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Mathilda Mommersteeg
Associate Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine
I obtained my PhD in 2009 from the University of Amsterdam, where I worked in the laboratories of Prof. Vincent Christoffels and Prof. Antoon Moorman on the development of the conduction system and venous pole of the mammalian heart. In 2010, I joined the laboratory of Prof. John Parnavelas at University College London (UCL) as a long-term EMBO fellow. At UCL, my work focused on deciphering the roles of the Slit-Robo signalling pathway during mammalian heart development. While at UCL, I set up a project researching heart regeneration in Mexican cavefish together with dr. Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, which was sponsored by the British Heart Foundation in 2012. Both my post-doctoral projects form the basis for my current research interests in investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying heart regeneration and development.
Recent publications
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Regenerating Fish Heart: Comparing Regenerative Models to Shed Light on Successful Regeneration
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Potts HG. et al, (2021), Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 8, 4 - 4
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T-box transcription factor 3 governs a transcriptional program for the function of the mouse atrioventricular conduction system.
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Mohan RA. et al, (2020), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Runx1 promotes scar deposition and inhibits myocardial proliferation and survival during zebrafish heart regeneration.
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Koth J. et al, (2020), Development, 147
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Runx1 promotes scar deposition and inhibits myocardial proliferation and survival during zebrafish heart regeneration
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MOMMERSTEEG M. et al, (2020), Development
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Talkin’ ‘bout regeneration: New advances in cardiac regeneration using the zebrafish
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Smith KA. and Mommersteeg MTM., (2020), Current Opinion in Physiology