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Fond Farewell to Sumita and Brian
We bid a fond farewell to Drs. Sumita Mishra and Brian Lin, as they continue on their scientific careers as Assistant Professors!...
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Jan 10, 20241 min read
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AHA-CDA Award on her First Try!
Many congrats to Sumita Mishra, PhD, who just received her AHA-CDA Award. This was her first attempt at the award, Sumita spearheaded our...
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Mar 25, 20221 min read
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Congrats to Brittany!
Brittany's PhD study titled "Single serine on TSC2 exerts biased control over mTORC1 activation mediated by ERK1/2 but not Akt" is just...
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Mar 21, 20221 min read
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Congrats to Brian on his K99/R00
Congratulations to Brian Lin - whose study on treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy with a TRPC6 blocker is about to be sent off. It is...
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Dec 17, 20211 min read
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HFpEF Program Receives Funding from Amgen
Dr. Kavita Sharma, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, has received a philanthropic gift from Amgen to the Johns Hopkins’...
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Nov 30, 20211 min read
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Congrats to Virginia on becoming the 2021 Sarnoff Scholar
Virginia Hahn was named a 2021 Sarnoff Scholar, using transcriptomics to study HFpEF. Big congrats! The Sarnoff Scholar Award is a...
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Aug 12, 20211 min read
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Brittany defends her thesis!
Congratulations, Brittany!
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Jun 24, 20211 min read
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Farewell to Joy and Alex!
Joy and Alex will begin med school later this year! Congrats!
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May 23, 20211 min read
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David Kass wins the 2020 Lucian Award
'The Louis and Artur Lucian Award was established through a bequest to McGill University under the will of the late Olga Leibovici to...
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Nov 27, 20201 min read
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David Kass and Deok-Ho Kim are awarded a new collaborative UG3/UH3 grant!
David and Deok-Ho (co-PIs) were recently awarded a new UG3/UH3 grant entitled: 'Engineering Clinical Trials on a Chip for...
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Sep 15, 20201 min read
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Mark Ranek (PI), Virginia Hahn (co-I), and Kavita Sharma (co-I) are awarded Amyloidosis grants!
Mark (PI) was awarded a research grant from the Amyloidosis Foundation Donald C. Brockman Memorial Research Grant entitled: 'Chip'n Away...
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Sep 13, 20201 min read
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Grace Muller receives AHA Career Development Award!
Dr. Grace Muller is officially no longer a postdoc today! Congratulations!
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Jul 1, 20201 min read
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Mark Ranek promoted to Assistant Professor
Mark Ranek was recently promoted to Assistant Professor. Congrats!
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Dec 19, 20191 min read
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Goodbye and Good Luck, Christian and Nandhini!
We say goodbye and good luck (or Viel Glück!) to Christian Oeing and Nandhini Sadagopan at this year's Kass Lab Decemberfest. You guys...
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Dec 14, 20191 min read
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Brian Lin receives AHA postdoc fellowship
Brian Lin receives his AHA postdoctoral fellowship studying the therapeutic potential of TRPC6 inhibition in Duchenne muscular dystrophy....
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Dec 1, 20191 min read
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Farewell to Dr. Dong Lee! We wish you the best!
Dr. Dong Lee has been with the Kass lab for over a decade and has helped mentor many trainees in the lab. During his tenure, Dong has...
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Sep 27, 20191 min read
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May 23, 20190 min read
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May 15, 20190 min read
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Mar 22, 20190 min read
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New Kass Lab Website!
The Kass Lab website is now online! You will notice placeholders images and text, but it is now functional. Major improvements coming soon!
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Oct 23, 20181 min read
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