ATS RSF Assembly

Say hello to Dr Jazmin Calyeca, a Research Scientist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr Calyeca’s research focuses on how aberrant repair alters the phenotype and function of epithelial stem cells and mesenchymal cells in paediatric airway surgery and disease.

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Upcoming webinar hosted by the ATS RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group:

Bridging Gaps Between Basic Science and Clinical Applications

📅 Tuesday, 9/16, 2 p.m. ET
🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/prote...

See you there!

💻 Journal Club: Asthma and Lower Airway Disease
🗓️ 11am-12pm ET, 9th September 2025

Carli S. Koster, MSc, University of Groningen, will present on their work, "Neuroplasticity and Neuroimmune Interactions in Fatal Asthma" published in Allergy.

Register here: tinyurl.com/myuvza62

American Thoracic Society | Bridging Gaps Between Basic Science… The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…

Upcoming webinar hosted by the ATS RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group:

Bridging Gaps Between Basic Science and Clinical Applications

📅 Tuesday, 9/16, 2 p.m. ET
🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/prote...

See you there!

💡RENEWAL Assembly/Committee Project Application - Applications are for those projects that were approved by the Program Review Subcommittee and the ATS Board of Directors during the FY2025 Funding Cycle.

💡NEW Joint ATS/ERS Project Application – Applications are only for joint project between the two societies.

💡NEW Assembly/Committee Project Application - Applications are New Projects that require funding and approval for the first time.

American Thoracic Society | FY2026 Assembly/Committee New/Renewal… The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…

🚨All ATS members are invited to submit an application for a new or renewal project before August 4, 2025, 11 p.m. ET. Assembly/Committee projects are a core Society activity and provide guidance to the global community regarding topics important to ATS members.

Submit here: tinyurl.com/3w757ccf

Welcome Dr Sanjana Mahadev Bhat, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Mayo Clinic. Her research focuses on uncovering the regulation of mitochondrial dynamics and function in the airways, particularly in ASM cells and chronic airway disease.

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Store-operated Ca2+ entry is involved in endothelium-to-mesenchymal transition in lung vascular endothelial cells - PubMed Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a biological process that converts endothelial cells to mesenchymal cells with increased proliferative and migrative abilities. EndMT has been implicat...

Congratulations to Dr Aleksandra Babicheva and colleagues on their recent publication describing a novel and critical role of store-operated calcium entry and STIM1/Orai1 in TGF-β1-induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human lung endothelial cells.

www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40331589/

Introducing Dr Thu Tran, Assistant Professor from McGovern Medical School at the Health Science Center at Houston. Dr Tran’s research explores the molecular mechanisms underlying lung injury affecting neonates and their long-term outcomes.

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RSF sessions for Wednesday, May 21:

SIC Events for Wednesday May 21st. Hope to see you there! #ATS2025
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SIC Abstract Awardee Dr. Sophie Collins is presenting today in session C100 2:15-4:15pm. #ATS2025
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Check out the RSF sessions for Tuesday, May 20:

Congratulations to Ann Woolcock Memorial Award 2025 winner - Chantal Donovan🏅from the University of Technology Sydney nominated by Brian Oliver. This award honors the life of the late Ann Woolcock, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., A.O., of Sydney University.

Congratulations to 2025 Solbert Permutt Trailblazer Award in Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine winner - Janette Burgess from the University of Groningen🏆nominated by Markus Weckmann. This award honors Solbert Permutt, an intellectual giant who also served as inspirational mentor for many trainees.

Congratulations to Joseph R. Rodarte Award for Scientific Distinction 2025 winner - Chun Seow from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation🥂nominated by Andrew Halayko. This award honors the life of Joseph Rodarte, M.D.

Congratulations to 2025 Dr. Robert Crapo Memorial Innovative Research Methodologies Award winner - Xingbin Ai from Mass Gen Hospital 👏🏻 nominated by Ramaswamy Krishnan. The award honors the life achievements of Robert Crapo, M.D., an international leader in pulmonary function diagnostics research.

Take a look at the RSF programming for Monday, May 19:

Come join us this afternoon and connect with colleagues and friends! We can’t wait to see you!

ATS is less than one week away! We are excited to see you at our Membership Meeting on Sunday, May 18 🎉

✨ Our May ECP Highlight ✨

Dr. Hooman Hamedani is an Instructor of Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hamedani's work involves imaging the distribution of gas contrast agents, like 129Xe, under normal breathing conditions using a Cine MRI technique.

Congratulations to the 2025 SIC Abstract Award Winners!

Dr. Divya Bhatia @ats-aii.bsky.social
Dr. Thomas File @ats-pitb.bsky.social
Dr. Sophie Collins @ats-rsf.bsky.social
Dr. Luis Rodriguez @ats-rcmb.bsky.social

Join us Sunday May 18 2-3pm to celebrate with them

Congratulations to the 2025 Rising Star Awardees! Join us in celebrating them at the SIC Awards Session Sunday May 18 2-3pm

Dr. Jehan Alladina @ats-aii.bsky.social
Dr. Merete Long & Dr. Taylor Coston @ats-pitb.bsky.social
Dr. Changwan Ryu @ats-rcmb.bsky.social
Dr. Jacob Hermann @ats-rsf.bsky.social

We hope to see you later!

April 21 at 11am ET join us for Journal Club on "Three-Dimensional Fibrotic Extracellular Matrix Directs Microenvironment Fiber Remodeling by Fibroblasts" hosted by @ats-rsf.bsky.social

Register here: shorturl.at/SHAjx

🔊🔊Register for the RSF Working Group Journal Club
Tue, 4/15 12pm EST!

There is still time to register and join our interactive discussion!

American Thoracic Society Science and Innovation Center Schedule for 2025

The SIC has an exciting slate of sessions programmed for #ATS2025. Join us to hear about One Health, AI, Wearable Technology, and more!
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