Vascular Research Lab
The laboratory serves multiple functions:
1) research training of select surgical residents and vascular fellows.
2) support of clinical research and development projects.
3) basic research into the biology of cells making up the peripheral blood vessels.
The lab can support research and clinical projects requiring technical expertise in tissue & cell cryo-preservation, cell isolation & cell culture, retroviral insertion of genes into endothelial cells, fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACs) and analysis, Mass Spectrometry / High PerformanceLC protein isolation & Western blotting, PCR, immunohistochemistry, histologic interpretation and lab animal pathology.
The lab is supported by grants from JDRF, AHA and funding from the UTGSM. NIH funding is pending.
Presently the lab is involved in the following projects:
- Differential Distribution of Inflammatory Mediators in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
- Pressure Measurements in Aneurysmal Leaks
- Studying Vascular Complications of Diabetes and Hypertension
- The Mechanism of Ischemic Injury
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