The April Graduate Student of the Month is Ryan Mackay and he is a student in the lab of Dr. Chris Pattillo.

Journal of the American Heart Association report: Paari Dominic, MD, the director of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and associate professor of medicine and molecular and cellular physiology at LSUHS, shares findings as senior author of the study.

Gaganpreet Kaur will attend and give a presentation at the poster reception of the MCS Annual Meeting at the Experimental Biology 2022 Meeting in Philadelphia and will receive a monetary award.

Congratulations to Randa Eshaq, Megan Butler, and Naznin Sultana Rimi!

Gaganpreet Kaur, Graduate Assistant in the Harris Laboratory, was presented with the Outstanding Predoctoral Trainee Award. Ms. Kaur will graduate soon, and has been recognized throughout her academic career. She also recently received the Outstanding Poster Award at the Vascular Biology 2021 E-Poster Session.

LSU - J. Steven Alexander, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at LSU Health Shreveport, didn’t expect his biggest innovation to come from a nuisance he’d experienced once or twice during an otherwise nice swim.

J. Steven Alexander, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at LSU Health Shreveport, and his company, Arganum Transplant Solutions, was named the winner of Startup Prize 2021: Focus on Health. Arganum Transplant Solutions aims to transform the organ preservation market.

Congratulations to Ryan Mackay and Nabil Rashdan! They are the 2021 Teaching Award Recipients. Ryan and Nabil taught in the summer Physiology for Allied Health Professionals course. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Gaganpreet Kaur, Graduate Assistant in the Harris Lab. Gaganpreet has been chosen to receive an Outstanding Poster Award for her e-poster presentation at Vascular Biology 2021. Her poster was entitled, "The loss of Endothelial Glycocalyx in Diabetic Retinopathy".