Molecular Cardiovascular Biology
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Meet the Molecular Cardiovascular Biology Team

Director

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Jeffery D. Molkentin, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Faculty

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Kohta Ikegami, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiovascular diseases; laminopathies; progeria; chromosome organization; transcriptional regulation; nuclear envelope
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Shijie Liu, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Cat A. Makarewich, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Douglas Millay, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Jeffrey D. Steimle, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Davy Vanhoutte, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Extracellular matrix remodeling and cell–matrix interactions in cardiac and skeletal muscle disease; thrombospondins and other extracellular matrix...
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Joshua S. Waxman, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiac development; heart regeneration; congenital heart defects; molecular signaling pathways; transcription factors; retinoid acid signaling;...
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Katherine Yutzey, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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