Dave Barefield, PhD

Assistant Professor at Loyola University Chicago studying cardiomyopathy and atrial contractility.

#HCM #DCM #Arrhythmia #AFib

[Journal of General Physiology @JGenPhysiol]

After decades of obscurity, we are finally gaining mechanistic insight into the function of #myosin-binding protein-H in skeletal #muscle regulation. @BarefieldD @LoyolaChicago provides commentary on new study from Mead et al. (https://t.co/9g6Kbqy45H): https://t.co/NGj6aKL5i9

[Journal of Clinical Investigation @jclinicalinvest]

Celebrating JCI's 100th anniversary:

https://t.co/EsHQ7kS9Ub

[AJP-Heart and Circ @ajpheartcirc]

🎙️Behind the Bench
Co-hosts @Dr_TommyMartin & @char_lab talk with Hannah Cizauskas about her 1st first-author article on #AFib and contractile dysfunction. Hannah loves her dog Jake, STEMinist novels, and #sarcomere dysfunction in AFib. Listen now🎧 https://t.co/pvaaQkeIcm

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

Preprint from @HopeBurnham4 on her ambitious masters project. Even more ambitious that Hope got this manuscript written up during the M1 year of the @LoyolaMDPhD program.

https://t.co/U7GaQ98cGA

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

I love getting to this stage of editing a manuscript.

[Arianne Caudal @arianneinthelab]

📢: The #BCVS Early Career Mentorship Program is OPEN for new applications (mentees and mentors). @peihengg_heart and I had the incredible opportunity to interview some inspiring success stories --

testimonials linked here:
https://t.co/teWBKnWXjN
https://t.co/MWuOa3wWYA

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

@Yena__Oh @NatureComms Great work! I've been looking forward to seeing this published.

[Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Early Career @BCVSearlyCareer]

📢 The #BCVS Early Career Mentorship Program is accepting applications for the 24-25 year! Apply now!
https://t.co/3AGiKWnA8f

Unsure? Watch an interview from one of our successful matches! @SeanM_Wu https://t.co/DT4OhZMhS7

@BarefieldD @ChiFungLeePhD @5FootScientist

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

@ajpheartcirc Great editorial on our recent work published in AJP-Heart and Circ! Lots of interesting questions about #afib, atrial stunning, and sarcomere proteolysis. More to come!

[AJP-Heart and Circ @ajpheartcirc]

#ArticlesInPress: Eating your heart out: Endogenous #proteases may contribute to atrial stunning following #atrial fibrillation treatment.
Ashley A. Martin and DeWayne Townsend
https://t.co/2dCrYO1Fco
#AtrialFibrillationTreatment

[Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Early Career @BCVSearlyCareer]

Introducing (again) your BCVS Early Career Committee! #BCVS24 @AHAScience @BarefieldD @SusmitaSahooPhD @AnkitGargMDPhD @S_HamiltonLab @ChiFungLeePhD @CatMak23 @Jess4genes @RabinovichInna @mingtao_zhao @SashaSmolgovsky @arianneinthelab @peihengg_heart @JonPHeart

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

Proud mentor moments at #BCVS24. Congrats to Barefield Lab PhD student Hannah Cizauskas and postdoc @AlejandroArce for winning awards!

[HeartRhythm @hrs_journal]

Calpain inhibition protects against atrial fibrillation by mitigating diabetes-associated atrial fibrosis and calcium handling dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mice

@longshengsong1

https://t.co/xj6m6lZ2GB

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

@jonathankirk giving a talk about sarcomere function in atrial fibrillation at #bcvs24. You heard that right, sarcomeres and #AFib, it's a thing.

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

So excited to see my trainees on the big stage at #BCVS24! Great work to Barefield Lab postdoc @AlejandroArce
#AFib #DCM

[Jessica Pfleger Karch @Jess4genes]

Sarah kicks off the #BCVS24 Early Career Pre-Conference!

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

@MasriAhmadMD That is interesting data. Based on that paper the effect of mava might be similar on alpha and beta myosin. However, I wonder about the contributions of all the atrial specific thick filament protein isoforms.

[Dave Barefield, PhD @BarefieldD]

Very proud of this work from rising 4th year PhD student Barefield Lab member Hannah Cizauskas!

[AJP-Heart and Circ @ajpheartcirc]

#ArticlesInPress: Proteolytic degradation of atrial #sarcomere proteins underlies contractile defects in #atrial fibrillation
Hannah E Cizauskas et al.
https://t.co/lMr4OYXSpA
@jonathankirk @BarefieldD @LoyolaChicago
#AtrialFibrillation #AtrialContractility
#AtrialStunning

[Muscular Dystrophy Association @MDAorg]

Yesterday, the @US_FDA granted expanded approval for @Sarepta's Elevidys for the treatment of #DMD. Join us in celebrating this incredible progress and hear from MDA leaders, families, and care center directors about the strides we've made and the exciting future ahead.