Core Facilities and Labs
The Division of Cardiology maintains a number of facilities to support the research of its investigators. Each core is supported by professional and technical personnel dedicated to its specialized function. These arrangements provide a level of expertise that would be difficult to achieve within a single laboratory.
Core Facilities
Richardson Molecular Pathology Core
Laboratories
Anwarul Ferdous Lab
Joseph Garcia Lab
Research Interests: Integrative biological studies of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors; identification of genetic factors controlling the cardiovascular-respiratory response to hypoxia
Robert Gerard Lab
Research Interests: Specific research projects in my lab focus on in vivotumor targeting using recombinant protein and adenoviral vector technology. Peptide ligands and monoclonal antibodies, as well as new technologies, are used as proven methods of targeting tumors for molecular imaging and therapy.
Joseph Hill Lab
Research Interests: Our laboratory focuses on molecular mechanisms of remodeling in the stressed myocardium. In particular, we strive to decipher mechanisms of structural, functional, and electrical remodeling in heart disease with an eye toward therapeutic intervention. Presently, our studies are based largely on genetic and surgical models of cardiac hypertrophy and failure in animals.
Pradeep Mammen Lab
Nikhil Munshi Lab
Research Interests: The cardiac conduction system is an electrically-coupled structure within the heart responsible for initiation and propagation of each heartbeat. Our lab is interested in elucidating the transcriptional mechanisms that dictate formation of the cardiac conduction system and its impact on the establishment of normal cardiac rhythm.
Rao Naseem Lab
Jim Richardson Lab
Research Interests: The Richardson Molecular Pathology Core facilitates morphologic and histologic assessment of experimental disease models. The lab relies on extensive expertise in gross pathology, routine histology, special stains, in-situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, laser-capture microdissection, photomicrography, and image analysis to carry out its support of fundamental and clinical cardiovascular research as well as other research in other clinical sciences.
Beverly Rothermel Lab
Research Interests: Research in the Rothermel laboratory focuses on deciphering the molecular mechanisms that control cardiac structure and function during normal development and in response to pathological stress. The gene Regulator of calcineurin 1 (RCAN1) plays a central role in our studies. Ongoing projects are focused on understanding (1) the fundamental processes through which RCAN1 regulates calcineurin signaling, (2) circadian regulation of cardiac function, (3) RCAN1's role in adipocyte differentiation an metabolism, and (4) mitophagy in cardiac disease and aging.
Hesham Sadek Lab
Research Interests: Cardiac regeneration and stem cell metabolism
Jay Schneider Lab
Research Interests: The focus of our research program is the molecular mechanism of cell fate in stem cells, with focus on cell signaling, transcriptional regulatory and epigenetic pathways.