling Zak Loring
heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-…

So proud of Hope Burnham, Barefield Lab master's student, for winning the best oral abstract award at Loyola 's 2023 St. Albert's Day research symposium. Check out the article below for details!

luc.edu/stritch/twostu…

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Loyola Chicago Loyola MD/PhD Program
#DCM #AFib

Targeted genetic therapies for inherited disorders that affect both cardiac and skeletal muscle.

A review by Yiangos Psaras and myself outlining the inertia and struggles of creating disease specific gene therapies for muscle.

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Experimental Physiology RDM Oxford

Attention undergrads! Join us in Chicago this summer for some #cardiovascular research! Hands-on experience, seminars, social activities, free pizza, and attend a Nat'l Conference! Send applications to [email protected]. Supported by AHA Science. Loyola University Chicago, CUR

🧬🏆Congratulations to Elizabeth McNally for the AHA 2023 Distinguished Scientist Award!

So well deserved for her groundbreaking work on ❤️ and 💪🏻🧬 diagnosis and discovery,
moving to 🧬 therapies

Congrats to an amazing physician scientist and mentor!
Center for Genetic Medicine NM Cardiovascular

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Our paper is now in nature: #CryoEM 6 Å reconstruction of #human cardiac thick filament C-zone in #mavacamten , showing #myosin heads, tails, #titin , #MyBP -C. Many implications for a 60-year mystery on #cardiac #muscle #physiology , #structure and #disease .
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