Lab News Osama gives a Plenary Talk at the International Symposium on Resistance Arteries (ISRA 2024). December 2-5, 2024 Osama presents at the UCLA Cardiovascular Distinguished Seminar Series. November 18, 2024 Proud of our lab members presenting at the 23rd Annual Pharmacology Research Retreat! Dr. Ahmed Hashad won the Best Presentation Award! November 6, 2024 We are excited to share our latest research findings, which have just been published Nature Communications. Our study focuses on the role of the Endothelial Piezo1 channel and how it mediates mechano-feedback control of blood flow in the brain. s41467-024-52969-0… October 7, 2024 Asser Bedair joins the Harraz Lab for his first rotation at UVM. Welcome, Asser! August 26, 2024 The Harraz Lab turns 3! August 2nd, 2024 Osama visits Nashville and presents a Tri-Institutional Seminar at Vanderbilt University, Meharry College, and Fisk University. May 30th, 2024 Natalia Mathieu joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome, Natalia! May 28th, 2024 Osama visits and presents at the University of Ottawa. April 30th, 2024 Osama visits and presents at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. April 18th, 2024 Congratulations, Henry, on receiving funding for summer research through the FOUR office at UVM! April 17th, 2024 Osama presents Vascular Biology Seminar at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School February 29th, 2024 We’re excited to be among the recipients of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neuroscience Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Grant! February 22nd, 2024 Congratulations to Mohammad and Emily on winning the best poster award for postdocs at the NBH Forum at UVM! February 3rd, 2024 Osama presents at the Department of Physiology, Augusta University. January 25th, 2024 Congratulations! Emily has been selected as a finalist at the Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge, sponsored by the CVRI! January 15th, 2024 Osama presents at the NIH Investigator Meeting for Interoception Research. November 11th, 2023 Emily wins the Durwood J Smith Award for Excellence in Pharmacology Prize for Best Poster. Congratulations, Emily! November 10th, 2023 Our lab members participate and present at the Annual Pharmacology Department Retreat. November 10th, 2023 Our invited review is published in Annual Review of Physiology.Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium October 25th, 2023 Grace Ebner joins the lab as a Lab Technician. Welcome, Grace! October 24th, 2023 Osama presents at the NAVBO-MCS meeting. October 17th, 2023 Harraz Lab outing (Fall 2023)! October 10th, 2023 Congratulations to Osama for his Investiture as the Bloomfield Early Career Professor in Cardiovascular Research! September 26th, 2023 Osama receives the Larner College of Medicine Dean’s Excellence Award for the Rising Star New Investigator. September 21st, 2023 Osama presents at the 12th World Congress for Microcirculation held in Beijing, China. September 20th, 2023 Osama presents at the Sturge Weber Foundation Conference. September 16th, 2023 Osama presents at the VCCBH Monthly Conference. September 15th, 2023 Our undergraduate junior, Austin, successfully cannulates an artery for the first time. Congratulations, Austin! September 13th, 2023 Osama gives the Rising Star Lecture at the AHA Hypertension 2023 meeting in Boston. September 9th, 2023 Cory Raymond joins the Harraz Lab for his first rotation at UVM. Welcome, Cory! August 28th, 2023 Welcome back, UVM students! August 28th, 2023 Our editorial on channelopathies is published in Physiological Reviews. August 15th, 2023 Skyler Younger joins the Harraz Lab for his first rotation at UVM. Welcome, Skyler! August 15, 2023 Abby’s last day in the Harraz lab! We will miss you and we wish you all the best! August 2, 2023 Happy 2nd Harraz Lab Anniversary! August 2, 2023 The Harraz lab attends the Annual Totman Trust meeting. July 18, 2023 We are recruiting a Lab Technician. If you want to be part of a supportive team, grow as a researcher and live in a great place, check this out and APPLY! July 17, 2023 Luc’s last day in the Harraz lab! We will miss you and we wish you all the best! July 14, 2023 The Harraz lab is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI- R01 HL169681)! July 1, 2023 The Harraz Lab presents at the 3rd Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium. June 15-16, 2023 Our lab is on the news on NBC5 and med.uvm.edu June 15th, 2023 Our Invited Review is accepted for publication in Annual Review of Physiology! more soon… June 5th, 2023 Some new lab photos! June 5th, 2023 Very proud of Luc who is the recipient of the 2023 CVRI Early Career Research Grant. Congratulations, Luc! May 3rd, 2023 The EpIC [Electrophysiology and Ion Channels] Seminar series starts today. EpIC features outstanding early stage investigators and cutting-edge topics! https://sgp-epic-seminars.com May 2nd, 2023 The Harraz lab