Breslin Lab

11/01/2025

Congratulations to our colleague Mengmeng Chang, who received the prestigious 2025 August Krogh Yoong Investigator Award.

10/21/2025

We have a new publication related to our work on hemorrhagic shock and microvascular permeability. In this study, we found that administration of apolipoprotein M in resuscitative fluids could reduce the level of microvascular leakage in a combined alcohol intoxication and hemorrhagic shock model.

Objective Microvascular hyperpermeability is a serious complication that occurs from hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation (HSR), especially when combined with acute alcohol intoxication (AAI). We tes...

10/18/2025

We're happy to announce the release of the new edition of the Handbook of Microcirculation, now available for pre-order!

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04/08/2025

Our medical school has risen in the rankings!

03/07/2025

Last Friday I had the pleasure of watching two of my trainees do a spectacular job with their presentations at USF Health Research Day.

01/19/2025

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Dr. Stanley G. Rockson is the Allan and Tina Neill Professor of Lymphatic Research and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, a LE&RN Comprehensive Center of Excellence. He completed his internship, residency, and fellowship training at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rockson has been involved in numerous clinical trials researching various aspects of lymphatic disease and is the Editor-in-Chief of Lymphatic Research and Biology, the official journal of LE&RN. Dr. Rockson is a co-founder of LE&RN, works closely with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance the agenda for lymphatic research, and has authored more than 250 publications devoted to various aspects of lymphatic biology and disease, vascular biology, and cardiovascular medicine.

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08/05/2024

We have a new webpage describing our lab's activity:

Breslin Lab

10/19/2023

The Breslin Lab visited Newport, RI this week to attend the Vascular Biology & Microcirculatory Society meeting.

08/14/2023

They say good things come in threes. Here is the good news from the Breslin Lab for today:
1. Our new postdoctoral fellow started in the lab today!
2. We received our new qPCR instrument today.
3. Recognition of our lab by USF:

Twenty-two USF faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards from USFRI News at the University of South Florida.

06/07/2023

Since joining USF 11 years ago, we've been able to witness and be part of the university's success and growth. Congratulations to everyone at USF for entry into the AAU!

03/03/2023

457 posters at USF Health Research Day today, including 3 from the Breslin Lab. Congrats to one of the medical students working in the lab for winning a prize for best poster in cardiovascular research!

10/15/2022

We’re at the International Vascular Biology Meeting in Oakland, CA. Enjoying seeing great people and their science, plus some nearby sights.