Basic Science
Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
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Thomas Quertermous: Strategies are employed to clone and characterize genes that regulate cardiovascular development, endothelial cell differentiation, and other fundamental processes such as gene expression. Click here for more information on the ADVANCE.
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Joseph C. Wu: My laboratory focuses on cardiac stem cell therapy, gene therapy, tissue engineering, and molecular imaging. The major areas of research involve differentiation of human ES cells into cardiac and endothelial cells; using novel non-viral vectors to enhance transfection efficiency in vivo; incorporating bioscaffolds to create myocardial tissue patches; and development of novel molecular imaging platforms. For more information about research opportunities, please visit my Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford lab page or view my profile.
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Stan Rockson: Characterization of the biochemical and cellular responses to impaired lymphatic function; development and molecular characterization of the strategies for therapeutic lymphangiogenesis; imaging of immune traffic and its role in lymphatic disorders.
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William T. Clusin: Cardiac ischemia; especially the measurement of cytosolic calcium during ischemia and the role of cytosolic calcium in the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias. Other interests: cellular electrophysiology; cardiovascular pharmacology, excitation-contraction coupling. Dr. Clusin has a review article (PDF) on mechanisms of calcium transient and action potential alternans in cardiac cells and tissues.