Our next #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @jvillanueva01 will be presenting: 'Improving donor heart preservation with funnel web spider venom and the anti-diabetic drug empagliflozin victorchang.edu.au/blog/women-in-…

Our first #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @jlee_thompson will be presenting: 'Multi-omic analysis of shared genetic pathways between neurodevelopmental delay and congenital heart disease' @egiannoulatou

🕚 Time to log in! Our #PaulKornerSeminar starts at 12pm. First up today is Dr @jlee_thompson, Postdoctoral Scientist from the @egiannoulatou Laboratory, followed by Dr @jvillanueva01, Senior Postdoctoral Scientist from the MacDonald Laboratory.

#OnThisDay in 1967, the world’s 1st heart transplant was performed by Professor Christiaan Barnard. Whilst recipient Louis Washkansky only lived for 18 days, survival rates for heart transplant patients are now 80% a year after surgery and 70% 5 yrs later: victorchang.edu.au/heart-transpla…

#OnThisDay in 1982, the 1st artificial heart was implanted into US patient Barney Clark, who survived a further 112 days. The race is now on to develop a durable artificial heart, learn more: victorchang.edu.au/artificial-hea…

Pleased to announce A/Prof @AlastairStewart, Prof Boris @Martinac_Lab and Dr Zijing Zhou have received funding from the 2025 ARC Discovery Projects scheme. The @arc_gov_au funding supports basic and applied research and is vital to the Institute’s work: victorchang.edu.au/news/arc-grant…

A huge honour for the Institute’s CEO and Director, Professor @Kovacic_Jason, to be announced as @AAMRI_Aus’s President Elect. It’s a critical time for the sector but we have no doubt that Prof Kovacic will be an influential advocate for the medical research community.

🍞 Is bread good for my heart? Do I need to eat only fresh foods to be heart healthy? And what exactly is the difference between processed and ultra-processed? 🤔 We sort the fact from the fiction when it comes to ultra-processed foods:#HeartDisease victorchang.edu.au/blog/ultra-pro…

Our next #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Jess Farr will be presenting: ‘Developing A Cloud Native Website to Enhance the Analysis, Visibility, and Impact of Cardiac Ion Channel Research’#InnovationCentre victorchang.edu.au/innovation-cen…

Our first #PaulKornerSeminar speakers are Dr @maz_adam and Esther Kristiano from the Metabolomics Facility at our #InnovationCentre. victorchang.edu.au/innovation-cen…

Get ready to log in! Our #PaulKornerSeminar starts at 12pm. First up today are Dr @maz_adam and Esther Kristiano from our #InnovationCentre Metabolomics Facility, followed by Jess Farr, Senior Software Engineer from our #InnovationCentre Biomedical Data Science Facility .

It’s one of the most lethal cancers but Prof Nigel Turner's @cellbioenerglab is urgently trying to identify new molecular targets + approaches to beating pancreatic cancer. Discover more about their work to improve survival rates:#WorldPancreaticCancerDay victorchang.edu.au/blog/pancreati…

#OnThisDay in 1999, Dr Victor Chang is voted Australian of the Century. We are so proud his pioneering heart transplant work continues to to flourish at the Institute and @SVHSydney and he’s still inspiring scientists to follow in his footsteps. victorchang.edu.au/about-us/victo…

Using these new methods #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @sarah_e_hancock hopes to better understand the role of alternate desaturation pathways in cancer, metabolic disease, and more! #lipidomics #metabolomics #TeamMassSpec @cellbioenerglab

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @sarah_e_hancock is developing new LC/MS-based methods for rapidly profiling fatty acid isomers from biological samples. #lipidomics #metabolomics #TeamMassSpec @cellbioenerglab

Our next #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @sarah_e_hancock will be presenting: ‘Combining charge-switch derivatization with epoxidation to enable profiling of isomeric fatty acids’@cellbioenerglab victorchang.edu.au/blog/sarah-han…

