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KO8 Awarded to Dr. Pam Winterberg
August 24, 2017Chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes early death from a type of heart failure due to a thick and stiff heart. Our project is trying to better understand what causes the thick and stiff heart during CKD and to find new…
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Xu Lab Published in Stem Cell Reports
August 22, 2017Downregulation of LGR5 Expression Inhibits Cardiomyocyte Differentiation and Potentiates Endothelial Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Rajneesh Jha, Monalisa Singh, Qingling Wu, Cinsley Gentillon, Marcela K. Preininger, Chunhui Xu Understanding molecules involved in…
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R21 Awarded to Dr. Erin Buckley
July 21, 2017In July, Dr. Buckley received an R21 from the NIH/NHLBI through their “Bold New Bioengineering Methods and Approaches for Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders and Diseases” funding opportunity. Her proposal, entitled “Microvascular cerebral blood…
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Dr. Park Awarded RO1 “Mechanisms of ER71/ETV2-Regulated Vascularization”
July 14, 2017The transcription factor ER71 (also known as ETV2) is a critical regulator of FLK1 whose function is essential for vessel development and post-natal angiogenesis. The overall goal of this proposal is to investigate mechanisms by which ER71 regulates Flk1 expression and neovascularization by employing mouse genetic models and mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation system. Our preliminary studies provide compelling evidence showing its potent and unexpected functions in the mechanism of vascular endothelial cell generation and revascularization in the adult, and thus outcome from this application will provide a new research platform which could lead to the development of new therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular diseases.
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HeRO Newsletter
June 11, 2017
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HeRO Newsletter
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Rajneesh Jha Wins 2nd Place Basic Science Poster Award
June 09, 2017Rajneesh Jha Wins 2nd Place Basic Science Poster Award at 2017 Southeastern Pediatric Research Conference "Metabolic Approach to Promote the Maturation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes" Cinsley Gentillon, Rajneesh Jha, Antonio Rampoldi, Wen-Mei Yu, Shuzhao Li, Bill Liang, Andrei Todor,…
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Aline Yonezawa Receives BME Outstanding Departmental Service Award
April 25, 2017Six graduate students and one faculty advisor were honored at this year’s third annual BME Graduate Awards event hosted by the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory. The Outstanding Departmental Service…