A series of internal talks demonstrated an extensive breadth of research within the Development and Cell Biology Theme that tackles the questions fundamental to understanding evolution, growth, organ formation, the onset of disease and tissue regeneration. DPAG Researchers were also joined by two external speakers presenting their research into age-related angiocrine signals and stem cell strategies for lung development.
A new discovery from the Lakhal-Littleton Group on how iron deficiency affects the vasculature of the lung could hold the key to improving treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Congratulations are in order for DPhil student Matthew Kerr, who has been awarded the William C Stanley Early Investigator Award. The award highlights the scientific accomplishments of promising young researchers and is a\r\nmajor focus of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism.
Congratulations are in order for Professor Damian Tyler, who has been awarded a renewal of his British Heart Foundation Senior Fellowship. The award will fund a project designed to develop a new imaging approach, enabling doctors to diagnose heart diseases more accurately.
Congratulations are in order to DPhil student, Azrul Abdul Kadir, who has been selected to present at the International Society for Heart Research World Congress 2019.
Dr Duncan Sparrow has published a new paper in collaboration with the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute entitled \"Gene-environment interaction impacts on heart development and embryo survival.\"
The Mexican tetra fish can repair its heart after damage. Key British Heart Foundation funded research from the Mommersteeg Group, published in Cell Reports and entitled \"Heart regeneration in the Mexican cavefish\" suggests that a particular gene may hold the key to this inherent ability. If they can lock down exactly how this works, it may be possible to revolutionise how we heal damaged human hearts.
This September Professor Paul Riley will be joining the British Heart Foundation (BHF) fundraising campaign along with a group of BHF-funded Professors from research labs across the UK.
As part of the Department's ongoing programme of refurbishment, the Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre entrance has recently been given a new lease of life.
Nicoletta Surdo, Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department, has been announced as the judges\u2019 runner-up in the British Heart Foundation (BHF) national \u2018Reflections of Research\u2019 image competition.
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