Cardiovascular Diseases

The Mark C. Fishman laboratory seeks (1) to unravel the heart-brain axis, using the larval zebrafish to define the circuitry and function of autonomic control of cardiac function, and (2) to understand the genetic and neuronal structure of social behavior...

The Melero-Martin laboratory aims to develop cell-based technologies that will allow engineering vascularized tissues in vivo using postnatal progenitor cells obtained from patients by non-invasive means

Stem cells and tissue engineering hold great promise...

Dr. Vijay Sankaran’s laboratory studies how human genetic variation impacts human blood cell production or hematopoiesis in health and disease.

The Sankaran Laboratory utilizes human genetics to refine our understanding of hematopoiesis and how this...

The Rajagopal lab focuses on organ regeneration and the application of developmental biology to human disease. They utilize the lung as a model system, in part due to the abundance of respiratory diseases of unknown causes and without cures.

The lung is...

The Pu laboratory studies the regulation of gene expression in heart development and heart failure with the goal of applying their new knowledge towards regenerative approaches to congenital and acquired heart disease.

Research in William T. Pu's...

Kit Parker researches cardiac cell biology and tissue engineering, traumatic brain injury, and biological applications of micro- and nanotechnologies.

The Parker lab seeks to understand cellular mechanotransduction in the heart. Specifically, they...

The MacRae lab is focused on understanding the genetic contribution to common cardiovascular disease using human studies and complementary high-throughput biology in the zebrafish.

Our lab is interested in the role of functional inputs such as mechanical...

Richard T. Lee's laboratory seeks to understand heart failure and metabolic diseases that accompany human aging, and to translate that understanding into therapies, including stem cell transplantation strategies and new biological agents.

The Lee...

My laboratory studies how atherosclerosis—narrowing and hardening of the arteries—occurs. Atherosclerosis leads to abnormalities in blood vessels and eventually affects the flow of blood. When atherosclerosis occurs in the arteries that supply blood to...

Research in the Burns Lab focuses on cardiovascular development and regeneration.

Cardiovascular diseases represent the number one cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, affecting a broad spectrum of ages from babies that are born with congenital...