ATS RSF Assembly

The 2026 ATS New Faculty Boot Camp will have tailored sessions for the Basic (PhD) Scientist track. For the first time, non-US/Canadian residents can apply for admittance to the 2026 Basic (PhD) Scientist track! Registration details coming soon for 2026 #ATS_PhD

🔭 Details here: tinyurl.com/4cuv6u67

Respiratory Structure & Function Awards American Thoracic Society

🏆RSF Assembly Awards—Nominations open now until December 31st!

We welcome you to submit nominations for the RSF Assembly Awards to recognize individuals making outstanding contributions. The RSF Assembly is pleased to offer awards across all career stages.

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Meet Dr Riaz Hussain, a Research Fellow at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr Hussain’s research utilizes hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI to assess lung ventilation in cystic fibrosis, with a focus on using ventilation defect % as a biomarker 🎯 #ECP

More here: tinyurl.com/4fyp2a65

YouTube video by American Thoracic Society The Role of Airway Smooth Muscle in Deep Inspiration Induced Bronchodilation and Bronchoprotection

For those who missed the webinar, here is the link to the recording: youtu.be/gJzXHtVTjt8

The 2026 ATS New Faculty Boot Camp will have tailored sessions for the Basic (PhD) Scientist track. For the first time, non-US/Canadian residents can apply for admittance to the 2026 Basic (PhD) Scientist track! Registration details coming soon for 2026! #ATS_PhD

Stay tuned: tinyurl.com/4cuv6u67

💻 The Role of Airway Smooth Muscle in Deep Inspiration Induced Bronchodilation and Bronchoprotection by 2025 Joseph R Rodarte for Scientific Distinction Award winner, Chun Seow, PhD, ATSF from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation.

📅 9th October 2025
⏰ 2pm-3pm ET
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Do you know of an exceptional colleague who has made outstanding contributions and achievements in pulmonary disease, critical care, and sleep health? Nominate them for an ATS Respiratory Health Award! Learn more about these awards: tinyurl.com/5a5tjdvw

⏰ October 17th, 2026

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💻 Asthma Under the Microscope: A Study on the Single Cell Spatial View of the Airway Wall

📅 11am ET, 2025 October 20th
⏰ 60 minutes

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NEXT WEEK: 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!

The 2026 ATS New Faculty Boot Camp will have tailored sessions for the Basic (PhD) Scientist track. For the first time, non-US/Canadian residents can apply for admittance to the 2026 Basic (PhD) Scientist track! Registration details coming soon for 2026! #ATS_PhD

Stay tuned: tinyurl.com/4cuv6u67

💻 The Role of Airway Smooth Muscle in Deep Inspiration Induced Bronchodilation and Bronchoprotection by 2025 Joseph R Rodarte for Scientific Distinction Award winner, Chun Seow, PhD, ATSF from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation.

📅 9th October 2025
⏰ 2pm-3pm ET
🔗 tinyurl.com/y2r54bee

🚨The ATS is now accepting the submission of scientific abstracts and case reports on all aspects of respiratory disease, critical care, and sleep medicine.

Submissions are due on November 5th, 2025: conference.thoracic.org/program/call.... Check out the RSF ECP Working Group’s abstract guide below

👉 Check out ECP Highlight, Dr Debanjali Dasgupta, a Research Associate at Mayo Clinic. Dr Dasgupta’s research focuses the interaction between airway inflammation and organelle stress, with a focus on TNFA-mediated mitochondrial remodeling.

More here: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...

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!

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.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/282a2ez8

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.

For more: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...

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.

For more: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...

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.