Congratulations to Norm on defending his thesis and graduating with his Master’s degree. We wish you the best of luck moving forward!

Dr. Pooneh Bagher was a panelist for the “Live from Space” downlink with the International Space Station. Astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor answered questions from students and trainees at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Watch the event here! Panelists included Drs. Susan Bloomfield, Ana Diaz Artiles, former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar and David Zawieja.

The Bagher Lab would like to welcome Dr. Megan Wood, DVM, MPH to the team! Dr. Wood is a Veterinary Resident in the Comparative Medicine Program at Texas A&M University having just completed her DVM and MPH at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Pooneh Bagher presented data at the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research in ‘The effects of microgravity on the cardiovascular system’ session. The talk was entitled Spaceflight induces subtle changes in mouse coronary artery function and featured data collected as part of the Rodent Research-9 mission.

The Bagher Lab attended the American Society of Gravitational and Space Research in Bethesda, Maryland. The Bagher Lab presented our work related to Rodent Research-9.

Medical student Second Lieutenant Patrick Tansey (left, in image above), of the US Air Force, was recently featured in a Vital Records article about his work with the Bagher Lab at Kennedy Space Center. Check out the article here.

Norm Frederick of the Bagher Lab defended his MS thesis entitled, “The Effect of Spaceflight on the Murine Basilar Artery,” about his work as part of the Rodent Research-9 mission. He will soon be moving on to greener pastures.

Dr. Pooneh Bagher recently spoke at both the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series and The Exercise Science Seminar Series. These talks were entitled, “Effects of Spaceflight on Vascular Function: Lessons from Rodent Research,” and detailed the labs work for NASA on Rodent Research-9.

Dr. Pooneh Bagher recently attended the World Congress of Microcirculation in Vancouver. Dr. Bagher co-chaired a session entitled “Dynamic Calcium Control in the Vessel Wall” with Dr. Swapnil Sonkusare from University of Virginia (pictured above).

Dr. Bagher presented a talk entitled, “Endothelial Cell Calcium: Location, Location, Location” and also spoke in “The Power of Efficient Networking” Lunch and Learn Session.

Dr. Pooneh Bagher has been awarded an American Heart Association Career Development Award. This three year award will be completed under the mentorship of Dr. Lih Kuo, and will involve examining vascular defects underlying diabetes.