With more than 250 scientists and 19 laboratories in one location, this is the Australian headquarters for world-class heart research. Learn about the pioneering science and discoveries being made at each of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute labs below. Learn about each Faculty, their teams and current research projects.
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac ion channel function
Electrical activity in the heart
Inherited arrhythmias
Cardiomyopathy
Congenital heart disease
Ischemic heart disease
Left ventricular assist devices
Donor heart preservation
Heart transplants
New heart failure treatments
Computational modelling
Drug induced arrhythmia
Pharmacology
Cell function
Bioinformatics
Congenital heart disease
Mass analysis of human genome data
Statistical genetics
Cardiac progenitor cells
Congenital heart disease
Heart development & regeneration
Heart failure and muscular dystrophy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sudden cardiac death
Congenital heart disease
Embryonic development
Gene environment interactions
Atrial fibrillation
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Genetics of inherited heart diseases
Zebrafish models
Mechanosensitive channels
Mechanical forces
Membrane mechanics
Cardiac regeneration
Heart failure
Hypertension
SCAD
Genome evolution
Gene regulation
Genomics and Bioinformatics
Cryo electron microscopy
Molecular biology
Protein structure
Atherosclerosis
Fibromuscular dysplasia
Vascular disease, heart attack and stroke
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
Epigenetics
Vascular smooth muscle
Cellular plasticity
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