Lab News

Congratulation!!

We are happy to announce that Soon-Gook got awarded an 2025-2026 AHA postdoctoral fellowship from American Heart Association ($161,248). Congratulation Soon-Gook! 

Congratulation!!!

Soon-Gook has been nominated for 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research. Congratulations!!

https://grad.ucla.edu/life-at-ucla/events/2024-postdoctoral-scholars-mentors-awards-ceremony/ 

Mack Lab attended 2024 DoM Resaerch day and CV Theme Retreat

Soon-Good did oral presentations at the "Breakout Session" during 2024 DoM Resarch day and Early Career Forum (ECI) of 2024 CV Theme Retreat. 

2024 CV Theme Retreat / ECI Forum: "Mechanosensitive Membrane Domains Regulate Calcium Entry in Arterial Endothelial Cells to Protect Against Inflammation"

2024 DoM Research Day: "Flow-mediated Modulation of the Endothelial Cell Lipidome"

Publication Alert!!

Soon-Gook published a paper in the Frontiers in Physiology! He conducted a complementary analysis using RNAseq and Lipidomics in endothelial cells under unidirectional flow vs. disturbed flow to find potential lipid modulator for EC pro-inflammatory activation. 

Hong et al. 2024. Front. Physiol., 23 July 2024 https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1431847

Publication Alert!!

Our recent work has been published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation!! We celebrated our huge achievement with our friends :) Congrat Soon-Gook!

Hong et al. 2024. Mechanosensitive membrane domains regulate calcium entry in arterial endothelial cells to protect against inflammation. J Clin Invest. 2024;134(13):e175057. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI175057.

Mack Lab Farewell Party 

We had a farewell party for Nilou, Anna, and Nika. Lots of our friends attended to celebrate their success. We will miss you all so much!!

Single cell RNA sequencing

Mack lab is doing scRNAseq to unveil the mechanisms of endothelial cell heterogeneity under flow using Parse Technology!

DoM Research Day

Mack Lab attended DoM Research Day! Soon-Gook presented his poster about LPCAT3 and endothelial cell homeostasis!

Congratulation!!

Great news!! Soon-Gook won a poster award (3rd place) at the 2023 Cardiovascular Theme Annual Retreat at UCLA. 

Farewell Party for Meigan 

Mack Lab had a farewell party for our lab manager Meigan with our friends. We will miss you so much!

Biomedical Research Minor Graduate Reception 2023

Congratulations to Alexis and Eesha as graduates of the Class of 2023 UCLA Biomedical Research Minor!

Mack Lab Attends Undergraduate Poster Session

Lab members support senior Eesha as she presents her research at the MCDB Undergraduate Poster Session.

2023 AHA HSI Scholar Symposium

Judy presents her research poster at the HSI Scholar Symposium

Zebrafish Blood Vessel Imaging

Live imaging of zebrafish dorsal aorta.

AHA HSI Scholar Visit UCLA

Southern California AHA HSI Scholars visit the Mack Lab for live zebrafish imaging

Mack Lab poster wins 1st Prize!

Our poster wins 1st Place Prize for the Basic Science category at the DOM Research Day.

Mack Lab Attends the DOM Research Day

Poster presentation at the annual Department of Medicine Research Day.

Successful 2022 Cardiovascular Research Theme Retreat

Successful interactions and poster presentation at the 2022 UCLA Cardiovascular Research Theme Retreat

Congratulations to Soon-Gook on his publication in JCI Insight!

Soon-Gook's graduate work from Temple University is published today online!

Welcome Soon-Gook to UCLA!

We are excited to welcome Dr. Soon-Gook Hong as postdoc in the Mack Lab.

Julianne passes lab manager role to Meigan

Welcome to Meigan as she starts her new role as Mack Lab Manager!

Farewell to Julianne as she moves on to her next adventure.

Welcome Lily!

Thanks to Lily for keeping the mice organized.

Samantha presents at the AHA HSI Spring Symposium

Congratulations to Samantha for her poster presentation at the AHA HSI Spring Symposium.

Alvaro accepted to the Amgen Scholars Program!

Alvaro will participate in the 2022 Amgen Scholars summer program at UCLA.

Julianne prepares intestine samples to image

We've been optimizing techniques to image the 3D intestinal architecture and are excited to share some of the imaging in an accepted publication from our collaborators.  Look for a new announcement soon!

Julia receives the George J. Popjak Scholar Award

Julia receives the 2020-2021 George J. Popjak Scholar Award for "outstanding contributions in the field of Atherosclerosis Research."

Transgenic zebrafish for visualing blood vessels

Imaging blood vessels in a fluorescent zebrafish model.

Testing out the new ibidi µ-Patterning technology

Custom designed patterned slides for endothelial cell alignment!

Julia elected member of the Molecular Biology Institute

UCLA Molecular Biology Institute was established to serve as a hub for interactions between scientific groups on campus, focused on deciphering molecular structures and identifying regulatory cross-talk to understand the biology of cells and the molecular basis for disease. The Mack Lab supports the MBI!

Visit to Zeiss Headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany

Julia visits Zeiss Headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany.

Keynote at the International Cell Culture under Flow Meeting 2020

Julia presents keynote lecture at the International Cell Culture under Flow Meeting in Munich, Germany.

STEM Goes Red visits the Mack Lab

Students from Los Angeles high schools visit UCLA campus and the Mack Lab to see cardiovascular research in action.

Research Day 2019

Mack Lab presents poster "Flow-Induced Polarization of Vascular Endothelial Cells" at UCLA Department of Medicine Research Day on October 12, 2019.

Microscope Upgrade

Mack Lab now has the Zeiss LSM 900 with Airyscan 2 Multiplex imaging to enable super resolution imaging!