Research Description

Real-time characterization of the cardiac fight-or-flight response using caged-serine mutagenesis

Awards

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship (NIH F30HL182065), 2025-2029
• Pharmacological Sciences T32 Student Representative, 2025
• Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (T32 GM144636), 2025
• Institutional Fellowship on the Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (NIH T32 GM144636), 2024-2025

Publications

• Clark CJ*, Anderson CE*, Dou A*, Dierdorff JM, Galpin JD, Gissot L, Thompson SG, Choi H, Yoon JY, Infield DT, McLendon JM, Hoeger JM, Rabab'h O, Bronk P, Leeds K, Kutschke WJ, Paradee WJ, Boudreau RL, Choi BR, London B, Ahern CA. Sodium Channel Isoform Diversity Underlies Chamber-Specific Cardiac Excitability. Circ Res. 2026 Apr 24;138(9):e328159. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.328159. Epub 2026 Mar 25. PMID: 41878815; PMCID: PMC13045664. *Co-first authors
• Clark, Colin J.*, Christian Anderson*, Alex Dou*, Jason Dierdorff, Jason D. Galpin, Lionel Gissot, Samantha Thompson et al. "Non-canonical Sodium Channel Isoforms Underlie Chamber Specific Cardiac Excitability." bioRxiv (2025): 2025-08. *Co-first authors.