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American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
December 03, 2018Congratulations to three HeRO 2019 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardees: Dr. Paul Lee, Dr. Jinqi Fan, and Dr. Nam Kyun Kim!
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Dr. Serpooshan Chosen for Teaching Fellowship
November 21, 2018Dr. Vahid Serpooshan has been selected for the Woodruff Health Educators Academy’s (WHEA) Teaching Fellowship inaugural cohort!
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For the Kids Raises $46,760 for Sibley Heart Center & HeRO
November 16, 2018Thank you For The Kids @ Georgia Tech for raising $46,760 in only 24 hours! Funds will support research and patient support for Sibley Heart Center Cardiology and HeRO!
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Newsletter: Summer 2018
August 18, 2018…
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Dr. Xu’s Publication in ACS Chemical Biology
July 18, 2018The term “stem cell” is increasingly stretchy. Orthopedic specialists have been using it when referring to bone marrow concentrate or platelet rich plasma, which are marketed as treatments for joint pain. At Lab Land, we have an interest in pluripotent stem cells, which can differentiate into many types of tissues
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Dr. Buckley Awarded R21
June 29, 2018Sickle cell disease (SCD) in children is associated with a 250x greater risk of stroke than the general population. Moreover, children with SCD have significantly diminished IQ's, attention deficits, and impaired executive skills and visuo-spatial memory compared with age-matched…
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Dr. Maxwell Awarded JFF Pilot Grant
June 29, 2018"The Role of Paracrine Factors in Cardiac Progenitor Cell-mediated Cardiac Regeneration" Josh Maxwell, PhD (Emory University) Stem cells such as cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) have shown promise in restoring cardiac function in pediatric population for various cardiac pathologies including heart…
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Dr. Xu Awarded RO1
May 15, 2018The Dr. Chunhui Xu's RO1 award aims to examine stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in response to a multipronged approach for promotion of cardiomyocyte maturation. Findings from this study will help to address key issues facing applications of cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells in cardiotoxicity testing, disease modeling, developmental biology and regenerative medicine.