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr Jordan Thorpe discusses the latest progress into the investigation of how inflammation can cause atrial fibrillation, from 2D multi-electrode arrays to 3D cardiac patches. #stemcells #ipscs #afib @adamphill

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr Jordan Thorpe discusses the development of iPSC models for studying atrial arrhythmias, delving into the role of inflammation and cytokines in arrhythmogenesis, from 2D multi-electrode arrays to 3D cardiac patches. #stemcells #ipscs #afib @adamphill

Our first #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr Jordan Thorpe will be presenting: 'Developing Models of Atrial Arrhythmia' @adamphill

🕚Time to log in! Our #PaulKornerSeminar starts at 12pm. First up today is Dr Jordan Thorpe, Senior Postdoctoral Scientist from the @adamphill Laboratory, followed by Dr @sarah_e_hancock, Postdoctoral Scientist from @cellbioenerglab.

Our spider venom work led by Profs Bob Graham + Peter Macdonald is up for an award – but we need your help securing the win🗳️ Both are part of the Infensa team which is powering ahead with a new heart attack treatment derived from spider venom. Vote now: shapingaustraliaawards.com.au/the-finalists

Fantastic to see genomics and the role it could play in addressing the gaps in health outcomes between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians being highlighted at this year’s @SohnHeartsMinds in an interview of Prof Alex Brown @ourANU by the Institute's Prof @Kovacic_Jason.

Congrats to Dr @YashutoshJoshi, Asia Pacific Young Investigator Award winner at the Int'l Society for Mechanical + Circulatory Support Conference in 🇯🇵. Dr Joshi is part of a team leading research into the use of spider venom to treat heart attacks + boost heart transplant no#s

Keeping an eye on your waist size and your blood sugar levels could also help keep diabetes at bay. This #WorldDiabetesDay learn more about metabolic disease and how it raises your risk of diabetes and heart disease, and what you can do to combat it: victorchang.edu.au/news/metabolic…

Adults with CHD are 6x more likely to have a stroke according to a @CERC_UWA report. One of the lead authors, Dr @LeeNedkoff, based at the Institute’s hub at UWA, says the findings will better enable patients to undergo preventative treatments: victorchang.edu.au/news/adults-wi…

A good diet alone might not be enough to reduce your cholesterol levels. This #CholesterolAwarenessWeek here are some tips you can employ to lower your cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart disease:#HeartDisease #cholesterol #HighCholesterol victorchang.edu.au/heart-disease/…

Delegates from more than 50 organisations from Australia and beyond gathered for the 2024 @SydCV_Symposium for sessions focused on cardiometabolic disease. Read our event wrap and check out all the photos from the day:#MedicalResearch victorchang.edu.au/news/sydney-ca…

Congratulations to Professor @LiviaHool who’s been elected to the Fellowship of the @AAHMS_health. Prof Hool, the @Wesfarmers, UWA-VCCRI Chair in Cardiovascular Research, heads our hub in WA and is undertaking world-leading research into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

#OnThisDay The Institute's Dr @Em6Wong leads research resulting in the world-first #discovery that humans & sea sponges from #GreatBarrierReef share important genetic mechanisms. The team focused on an ancient gene that gave rise to a gene critical in heart development.

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr @chekyingtan shows how stable HEK 293 cells expressing Cav1.2 complex can be used to improve genetic diagnosis and therapy for CACNA1C-related disorders. #HeartDisease @VandenbergJamie @ChaiAnn_Ng

Next up in today’s #PaulKornerSeminar is Dr @chekyingtan presenting: 'Improving genetic diagnosis and therapy for CACNA1C – related disorders' #HeartDisease @VandenbergJamie @ChaiAnn_Ng

Our first #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr Gavin Chapman will be presenting: ‘Understanding the role of PHACTR1 in vascular disease’#HeartDisease @kovacic_jason victorchang.edu.au/blog/nicole-br…

Get ready to log in! Our #PaulKornerSeminar starts at 12pm. First up today is @DrNicoleBryce, Research Scientist from the @kovacic_jason Laboratory, followed by Dr @chekyingtan, Senior Postdoctoral Scientist from the @VandenbergJamie Laboratory.

