Luke Dunaway

Luke Dunaway

@lukedunaway.bsky.social

Research Assistant Professor | Dept of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics | UVA Cardiovascular Research Center | Isakson Lab | Interested in the role of iron in vascular biology

117 Followers 181 Following 7 Posts Joined Dec 2024
2 months ago
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Arterial iron regulates vasodilation during anemia via endothelial holo-alpha globin Iron deficiency is a highly prevalent nutrient deficiency and the most common cause of anemia. Although iron deficiency exacerbates cardiovascular disease, the direct impact of iron deficiency on the ...

I’m excited to share our work investigating the impact of iron deficiency on arterial endothelial function! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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8 months ago
CVRC Trainees Travel Abroad to Collect a Giraffe Heart – Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center

Why travel to Denmark to collect samples from a giraffe's heart? @brantisakson.bsky.social lab members Skylar Loeb and @lukedunaway.bsky.social made the trip to learn more about diastolic heart failure. Red more: www.cvrc.virginia.edu/cvrc-trainee...

#cardiology #medsky

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10 months ago

Equally excellent work by Skylar Loeb! You can catch her encore presentation tomorrow at 2:45PM. #APS2025

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10 months ago
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Excellent talk by Wyatt Schug this morning! If you missed it, you can catch it again Sunday at 9:10AM.

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10 months ago

Headed to #APS2025! Two great talks tomorrow from the Isakson Lab in the MCS session. Wyatt Shug (8:30AM) will present on basophil-endothelial crosstalk, and Skylar Loeb (10:50AM) will present the novel identification and impact of hemoglobin-alpha in cardiac lymphatics. @brantisakson.bsky.social

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11 months ago

Want to stay current with cardiology at UVA? Check out our starter pack!

If you're a cardiologist at UVA and want to be included in the list, DM us!

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11 months ago

Big thanks to our @uvacvrc.bsky.social coauthors Trè Mills, Ukpong Eyo, and @brantisakson.bsky.social

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11 months ago

Check out our latest paper reviewing the regulation of vascular tone! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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11 months ago
Luke Dunaway, PhD, Wins AHA Award for Chronic Kidney Disease Research – Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center

@lukedunaway.bsky.social, PhD, recently received an @americanheart.bsky.social Career Development Award to study iron's role in chronic kidney disease. Luke is a postdoc in @brantisakson.bsky.social's Lab and member of our Cardiovascular Training Program. Congratulations!

#CardioSky #MedSky

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1 year ago
2025 Nitric Oxide Conference GRC The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Nitric Oxide will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

Upcoming meetings on #NitricOxide – The application deadline for the GRC meeting: Nitric Oxide and Sulfide in Redox Signaling and Medicine is January 12th!

The meeting will take place on February 9-14 in Ventura, CA (United States).

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1 year ago

And if you are a trainee, be sure to register for the GRS! We have a great line up of speakers and mentors. #NOGRC 🔵🔴

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1 year ago
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From our lab to yours, happy holidays!

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