Happy to announce Collin Wells and Nathan Witmer as the newest postdoctoral fellows in our group. Collin joins us from the U of Louisville (trained with Bradford Hill) and Nathan is a recent graduate of the U of Iowa (trained with Ryan Boudreau). Welcome Collin and Nathan!
Congratulations to Dr Natalie Gehred on her AMAZING PhD defense: Cardiac Fibroblast Heterogeneity and Epigenomic Regulation in Heart Failure @UCLAAnes@UCLAMBI@UCLA@dgsomucla
3 weeks into the new editorial board for JACC BTS, the JACC family member for basic and translational discoveries!
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Special thanks to Issei Komuro and the amazing organizing committee for a fantastic meeting #ISHR2025 Nara. The bar has been set very high for future ISHR meetings. Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Marion Delaunay for giving an invited lecture and winning a poster award!
Heart rate matters. Great collaboration with Mike Bristow and many others. Clinical trial, endomyocardial biopsies, new molecular mechanisms of reverse remodeling in the human heart. ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.…
Excited to share our latest article. 7 years ago my then 9 year old son was diagnosed with K210del DCM. With the help of my colleagues @Joseph_C_Wu, @sadayappanlab and Enzo Porrello we identified an FDA approved drug that corrects the mutation.
JCI - An FDA-approved drug structurally and phenotypically corrects the K210del mutation in genetic cardiomyopathy models jci.org/articles/view/174081
This week, we celebrated the investiture of our Director, Dr. Hesham Sadek, as the Lovaas Endowed Chairholder, and Associate Director, Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, as the Lopez Endowed Chairholder. The future of cardiovascular medicine starts at Sarver!
#UTSW research led by Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D., uncovers the actin protein’s pivotal role in cellular processes, offering new insights into cancer research and targeted therapies. Learn how this discovery could shape the future of treatment: bit.ly/40Lzw9X#CancerResearch
A muscle patch developed using stem cells can help to repair failing hearts without adverse effects, according to a paper in @Nature. go.nature.com/4hdbfRf
ALT This is figure 1, which shows rhesus macaque engineered heart muscle formulation and characterization.
We are excited to share the launch of the new Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism Center (CRMC), an initiative focused on advancing cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health. 🩺 Led by Srinivasan Beddhu, MD, and @StavrosDrakos. Learn more: medicine.utah.edu/internal-m…#meded