News
2021
July 2021
- We are excited to have Stephanie Leal join the lab as a graduate student from the UCSD Biomedical Science Ph.D. program! Stephanie will develop our studies on the role of proteoglycans in iron metabolism.
June 2021
- We are excited to have Mateus Zarzycki and Yousef Binzubair join the lab as new undergraduates. Mateus will join the lab to help Kaare study the impact of sialic acid in lipoprotein disorders. And Yousef will help Daniel to study the impact of oxidized lipids and proteoglycan binding proteins in myocardial infarction and sepsis.
February 2021
- We are excited to have Jason Hsiao join the lab as a new undergraduate. Jason will join the lab to help Kaare study the impact of sialic acid in lipoprotein disorders.
2020
October 2020
- We are excited to welcome Dr. Kaare Grunddal to the lab as a new postdoc. Kaare will join the lab to study the impact of sialic acid in lipoprotein disorders.
- We are excited to welcome Dr. Daniel Sandoval to the lab as a new postdoc. Daniel will join the lab to study the impact of oxidized lipids and proteoglycan binding proteins in myocardial infarction and sepsis.
May 2020
- Happy to share our latest review in Frontiers in Immunology with Ariane Pessentheiner and Michelle Ducasa. It is an overview of the role proteoglycans play in meta-inflammation.
March 2020
- Congrats to Anthony Quach for obtaining a UCSD Triton Research & Experiential Learning Scholar (TRELS) Award!
- We are excited to welcome Andrea Denardo from the University of Brescia, Italy. Andrea will be working on iron metabolism as a visiting graduate student.
February 2020
- Congrats Dr. Ariane Pessentheiner and Anthony Quach for being selected to give an oral presentation at the 2020 ASBMS Experimental Biology Meeting!
January 2020
- We are excited to welcome Ann Piermatteo to the lab as a undergraduate researcher in the lab. Ann will work with Ariane to study the impact of milk oligosaccharides on metabolic disease.
2019
November 2019
- We are excited to welcome Katherine Balcazar as an Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) scholar to assist Michelle in the lab.
August 2019
- We are excited to welcome Dr. Michelle Ducasa to the lab as a new postdoc. Michelle will join the lab to study the impact of adipose proteoglycans on metabolic disease.
- Happy to announce the publication our work in ATVB on the impact of APOC-III glycoforms on triglyceride-rich lipoprotein catabolism with our collaborator Hussein Yassine at USC!
July 2019
- Excited to report on our collaborative effort with the Varki lab published on PNAS studying the impact of human-specific loss of CMAH and its product Neu5Gc, a sialic acid, on atherosclerosis and red meat associated cardiovascular risk.
June 2019
- We are happy to see Vineet Tummula and Sohan Patel graduate at UCSD! Sad to see them go But we wish them a fantastic future and many thanks for all your valuable contributions!
- We are excited to announce that Vineet Tummula got accepted at Stony Brook, NY to start Medical School. Congrats Vineet!
- Happy to announce that my first graduate student Bastian Ramms successfully defended and obtained his PhD! Congrats Bastian!
May 2019
- Congratulations Chelsea Nora for obtaining a Master in Nutritional Science at SDSU!
- Excited to annoys that we published our second ApoC-III paper on apoE and LPL in the Journal of Lipid Research. Great work Bastian Ramms and the whole team!
- Together with the Tsimikas lab we were able to publish our intriguing results on the impact of Statins on Hepatic Lp(a) levels and production in the European Heart Journal.
April 2019
- We are excited to welcome both Yiwen Yang and Mujeeb Qadori to the lab as a undergraduate researchers in the lab. They will both will be working on adipocyte metabolism and obesity associated type-2diabetes.
March 2019
- Anthony Quach was awarded a Undergraduate Research Scholarships for his upcoming summer internship. Congrats Anthony!
Januari 2019
- We are excited to have Dr. Markus Heine and Friederike Jessen from the UKE Hamburg, Germany to join us for 4 months in the lab for training.
2018
October 2018
- We are excited to welcome Chiara Tognaccini to the lab as a undergraduate researcher in the lab. Chiara will work with Ariane to study the impact of milk oligosaccharides on metabolic disease.
July 2018
- We are excited to welcome Miguel Tillo to the lab as a new postdoc. Miguel will join the lab to study the impact of vascular and neuronal proteoglycans on metabolic disease.
