Research groups
Colleges
Collaborators
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Nicola Smart
Professor of Cardiovascular Science
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Mathilda Mommersteeg
Associate Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine
Susann Bruche
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Researcher Society Chair
Susann studied Biochemistry at Leipzig University, Germany, before joining Imperial College London for a MRes in Biomedical Research. She completed her PhD in the lab of Dr Vania Braga at Imperial College on epithelial biogenesis and adherens junction signalling, before joining the group of Dr Nicola Smart as a PostDoc investigate the role of alternative splicing in the regulation of heart repair after myocardial infarction. She is now working for Dr Sarah De Val and studies flow-responsive gene expression. Susann is a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College.
Key publications
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Junction Mapper is a novel computer vision tool to decipher cell-cell contact phenotypes
Journal article
Brezovjakova H. et al, (2019), eLife, 8
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Corrigendum: Defining functional interactions during biogenesis of epithelial junctions.
Journal article
Erasmus JC. et al, (2017), Nat Commun, 8
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A genetically distinct lion (Panthera leo) population from Ethiopia
Journal article
Bruche S. et al, (2013), European Journal of Wildlife Research, 59, 215 - 225
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FRET-ting about RhoA signalling in heart and vasculature: a new tool in our cardiovascular toolbox.
Journal article
Bruche S. and Zaccolo M., (2018), Cardiovasc Res, 114, e25 - e27
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Mtss1 promotes cell-cell junction assembly and stability through the small GTPase Rac1.
Journal article
Dawson JC. et al, (2012), PLoS One, 7
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The scaffold protein Ajuba suppresses CdGAP activity in epithelia to maintain stable cell-cell contacts.
Journal article
McCormack JJ. et al, (2017), Sci Rep, 7
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Thymosin β4 mediates vascular protection via regulation of Low Density Lipoprotein Related Protein 1 (LRP1)
Working paper
MUNSHAW S. et al, (2019)
Recent publications
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Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development
Preprint
Zhao J. et al, (2025)
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Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development
Preprint
Zhao J. et al, (2025)
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Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development
Preprint
Zhao J. et al, (2025)