is funded through the National Institute on Aging (NIA-R21 AG082193)! May 1st, 2023 Osama presents at the Neurological Sciences Basic Research Seminar Series! April 27th, 2023 Osama presents at the European Calcium Society virtual meeting! April 26th, 2023 Abby is a recipient of the Summer Undergraduate Research Funding (SURF) to do research in the lab over the summer. Congratulations, Abby! April 23rd, 2023 Osama gives an invited talk at the American Physiology Summit in Long Beach, CA! April 21st, 2023 Hammad wins an award for his High School research project! Congratulations, Hammad! March, 2023 Exciting! March 14th, 2023 Mohammad Elmahdy joins the Harraz Lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome, Mohammad! March 1st, 2023 Osama visits and presents at the University of Pittsburgh! February 23rd, 2023 Osama visits and presents at the University of Nevada, Reno! February 9th, 2023 Emily is already in action! January 12th, 2023 Emily Xin Rui Lim joins the Harraz Lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome, Emily! January 9, 2023 Our Editorial is published in Function January 6th, 2023 We are recruiting a Lab Technician. If you want to be part of a supportive team, grow as a researcher and live in a great place, please apply! December 29, 2022 First successful electrophysiological recordings in the new Firestone building. December 9th, 2022 The Harraz Lab has officially moved to the Firestone Medical Research Building! November 30th, 2022 Abby patches her first cell. Congratulations, Abby! November 18th, 2022 Osama attends and presents at SfN 2022 in San Diego. November 15th, 2022 Osama presents virtually at the University of Texas at Austin. November 9th, 2022 The Harraz Lab presents at the Pharmacology Department Retreat in Stowe, VT. November 8th, 2022 Osama visits and presents at the University of Iowa. October 25th, 2022 Osama presents virtually at the IBRO-MENA Conference. October 2nd, 2022 We have a new patch-clamper in the lab! Congratulations, Luc! September 28th, 2022 Osama visits and presents at the Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin. September 14th, 2022 Abby Kate Caproni joins the lab as an undergraduate student. Welcome, Abby! September 7th, 2022 Luc Willemse joins the lab as a visiting MSc student. Welcome, Luc! September 1st, 2022 Curtis’ last day in the Harraz lab. You will be missed! August 12th, 2022 Osama presents virtually at the Research Center of CHU de Québec, Université Laval. July 29th, 2022 Osama receives a Career Development Award from the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of Vermont! July 15th, 2022 Amanda’s last day in the Harraz lab is today. We will miss you, and we are sure that your graduate studies at OHSU will be another success! June 10th, 2022 Amanda’s last experiment in the lab! We are proud of you! June 9th, 2022 The first successful recording by our summer student, Curtis Plante. Great job, Curtis! June 7th, 2022 Osama presents at the 2nd Symposium of the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health! June 2nd, 2022 The final version of our paper in Circulation Research is published. We are happy that our article is featured on the cover and is accompanied with an outstanding Commentary by Cudmore and Santana! May 13th, 2022 Piezo1 Is a Mechanosensor Channel in Central Nervous System Capillaries Our paper is online!April 6th, 2022 Our paper is accepted for publication in Circulation Research! more soon… March 23rd, 2022 Mike Ippolito joins as a lab technician. Welcome, Mike! March 21st, 2022 National Science Foundation: UVM Now a Top 100 Public Research University in the United States https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/national-science-foundation-uvm-now-top-100-public-research-university-united-statesFebruary 2nd, 2022 Our review article is on the 2021 Editors’ Choice list in the Journal of Physiology! December 27th, 2021 Two lab technician positions are open! Want to be part of a very supportive team, grow as a researcher and live in a great place? Check these out https://uvmjobs.com/postings/49554 https://uvmjobs.com/postings/49557 Check out our Invited Topical Review published in The Journal of Physiology!October 27th, 2021 Our Invited Review Article is accepted for publication in The Journal of Physiology! More soon. October 12th, 2021 The Nobel Prize is awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of TRP and Piezo ion channels! October 4th, 2021 Osama joins the Editorial Board of PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS August 5th, 2021 The first equipment in the Harraz Lab is up and running!August 4th, 2021 The Harraz Lab is “officially” born!August 2nd, 2021 The Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health (VCCBH) hits its stride at one-year anniversary July 22nd, 2021 Amanda Senatore joins as a lab technician. Welcome, Amanda! June 1st, 2021 Our Lab89 Beaumont AveBurlington, VT 05405Phone(802) 656-5758