News & Announcements
10.07.2024Katiannah's on how pharmacological and genetic perturbations of microtubule properties alter endothelial responses to laminar shear stress was recently published in Frontiers in Physiology. Read all about endothelial cell elongation and alignment in response to shear stress here.
09.09.2024Join us in welcoming Aiko Matsuda to the Arispe lab. Aiko joined the lab on September 9 as Research Technician II. We look forward to getting to know her. Visit the 'People' page to read her bio.
08.13.2024We are very proud and excited to celebrate with Katiannah Moise who has been recognized with the Driskill Graduate Program's Outstanding Student Service Award!
08.02.2024The lab welcomes Dr. Mariaelena Valentino, who is joining the Arispe lab this August 2024. Mariaelena work on Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM) disease was recently published by Circulation Research. To learn more about her, visit the 'People' page.
07.18.2024When it’s easier for the graduate student to travel to the mice than for the mice to travel to the graduate student! Danielle Pi, MSTP fellow, visited NYU Langone Health and was hosted by the Ramkhelawon Lab, working closely with Dio and Yogi.
07.17.2024Millie Romay, postdoctoral fellow, presents a talk titled, "Elucidating of the Molecular Progression of Hereditary Vascular Dementia in a Novel Mouse Model," at the GRC meeting on Notch Signaling in Development, Regeneration and Disease hosted at Bates College in Maine.
06.25.2024We bid farewell to Sarah Johnston, a fantastic lab mate, and wish her all the best in Medical School!
06.18.2024Annmarie Dominguez is featured in the June issue of Feinberg's Breakthroughs Newsletter. Click here to read more about her pursuit of a deeper understanding of Cell Biology.
06.04.2024"All of the qualities that you currently possess have already prepared you to succeed in academia.” The Graduate School shines a light on Katiannah Moise. Read more about her research interests and what sits on her bedside table here.- 05.01.2024Katiannah receives the Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program (SMDP) for Biotechnology Scholar award. She was selected as 1 out of 50 in over 1000 applicants to receive the industry mentorship dedicated to aiding high-achieving students explore industry careers.
04.22.2024From left to right: Vanessa, Ana, and Luisa. The Arispe lab joined 7 other institutions in a biannual meeting hosted in Paris funded by the Leducq network. The ReVAMP network meeting was hosted by Dr. Tournier-Lasserve, scientist at INSERM.
04.08.2024What fun! Science goes beyond the lab as the scientists join spectators across the world enjoying the must-see 2024 total-solar eclipse crossing the Midwest! The next one is not due until August 23, 2044.
02.23.2024Aryana Javaheri gave a wonderful performance at the NMO Winter Chamber Music Concert!
01.30.2024Aya Masri was awarded the Northwestern University Academic Year Undergraduate Research Grant on January 24, 2023. This research grant provides funding for select undergraduate research projects, including data collection, analysis, and synthesis of results. Aya’s independent project is titled “Identification of Novel, Mechanosensitive Proteins in the Human and Mouse Endothelium.”
12.29.2023What better way to say goodbye to 2023 than surrounded by your lab mates and a cocktail or two nearby?
12.19.2023Decreased activity of a specific signaling pathway in the brain vessels of aging mice and humans was linked to a decline in vascular function and subsequent neurodegeneration, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
12.01.2023The holidays are never lonely in the Arispe lab - at least not on these nights. We are always grateful to Drs. Tim Lane and Luisa Arispe, thank you for hosting us at your home for a night of fun and games.
11.17.2023Ana Mompeon presented her work on RASA1 at the FCVRRI Research in Progress seminar.
11.16.2023Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Sunshine on a successful thesis defense with her paper titled, "Elucidating the role of ZFP36 in endothelial angiogenic response." We wish her the very best in her tremendously bright future! We will all miss you very much.
10.17.2023Alan Poe, MD fellow and research scientist and Sneza Mirkov, Arispe lab manager share the stage as they present a poster together!
09.22.2023The lab enjoyed a fantastic day of science outdoors at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The departmental retreat entailed a morning full of thought-provoking lectures and a wonderful afternoon walk through the garden's 385 acres.
09.15.2023Annmarie Dominguez was presented the Driskill Graduate Student Service Award on Friday, September 15, 2023. This award is given every year to a DGP student who enriches the DGP student experience through leadership, service, and/or advocacy within the DGP and Northwestern communities. Past winners have served in leadership positions in graduate student organizations, advocated for student concerns with DGP and university leadership, and performed outreach in the Chicago community. We are particularly interested in nominees that help create a more diverse, equitable and supportive DGP community.
08.28.2023Congratulations to the Arispe Lab for becoming Green Labs Certified! Snezana Mirkov, Laboratory Manager led efforts for certification by SustainNU. Certification is provided to labs that create energy, water, and waste-reduction measures without sacrificing research quality or lab safety.
08.03.2023Another round of congratulations and celebration for Danielle's well-earned Best Poster Award at the GRC on Angiogenesis held at Newport, RI. Danielle's poster featured research on the "Spatial and temporal design principles that guide large vessel growth."
08.01.2023Thrilled to see Jocelyn (left) and Katiannah (right) earn their Certificate of Management for Scientists and Engineers. The program is made available through a partnership between The Graduate School and Kellogg School of Management.
07.20.2023The Arispe Lab bids farewell to long-time undergraduate research trainee, Cyrus Abrahamson. Cyrus worked under the direct supervision of Jocelyn Salvador and contributed to the publication of an article in 2022. However, all great things must come to an end, as he transitions over to medical school, we all wish him the very best!
06.01.2023Madeline Melzer has officially joined the Arispe Lab and will continue her training under the co-mentorship of Drs. Yogesh Goyal and Luisa Iruela-Arispe. Madeline is interested in the dynamics of cellular decision-making and the reasons why nature has settled on the structure of vascular networks. Read her full bio here.
05.16.2023Annmarie Dominguez and Katiannah Moise are recognized with the Wildcat Impact Award. Annmarie received the award for her dedicated work with the Northwestern University Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (NUSACNAS). Katiannah received the award honoring her work with the Chicago Graduate Student Organization (CGSA).
03.13.2023A huge WELCOME to Lourdes Garcia Ortega, joining the Arispe Lab on March 13, 2023. Lourdes is a visiting scholar from Rui Benedito’s lab in Madrid (Spain)!
