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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 23h

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 23h

Thrilled to see our Frontiers in Science lead article editorialized by Hugo Ten Cate! He emphasizes harnessing patient heterogeneity, AI, and cutting-edge antithrombotics to transform cardiovascular care. Precision medicine in action! tinyurl.com/t7dxh8na

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 2d

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 2d

Our Frontiers in Science lead article on precision cardiovascular medicine is editorialized by Joseph C. Wu, highlighting how reframing disease heterogeneity—from obstacle to opportunity—can transform the future of cardiovascular care. tinyurl.com/yhh3ywz2

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 3d

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 3d

Honored that our Frontiers in Science lead article on precision cardiovascular medicine is editorialized by global leaders Valentin Fuster, Filip Swirski, and Girish Nadkarni, emphasizing how precision & population health approaches can unite against CVD. tinyurl.com/3pn6vzur

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 3d

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 3d

Big news! Our article “Precision Cardiovascular Medicine: Shifting the Innovation Paradigm” is a lead feature in Frontiers in Science, the flagship Frontiers journal—showcasing how systems biology and AI are tackling disease heterogeneity and redefining cardiovascular care. tinyurl.com/4pb2tp5h

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 12d

CICS wishes you a Happy World Heart Day! Sept 29 reminds us that up to 80% of premature CVD deaths are preventable through early screening, access to care, & healthy choices. We’re proud to be advancing research in cardiovascular medicine to reduce the global burden. #WorldHeartDay

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 15d

Our Co-Director Elena Aikawa delivered the 24th Annual Ramzi S. Cotran Lecture hosted by Harvard Medical School, BWH, and Boston Children's Hospital. This incredible event was attended by faculty and fellows across MGB, HMS, and BIDMC, including her former mentor Dr. Frederick Schoen.

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 17d

We are proud to announce that our Co-Director, Elena Aikawa, will deliver the prestigious Annual Ramzi S. Cotran Memorial Lecture on Thursday, September 25, at 4:30 p.m. at the Folkman Auditorium, Boston Children’s Hospital (300 Longwood Ave). Hope to see you there!

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 17d

Some screen-captures from our Director of Proteomics Research Dr. Sasha Singh's excellent talk this morning on the exciting potential for biomarker discovery using plasma proteomics!

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 20d

Our Co-Director Elena Aikawa delivered a well-received Keynote Lecture at the 10th Heart Valve Biology and Tissue Engineering Meeting, hosted by Sir Magdi Yacoub, at the Royal Society in London!

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · 20d

Our Director Masanori Aikawa delivered a special seminar at University College London’s Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, organized by Professor Sergio Bertazzo! @ucl.ac.uk

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Co-director Elena Aikawa introducing the selected oral speakers of the night and celebrating, as always, the incredible accomplishments and work of our women physicians and scientists.

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Sep 9

Packed room tonight for Dr. Kathryn Rexrode’s keynote lecture at the @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social annual Women in Medicine and Science Symposium!

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’re proud to celebrate this year’s Women in Medicine and Science Symposium!
Congratulations to the outstanding women who presented, and thank you to the organizers — especially our co-director Dr. Elena Aikawa, whose dedication to empowering women in medicine makes this event possible.

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Sep 5

We report that apolipoproteins are ADP-ribosylated, and these modified forms accumulate in plaques. Congratulations to the Singh and M Aikawa labs, Drs Pestana and Delwarde, and coauthors for their hard work on reporting this new biology. @ahajournals.bsky.social
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

ADP-Ribosylation in Experimental Atherosclerosis: A Potential Link Between Dyslipidemia and Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Our Director of Proteomics, Dr. Sasha Singh, will discuss alongside Dr. Duc Duong their respective research in addressing challenges in large-scale plasma proteomics for biomarker discovery.

Mark your calendars for Sept. 23rd at 11am EDT!

https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/webinars/from-plasma-to-proteome-scalable-and-reproducible-approaches-for-biomarker-discovery-403654?spl=07cbe3bfdff843cca449ad868c8b151d

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our co-director Dr. Elena Aikawa delivered an amazing talk at the European Society of Cardiology annual meeting in Madrid, Spain. Inspiring as always!

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Jul 23

CICS proteomics collaboration publication alert: Combined dietary omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids protect against hyperglycemia-associated retinopathy in neonatal mice www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Combined dietary omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids protect against hyperglycemia-associated retinopathy in neonatal mice

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with early vessel loss (Phase I) followed by uncontrolled vessel growth (Phase II) causes visual impairment in premat…

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Jun 30

Our Director of Proteomics Research Dr. Sasha Singh gave a wonderful and inspiring talk at last week's Festival of Genomics Boston about her innovative work using omics technologies in cardiovascular research. #FoGBoston #genomics #biodata

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Sasha A.S. @toleafgirl.bsky.social · Jun 17

We haven’t given up on Sortilin as therapeutic target for vascular and valvular calcification www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... congratulations to Adrien and Elena! @ahajournals.bsky.social

Antisense Oligonucleotide Targeting Sortilin Reduces Vascular Calcification in Mice in a Sex-Dependent Manner | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic calcification is a complex pathological process associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Despite extensive research, this disorder has no effective thera...

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Jun 3

We are excited to share that our Director of Proteomics Research, Dr. Sasha Singh, will be speaking at #FOGBoston at the end of this month! Registration is free for over 90% of attendees, so don't miss out! Reserve your spot at hubs.la/Q03cHRdb0. #genomics #biodata

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Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS) @cicsnews.bsky.social · Apr 23

Masanori Aikawa, CICS Founding Director, delivered a lecture at the 2025 Translational Panel during the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference of the Society for Vascular Surgery in Baltimore, held in conjunction with @ahascience.bsky.social Vascular Discovery 2025.

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