With more than 250 scientists and 21 laboratories in one location, this is the Australian headquarters for world-class heart research. Read about the pioneering science and discoveries being made at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
Donor heart preservation
Heart transplants
New heart failure treatments
Cardiomyopathy
Congenital heart disease
Ischemic heart disease
Left ventricular assist devices
Cardiogenomics & gene editing
Children's cardiac research
Metabolomics
Cell function & screening
Cardiac progenitor cells
Congenital heart disease
Heart development & regeneration
Congenital heart disease
Embryonic development
Gene environment interactions
Cardiac regeneration
Heart failure
Hypertension
SCAD
Mechanosensitive channels
Mechanical forces
Membrane mechanics
Atrial fibrillation
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Genetics of inherited heart diseases
Zebrafish models
Computational modelling
Drug induced arrhythmia
Pharmacology
Cell function
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac ion channel function
Electrical activity in the heart
Inherited arrhythmias
Heart failure and muscular dystrophy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sudden cardiac death
Bioinformatics
Congenital heart disease
Mass analysis of human genome data
Statistical genetics
Genome evolution
Gene regulation
Genomics and Bioinformatics
Cryo electron microscopy
Molecular biology
Protein structure
Epigenetics
Vascular smooth muscle
Cellular plasticity
Atherosclerosis
Fibromuscular dysplasia
Vascular disease, heart attack and stroke
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
What are zebrafish?
Zebrafish and organ studies
Cardiac regeneration
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