Member Activities & Awards
2026
| February – Congratulations to Irusha Dahal and Christine Sanderson on the acceptance of their
review article titled "Sphingolipid signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells during
development and diseases" in the JMA Journal. |
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2025
December – The Saito lab was awarded an Ines Mandl Research Foundation grant to study the interplay between elastic fibers and smooth muscle cells during vascular
development.
– Dr. Saito was selected as an Early Career Board Member at the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. |
| November - Dr. Saito was appointed to the Early Career Board Member position in Vascular Pharmacology |
| October - Our study titled "Sphingosine kinase 1 is integral for elastin deficiency-induced
arterial hypermusculariztion" was accepted for publication in Nature Cardiovascular Research. |
| September - the Saito Laboratory for Developmental Vascular Biology opened. Positions are available! |
| August - We are excited to have Irusha Dahal joining us as Research Associate. Welcome
Aboard, Irusha! |
| July - The Saito lab received a Notice of Award (NOA) for an NIH/NHLBI R00
grant to study the ductus arteriosus biology. |
