
L. Fernando Santana 🇵🇷
@lfsantana68
Vice Dean for Basic Sciences and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, UC-Davis School of Medicine
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https://health.ucdavis.edu/leadership/bios/santana 05-11-2015 21:51:26
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Excited to share our latest work Journal of Physiology led by Dr. Heather Spooner. Thanks to Joshua Tulman for the excellent scientific illustrations. 14‐3‐3 proteins: Regulators of cardiac excitation–contraction coupling and stress responses physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

The second episode of our podcast series just dropped. navedolab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/podcasts/ This one highlights efforts of the Nieves-Cintron group to understand the effects of nicotine and tobacco products on vascular function. Check out the paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38805589/






Congratulations to all the amazing scientists named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars by HHMI. We’re immensely honored and proud to have two #PMB faculty members, Elisa Zhang, PhD and Dr. Theanne Griffith, among this inspiring group. A phenomenal achievement! hhmi.org/programs/freem…

Congrats to HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Chantell Evans, Josefina del Mármol (Josefina del Mármol), Yvette Fisher and Theanne Griffith—named 2025 McKnight Scholars for their demonstrated commitment to neuroscience and dedication to mentoring others! 🌟 Congratulations to all




New work shows how loss of the calcium-sensing protein STIM2 can worsen outcomes in colorectal cancer and support tumor #metastasis and hint that the protein could be used as a potential prognostic marker. Trebak Lab Trayambak Pathak PittDeptofMed scim.ag/44v3O3E


Excited to pre-release the latest from the lab on how arterial myocyte Panx1 controls vascular reactivity in diabetes. Massive effort from the M&M Team in collaboration with 🦕Brant Isakson🦖 and Xiang Lab. UC Davis, UC Davis Pharmacology, UC Davis Health. ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…
