Brooke O'Donnell, PhD, works at the molecular level to understand how Pannexin proteins affect blood pressure, blood flow, and blood vessel dilation. @brookeodonnell.bsky.social is also a hockey player, reader, and the @brantisakson.bsky.social Lab's resident tea evangelist.

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@brantisakson.bsky.social Lab postdoc @lukedunaway.bsky.social, PhD, studies the intersection of iron metabolism and cardiovascular disease in anemia and chronic kidney disease. A hiker and boulderer, he will finish hiking all of Shenandoah NP this year.

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My continued biomedical education Pannexins in the vasculature A comprehensive review from Cryo-EM structure, mechanosensing & ATP-releasing to vascular diseases Atherosclerosis AAA Hypertension Edema Thrombosis @brantisakson.bsky.social #AJPHeartCirc 2025 journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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It was bittersweet wrapping up my last day at UVA. But excited to launch the Dunaway Lab at Tulane July 1! Incredibly grateful for @brantisakson.bsky.social and the rest of the lab for all the support these last 4 years.

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Our review on Potassium Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells is out at Physiological Reviews. More than 150 pages long and citing more than 1500 articles, this herculean effort was co-authored by Tessa Garrud and Dan Collier. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

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