MCRI Blanton Lab
@BlantonLab
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Physician Scientist at Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Joined August 2021
Congrats to Xuehong Cao, Audrey Tripp, Yali Zhang and colleagues for collaborative Blanton and Galper lab paper showing protective role of cGMP-PKG1 signaling in opposing ventricular arrhythmia in the diabetic heart.
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Congratulations Santo Kalathingal and Anna Burke for great presentations of our lab’s work at 2025 BCVS meeting!
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Congrats to lab alum Suchita Pande for her two early career grants in her new faculty position!.
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RT @MTChinMDPhD: Cell-Penetrating Peptide Enhances Tafazzin Gene Therapy in Mouse Model of Barth Syndrome #mdpiijms….
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Barth Syndrome (BTHS) is an early onset, lethal X-linked disorder caused by a mutation in tafazzin (TAFAZZIN), a mitochondrial acyltransferase that remodels monolysocardiolipin (MLCL) to mature...
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Great MCRI Annual Retreat at Woods Hole. Wonderful talks by Zolt Arany, Mukesh Jain, Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Howard Chen, Junichi Sadoshima, and Elena Aikawa! Lab members giving elevator pitches. Great lightning talks by MCRI trainees (forgot to take pic of Anna Burke).
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What do flies, dogs, mice, humans have in common? They all regulate the RNA splicing factor hnRNPL in their left ventricle and need it for normal heart function.
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Expression of the splicing factor heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L (hnRNPL) increases in the failing left ventricle across mammalian species. Deletion of hnRNPL homolog smooth causes...
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RT @IrisJaffeLab: Congratulations Casey Turner on her F32 grant from the NIH and her mentor Jennifer DuPont. @TuftsMedicalCtr @TuftsMCResea….
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RT @Inside_PM: Cardurion has raised $260M to support development of two novel drugs in development for cardiovascular disease. Learn more:….
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Congrats Suchita Pande (between lab alum/Senior Scientist Tim Calamaras and MCRI PI Lija Swain) for BCVS poster presentation showing therapeutic efficacy of MLK3 augmentation in heart failure model.
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Congratulations to Ty Jones our summer BDBS student for a great final presentation!
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If you’re at APS come see Anna Burke in our lab present her work showing cardiac myocyte-specific role of the PKG substrate MLK3 in maintaining normal LV function in pressure overload. Poster P0901 from 5:15-6:15 PM.
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RT @BlantonLab: Congratulations Loveth Raymond for outstanding poster on MLK3 as novel inhibitor of cardiac myocyte NFAT. And thanks Abe Ba….
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RT @TuftsMedicalCtr: Congratulations to the outstanding team from the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) at Tufts Medical Cente….
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Congratulations Loveth Raymond for outstanding poster on MLK3 as novel inhibitor of cardiac myocyte NFAT. And thanks Abe Bayer and others for stopping by!
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RT @ChinLabTufts: Good to see MCRI alum @calamaras_tim��� at #BCVS23 @TuftsMCResearch @BlantonLab @MTChinMDPhD
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RT @MTChinMDPhD: Outstanding talk from Tufts MC researcher and collaborator @NavinKapur4 on VA ECMO mitochondrial dysfunction and mitigat….
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RT @MTChinMDPhD: @IrisJaffeLab @TuftsMCResearch @TuftsMedSchool @NavinKapur4 The MCRI is an outstanding environment for trainees and PIs, l….
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RT @IrisJaffeLab: Great job by MCRI trainees presenting their work at the American Heart Association BCVS meeting. @TuftsMCResearch @Tuf….
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