Cardiovascular Biology
Researchers in this group use state-of-the-art technologies to study normal and abnormal cardiac and vascular function and development in animal model systems and human subjects. A wide variety of experimental approaches are used to identify molecular signals and cellular processes involved in cardiovascular development and disease.
Through a greater understanding of molecular mechanisms, researchers hope to understand and find ways to treat congenital malformations and cardiovascular disease.
Faculty
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Rashmi Hegde, PhD, Professor The Hegde laboratory studies molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis in development, cancer and retinal diseases, and is involved in structure- and mechanism-based drug development. [Visit the Hegde Lab] |
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Richard Lang, PhD, Professor Eye development with an emphasis on lens induction and vascular patterning [Visit the Lang Lab] |
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Tim Le Cras, PhD, Associate Professor Chronic lung diseases: Asthma, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Pulmonary fibrosis, Pulmonary hypertension [Visit the Le Cras Lab] |
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Doug Millay, PhD, Assistant Professor We are interested in the mechanisms of cell-cell fusion, using skeletal muscle development and regeneration as a model system. [Visit the Millay Lab] |
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Jeffery D. Molkentin, PhD, Professor Transcriptional control of cardiac development and the molecular signaling pathways involved in cardiac hypertrophy [Visit the Molkentin Lab] |
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Saulius Sumanas, PhD, Assistant Professor Molecular mechanisms of the embryonic vasculature formation [Visit the Sumanas Lab] |
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Joshua Waxman, PhD, Assistant Professor My lab is interested in the molecular and genetic mechanisms of organogenesis, with a focus on cardiovascular development. [Visit the Waxman Lab] |
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Katherine Yutzey, PhD, Professor Morphogenesis of the heart and transcriptional regulatory networks involved in cardiac determination and differentiation; congenital heart disease [Visit the Yutzey Lab] |