Star #Scientist Lauren Cook's love of science took her from cattle farming in Dubbo to working with bio-engineered heart cells to better understand atrial fibrillation in our Sydney laboratories. Read her STEM story:@adamphill victorchang.edu.au/blog/lauren-co…

Can stress damage your heart? This #StressAwarenessDay, our experts delve into the latest research to explain how being stressed impacts your heart disease risk factors and how you can combat its effects:#HeartDisease #stress #MentalHealth victorchang.edu.au/blog/stress-an…

#OnThisDay in 1996, Princess Diana, ‘Queen of Hearts’, attends our Royal Ball. The next day she officially opens the Institute. We're eternally grateful to her for shining a spotlight on the extraordinary work of our scientists which continues to this day: victorchang.edu.au/heart-research…

Our scientists want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s SCADaddle. Thirteen walks took place all over Australia, and funds raised for research into SCAD are still rolling in. Such an amazing turn out for a disease we are finally starting to crack! @SCADResearchAus

Our next #PaulKornerSeminar speaker is Dr Tom Meredith @cardiotommy@MayoNamasivayam victorchang.edu.au/blog/tom-mered…

Our first #PaulKornerSeminar speaker is Ricardo Deveza

🕚Time to log in! Our #PaulKornerSeminar starts at 12pm. First up today is Ricardo Deveza, PhD Student from the Hayward Laboratory, followed by Dr Tom Meredith @cardiotommy, PhD Student from the @MayoNamasivayam Laboratory.

Our scientists have received @HeartFoundation funding to drive research into amyloidosis, SCAD, broken heart syndrome and cardiomyopathy. Congrats to @DrNikkiBart, @LeeNedkoff, Eleanor Rye, Liz Paratz @pretzeldr, @yashutoshjoshi, @kaznegishi + Ingrid Tarr: victorchang.edu.au/admin/entries/…

Our scientists are working to diagnose amyloidosis before patients develop heart failure + offer lifesaving treatments. Fantastic there is now hope for a condition which only 5 yrs ago had no treatments + life expectancy was ≈4 years:#WorldAmyloidosisDay victorchang.edu.au/news/new-amylo…

#OnThisDay in 1968, Dr Harry Windsor, mentor to our namesake Dr Victor Chang, and his team performed Australia's first heart transplant operation at @SVHSydney.

Scars are a reminder that time can heal. This #ScarAppreciationDay we want to highlight all our wonderful heart warriors who all have very different stories to tell: victorchang.edu.au/support-us/rea…

Our second #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Jinyuan Vero Li @SpriteWoodland explores how PIEZO1 channels, key sensors of mechanical forces in cardiac fibroblasts, influence pathological cardiac remodelling. @Charles_D_Cox

Our second #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Jinyuan Vero Li @SpriteWoodland will be presenting 'PIEZO-channel mediated mechanotransduction as a driver of cardiac remodelling' @Charles_D_Cox

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr Paola Cornejo @CarinaPaola12 is presenting her latest work on using machine learning to predict cell types across species. #MachineLearning #GeneRegulation #Genomics #Bioinformatics @em6wong

Our first #PaulKornerSeminar speaker Dr Paola Cornejo @CarinaPaola12 will be presenting 'Leveraging TF-binding motif models for cross-species cell type prediction' #MachineLearning #GeneRegulation #Genomics #Bioinformatics @em6wong

Get ready to log in! Our #PaulKornerSeminar starts at 12pm. First up today is Dr Paola Cornejo @CarinaPaola12, Postdoctoral Scientist from the @Em6Wong Laboratory, followed by Vero Jinyuan Li @SpriteWoodland, PhD Student from the @Charles_D_Cox Laboratory.

Congrats to Dr @DashikaPalipana for taking home the EMCR’s People’s Choice Award for her @NSWCVRN Heart Pitch. As part of the @FatkinLab, Dr Palipana is studying zebrafish to discover why some people are more prone to developing cardiomyopathies and the role alcohol plays.