Dr. Zawieja, lymphatic biology researcher and Bagher Lab collaborator, was featured in a Houston Chronicle article focussed on his laboratory’s research for NASA.
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Bagher Lab and Colleagues Featured in the Article “Solving the Medical Mysteries of Space Flight”
The Bagher laboratory and colleagues David Zawieja (Texas A&M University Health Science Center) and Michael Delp (Florida State University) were recently featured in an article on Texas A&M University Health Science Center’s Vital Record (https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu). Find below the link to the article and to learn more about our work for NASA!
NASA Rodent Research 9
The Bagher Lab participated as a part of NASA’s Rodent Research 9 (RR-9), which took flight on 14 August 2017 aboard SpaceX/Dragon CRS-12 en route to the International Space Station. The Bagher Lab focused on coronary and basilar artery function following spaceflight.
Want to know more about RR-9? Fast forward to 44:50 in the video below.
Here is the launch of SpaceX/Dragon CRS-12:
For more information, please visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/ames/research/space-biosciences/rodent-research-9
Hanwei Visits The Lab
Hanwei Fang, a PhD candidate at The University of Geneva, and former Bagher Lab member, visited the lab in Temple. Hanwei was a member of the Bagher Lab while studying for his Masters in Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, where he worked on the characterization of neurotransmitter composition from perivascular nerves.
Pooneh Bagher awarded APS Career Enhancement Award
In July of 2016, Dr Pooneh Bagher was award an APS Career Enhancement Award to visit Dr Brant Isakson’s lab at the University of Virginia. The primary aim of the award was to collaborate and bring the Vascular Cell Co-Culture technique to Texas A&M. In brief, this technique involves culturing vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells on opposite sides of a transwell membrane. This allows for endothelial cells to grow projections, known as myoendothelial junctions, through the membrane to make contact with the smooth muscle layer. The separate layers can then be further processed for protein or mRNA analysis. In March of 2017, the Bagher Lab travelled to the University of Virginia, and spent several weeks working with the Isakson Lab to learn the specifics of the technique and to develop future collaborations.
Pooneh Bagher elected to The Microcirculatory Society Council
Dr Pooneh Bagher was elected to the Council of The Microcirculatory Society. The Microcirculatory Society, established in 1954, is an international society that focuses on microcirculatory function in health and disease. She will serve as a council member for 3 years.
Norm Frederick joins the Bagher Lab
First year graduate student, Norm Frederick, has joined the Bagher Lab as our first graduate student at Texas A&M. Norm has a Bachelor’s in Science from the University of Scranton, where he performed research under the mentorship of Dr Terrence Sweeney.