Streeter Lab Second Summer Olympics

Events: Hazmat Hustle ☣️, Archery 🏹⁀➴,, Guess that Vessel 🧪 🫀

The Streeter Lab clutches up and brings home the gold medal at the Summer 2026 Streeter Lab Olympics. Trailing behind for much of the competition, the team mounted a miraculous comeback to secure victory, earning the labs 3rd consecutive gold medal.

🏅Gold Medal: Jen Streeter Lab

🏅Silver Medal: Bill Thiel Lab

🏅Bronze Medal: Jared McLendon Lab

Event 1 ⚠️🥼Hazmat Hustle 🥼🏃‍♂️🚩

• The ⭐Thiel Lab 👑 came in first place with a speedy time of 3:45:15, earning themselves 4 points. 

• Right behind them we had the Streeter Lab with a time of 4:04:73, collecting 3 points.

• Next in was the McLendon Lab at 5:04:00, earning 2 points.

• And closing in the rear was the Schickling Lab with a time of 5:12:95, gaining 1 point.

Event 2 🏹Pipette Tip Archery 

• Streeter and Schickling tied at 5 points each.

• The McLendon Lab collected 3.6 points. 

• And the Thiel lab gained 1 point (fine print on the legitimacy of this one).

Final event ⚗️Guess the Vessel ❤️

• Thiel and Streeter pulled in with 8 total points each here.

• McLendon's gained an additional 4 points.

• And the Schickling lab secured an extra 2. 

Special Shout-Outs:

• Maya Barros for creating and designing all events 🎨
• Ivan Streeter for longest Shot Putt throw 💪
• Gayathri Kasirajan for having scarily accurate guesses of volumes in the Guess that Vessel Competition 🧪
• Jason Gao, Deeraj Manika, Kane Zemo, and Deven Streif for correctly identifying all heart vessels! 🫀

Thanks to everyone for making nerd games so much fun 👩🏻‍🔬⚗️🧪🥼

We are excited to welcome Dr. Madhu Singh to the Streeter Lab. Dr. Singh will serve as the lead molecular biologist for the Reversa plaque regression study.

Images by Li-Hsien Lin, William Thiel Lab.

The Proctor & Gamble Women’s Leadership Network invited Dr. Streeter to speak in recognition of Women’s History Month, highlighting the importance of women’s cardiovascular health.

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First Streeter Lab Winter Olympics

Events: Cryo Glove Relay 🥶, Freezer Box Stacking Challenge 🧊, Lab Hockey 🏒

In a stunning display of excellence, Streeter Lab dominated the 2026 Winter Lab Olympics, securing Gold for the nation of Streeter Lab.

🏅Gold Medal: Jen Streeter Lab

🏅Silver Medal: Jared McLendon Lab

🏅Bronze Medal: Bill Thiel Lab

Special Shout-Outs:

• Jared McLendon for excellent ice hockey skills, forcing Jen Streeter to win by a razon thin margin 🏒
• Lu Persaud for photography 📸and Evelyn Smith for score-keeping ✍

View a gallery of photos from the event here!

Dr. Streeter was the keynote speaker for the Iowa City Go Red Luncheon

Dr. Streeter and Miss Iowa 2025 at the keynote presentation

Streeter Lab at AHA 2025 in New Orleans, LA

Kane Zemo presents “Ventricular Tachycardia Across Demographic Groups: A 10-Year Population Study”

Lu Persaud presents “Spatial Transcriptomic Signatures of Atherosclerotic Plaque Stabilization and Regression”

Jen Streeter presents "Learning Studio: Unmet need in non-ischemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction"

Jen Streeter gives Internal Medicine Grand Rounds entitled Next-Gen Human Heart Research: Trials, Tissues, & Translational Breakthroughs

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Iowa Living Human Heart Research Program (ILHRRP) website goes live

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Sanjana Reddy Peddi joins lab at a Computer Science Masters Student

Deeraj Manika celebrates white coat ceremony at University of Iowa College of Medicine

Seeing the Heart Differently: How Jen Streeter Is Reinventing Coronary Imaging and the Research Model Behind It | Office of Innovation - The University of Iowa

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First Streeter Lab Summer Olympics

Events: Shot Put 💪, Archery 🏹⁀➴, Javelin 𓁄, Speed Gauntlet 🧤, Baton Relay 🪄

🏅Gold Medal: Jen Streeter Lab (It wasn’t rigged, I swear)

🏅Silver Medal: Jared McLendon and Brandon Schickling Labs

🏅Bronze Medal: Ajit Vikram Lab

Special Shout-Outs:

• Diana Colgan for representing the London lab and tying for second place in Archery 🏹
• Mason Dormire for longest Shot Putt throw 💪
• Brandon Schickling for finding the most creative ways to bend the rules 😈 but not break them
• Mason McLendon (2 years old) and Isaac Schickling (4 years old) for being our youngest competitors 🧒

Thanks everyone for making it a blast. Looking forward to the next one!

The Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center marks 50 years of collaboration, training, and mentorship.

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Q&A: Jennifer Streeter

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Streeter Lab unveils official lab mascots

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

Streeter Lab is founded

Founding lab members: 

Lu Persaud, Jason Gao, Deeraj Manika, Will Fairman, Aasiya Ali, Anish Venkatesan, Chethan Manika, and Maria Pronina

Streeter earns AHA grant for “innovative” idea – Making the Rounds

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