June 2018
- Ariane Pessentheiner was awarded a travel award to fo the 2018 Kern Lipid Conference in Vail, Colorado. Congrats Ariane!
- Bastian Ramms will be presenting his work at the Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference on Lipoprotein Metabolism in Waterville Valley, NH.
February 2018
- We are excited to present the 21st San Diego Glycobiology Symposium and the SDGS NEXTGEN Seminar hosted by Prof. Kamil Godula and myself. Hope to see you all there between March 8-10th at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina.
- We are excited to welcome Anthony Quach to the lab as a undergraduate researcher in the lab. Anthony will work with Ariane to study the impact of adipose tissue proteoglycans on metabolic disease.
2017
November 2017
- We are excited to welcome Elizabeth Daniele to the lab as our new lab manager.
September 2017
- We are seeking to hire a Laboratory Researcher, a 50% appointment. Click on the following link to apply for this position: https://jobs.ucsd.edu/bulletin/job.aspx?jobnum_in=90149
- We are currently looking for a fellow holding a PhD, MD, or MD/PhD degree, with a strong interest and/or prior training in atherosclerosis, lipoprotein metabolism, adipose biology, glycobiology, diabetes or obesity.
August 2017
- The GRTC is looking for a part-time Administrative Assistant at our Glycobiology Research and Training Center.
June 2017
- Bastian Ramms will be presenting his work at the Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference on Atherosclerosis in Waterville Valley, NH.
May 2017
- Ariane Pessentheiner was successfully awarded a 3-year Erwin-Schrödinger-Outgoing fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Congrats Ariane!
April 2017
- Bastian Ramms was selected to present his exciting results at the 2017 Atherosclerosis Gordon Research Seminar in June.
- Norah Al-Azzam and Vineet Tummula successfully presented their work at the 30th Annual UC San Diego Undergraduate Research Conference.
March 2017
- We are excited to welcome Ariane Pessentheiner to the lab as our first postdoctoral researcher! Ariane will be working on the metabolic consequences of human milk oligosaccharide administration.
- Dr. Gordts will present his work at The Deuel Conference on Lipids in Monterey, CA.
January 2017
- In collaboration with Prof. Sortorius Tsimikas we published a study highlighting the strong correlation between plasma Lipoprotein (a) land apolipoprotein E isoforms in ATVB.
2016
December 2016
- Bastian Ramms was successfully awarded a 2-year predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Congrats Bastian!
November 2016
- Norah Al-Azzam has been successfully admitted to the McNair Program to fund her research in the lab. Congrats Norah!
October 2016
- We welcome Norah Al-Azzam as a new lab member. She will be working on adipocyte metabolism. Welcome Norah!
July 2016
- We thank Tiffany Lee for her perseverance, attitude and work rigor. May you have a bright future and have a great time in Med school!
June 2016
- We published our work on ApoC-III in the Journal of Clinical investigation thanks to a great team effort!
- We thank Caroline Labib for all her hard work in the lab. All the best in the future!
June 2016
- Dr. Gordts will present his work at Lipoprotein Metabolism GRC which will be held in Waterville, NH, from June 12th to June 17th, 2016.
- Royce Chen joined the lab as a volunteer undergraduate student from Columbia University. Welcome Royce!
May 2016
- Dr. Gordts will present his work at 84th EAS Congress which will be held in Innsbruck, Austria, from May 29th to June 1st, 2016.
April 2016
- Our undergraduate student Caroline Labib presented elegantly her work in the lab at the UCSD Undergraduate Research Conference on April 23, 2016. Congrats Caroline!
March 2016
- Dr. Gordts received the Junior Investigator Award from the Journal of Lipid Research at the 2016 Deuel Conference on Lipids
- Chloe Autran will present her work at the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation
- Dr. Gordts will present his work at The Deuel Conference on Lipids.
2015
November 2015
- Dr. Gordts will present his work at the AHA Scientific Sessions.
October, 2015
- This month we welcome Lucia Krott, a visiting graduate student from UKE Hamburg, Germany.
August, 2015
- We welcome Caroline Labib, an undergraduate student, to join the Gordts lab.
- Dr. Gordts welcomes his first graduate student. Welcome Bastian Ramms!