Welcome to the Streeter Lab!
Research in the Streeter Lab focuses on understanding the mechanisms of atherosclerotic plaque regression and the discovery of aptamers that bind to cardiovascular tissues.
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| August 2025 |
| Jen Streeter gives Internal Medicine Grand Rounds entitled Next-Gen Human Heart Research: Trials, Tissues, & Translational Breakthroughs |
| August 2025 |
| Iowa Living Human Heart Research Program (ILHRRP) website goes live |
| August 2025 |
| Bianca Sponseller, Streeter Lab alum, starts medical school at Creighton University School of Medicine |
| August 2025 |
| Sanjana Reddy Peddi joins lab at a Computer Science Masters Student |
| August 2025 |
| Deeraj Manika celebrates white coat ceremony at University of Iowa College of Medicine
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| August 2025 |
| Deven Strief joins lab as Post Baccalaureate Research Assistant |
| July 2025 |
| Aidan Schlichting joins Streeter/Thiel Labs as a PhD student |
| July 2025 |
| Edevin presents poster on Optimization of PCR for Aptamer Amplification to BEST Program |
| June 2025 |
| BEST Student Edevin Lopez-Diaz joins lab for summer research project |
| May 2025 |
| First Streeter Lab Olympics |
| April 2025 |
| Jennifer Streeter awarded the Carver Trust Award to fund development of next-generation contrast agent |
| April 2025 |
| Trisha was named as Chief Resident of Internal Medicine for 2026-2027 |
| January 2025 |
| Kane Zemo joins Streeter Lab as Post Baccalaureate Research Assistant |
| December 2024 |
| Streeter Lab unveils official lab mascots
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| October 2024 |
| Deeraj Manika, Will Fairman, and Mason Dormire present at the Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center 50th Anniversary Symposium |
| October 2024 |
| Dr. Jennifer Streeter named to the Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center Executive Committee |
| October 2024 |
| Dr. Jennifer Streeter selected to represent the University of Iowa for the Moore Inventor Fellows 2025 submissions opportunity |
| September 2024 |
| Jason Gao and Srija Manchkanti present at Medical Student Research Day |
| September 2024 |
| New Lab Member: Tejus Kanathur |
| June 2024 |
| Dr. Jennifer Streeter awarded UI Ventures CCOM GAP Funding for Radiopaque Aptamer Dimer Conjugation Optimization (RADCO) |
| May 2024 |
| Dr. Jennifer Streeter becomes the founder and director of the Iowa Living Human Heart Program |
| May 2024 |
| Trisha Slehria joined the Streeter Lab. Trish is a Resident in Internal Medicine at Iowa |
| May 2024 |
| New Lab Members: Mason Dormire, Ben Faden, and Evelyn Smith |
| January 2024 |
| Streeter appointments 2023-2024: Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, Faculty Investigator Anatomy and Cell Biology, Cell & Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Faculty Investigator Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Faculty Investigator Pappajohn Biomedical Institute, Faculty Investigator Promoted to Assistant Professor of Internal medicine – Cardiovascular Medicine, Tenure Track |
| January 2024 |
| Streeter Lab is founded Founding lab members: Lu Persaud, Jason Gao, Deeraj Manika, Will Fairman, Aasiya Ali, Anish Venkatesan, Chethan Manika, and Maria Pronina |
| November 2023 |
| Will Fairman presents at the annual Fall Undergraduate Research Festival (FURF). The poster presented was titled, "ATF4 in Skeletal Muscle is not a Key Regulator of FGF21 or Whole Body Metabolism." |
| October 2023 |
| Deeraj Manika, Will Fairman, Jason Gao, and Chethan Manika present at the Internal Medicine Research Day. The two posters presented were , "Inducible Deletion of OPA1 in the Heart Induces ER Stress thatprecedes Mitochondrial and Contractile Dysfunction" and "Mitokine Secretion from OPA1 Deficient Skeletal Muscle in Mice is Sexually Dimorphic and Partially Dependent on ATF4" |
| October 2023 |
| Deeraj Manika has been published. The article is titled, "Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma tumor spheroid drug screen reveals vulnerability to tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 inhibitors." Learn more here. |
| July 2023 |
| Jennifer Streeter, MD, PhD, associate of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine, has received a two-year, $200,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Innovative Project Award, for her study, “Radiopaque Aptamer Dimers as Next Generation Contrast Agents.” Learn more here. |