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Star #Scientist Dr Joanne Ma may have only recently completed her PhD, but her work is already advancing genetic testing for life-threatening heart rhythm disorders including Brugada syndrome. Dr Ma's work means more clarity for families at risk. Read her story:

In my final few days in Vienna, I presented my ongoing PhD research on novel ceramide synthase inhibitors at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)’s Annual Conference! Thank you to EASD for the travel grant, enabling me to share my research! #EASD2025 #WomeninSTEM

Had the great opportunity to present my PhD research at the 10th #LipidomicsForum held in #Vienna at the University of Vienna! Have spent the last few days sitting where Einstein once did & hearing some great talks about lipidomics applications and developments! #TeamMassSpec #FemalesinMassSpec

⏰ 4 days left to join the F2F Career YOU Sydney cohort. 🌟 100% of surveyed participants reported a deeper understanding of their professional strengths 🌟 95% gained greater clarity on their career goals 🌟 90% felt more optimistic about building meaningful careers Register: shorturl.at/3xei9

📣 Join us in Armidale for a @heartfoundationau.bsky.social & @nswcvrn.bsky.social Showcase! 🗓 20 Oct 2025 | 🕒 3–5:30PM 📍University of New England 💙 Supporting local health practitioners 🔬 Showcasing cutting-edge CV research from regional NSW RSVP here: shorturl.at/CNPov

An important #SCAD story for many reasons. Please share with your #MedSky, #NursingSky, #CardioSky colleagues. #SCADheart nurse.org/news/scad-he...

Never thought I’d be filming TikToks about heart health—but here we are. As a cardiologist & CEO @victorchang.edu.au, I see the harm of misinformation daily. Reliable, evidence-based advice should be as viral as health fads. Here's why I'm on social media: www.victorchang.edu.au/blog/social-...

NSW CVRN PD Awards 2025 Final Round - Applications closing next Monday!

Join the NSW CVRN EMCR Masterclass 2025, a full-day, in-person workshop led by Prof Salis — an expert researcher with years of experience mentoring early career researchers. Spots are filling fast (over 50% gone) — RSVP now! *Open to NSW CVRN umbrella organisation members. shorturl.at/KRjZ4

Help us share this great research opportunity with other cardiologists and #scad survivors in the United States: gvascstudy.org #SCADheart #MedSky #CardioSky

Did you know most people measure their blood pressure the wrong way? A study found that 6/7 images online show incorrect technique. Read the article: tinyurl.com/2t7vehkc Infographic on how to measure blood pressure at home: tinyurl.com/27mhxadz

We’re keeping the convo going after Women’s Health Week💖 Join our webinar Navigating Your Career During Menopause with workplace wellbeing expert, Thea O’Connor🌟 Learn how to find support, self-advocate, and protect your career💪 💻Tues 16 Sept, 12pm AEST ⏰Registrations close Sun: shorturl.at/dg4QX

We're backing a call, alongside 40 other organisations, for the Australian Government scale up action to address the challenges of chronic disease and mental health by investing in stronger regional health systems and leading on the global stage. Read the Call to Action:

Most heart palpitations are harmless, the Institute’s Director and cardiologist, Professor @jasonkovacic.bsky.social, writes in The Australian Financial Review. But some signal a serious risk. He shares the key red flags we should not ignore www.afr.com/life-and...

Boris Martinac from @victorchang.edu.au kicked off the conference with a great introduction on mechanical forces at the cell surface, focusing on Piezo1 and TRPM4 interactions and their role in cell mechanotransduction. Plus an entertaining rhyme to conclude! #MBIMPG2025

Had an amazing time in Rio last week for the WC on Alternatives and Animal Use in Life Science!! Learnt so much about minimizing variability in our research. A big thank you to @MAWA for funding my attendance to speak about our @victorchang.edu.au work on animal-free #iPSC #VSMC differentiation

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Is it worth tracking your blood sugar levels 24/7 if you're not diabetic? Professor Nigel Turner speaks with The Australian about whether continuous glucose monitors offer real benefits for non-diabetics or if they’re just the latest example of health data overload:www.theaustralian.co...

Scientists have identified a new player in the complex process of heart formation – a protein called procollagen IIA. Published in PNAS, this discovery opens new avenues for recognising, understanding and potentially treating congenital heart disease:

Honored to present at @ramacgenomics.bsky.social @unsw.edu.au next Tuesday.😃

NSW CVRN is pleased to launch the 3rd round of its 2025 Professional Development Awards! These awards assist our EMCRs with costs to attend a conference or training course. Applications will close on 22 September 2025. Apply here: shorturl.at/weYoq @solvechd.bsky.social

Spots are filling fast! (Over 50% gone) RSVP now for NSW CVRN EMCR Masterclass 2025 — a full-day, in-person workshop led by Prof Amanda Salis (The Salis Institute), designed to help EMCRs write and publish research papers with confidence. *Open to NSW CVRN umbrella org members. shorturl.at/KRjZ4

🌟Join our webinar Navigating Your Career During Menopause with workplace wellbeing expert Thea O’Connor. Be prepared, not scared! 💪 Learn practical strategies for managing symptoms, advocating at work & protecting your career. 📅 Tues 16 Sept, 12pm (recording available) 👉Register: shorturl.at/9WJuO

Next week! Register now for NSW CVRN Rising Stars September Seminar to hear from a fantastic line-up of speakers. Attend in-person @victorchang.edu.au, 3 - 4:15pm followed by networking and refreshments. See you there👉https://shorturl.at/r7eWD

While men are more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die from theirs. It’s why we have developed our #Women in Science Giving Circle - a philanthropic program designed to keep women in heart disease research and pioneer gender-equal research: www.victorchang.edu....

Thrilled to share our new paper: "OpenEMMU: A versatile, open-source EdU multiplexing methodology for studying DNA replication and cell cycle dynamics"! We've developed a new resource that make this crucial research more accessible, accurate, powerful and low-cost. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Did you know cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer of women worldwide? It's responsible for 30% of deaths in women each year – more than all cancers combined. It’s time to bust the myth that heart disease is a middle-aged male disease this #WomensHealthWeek: www.victorchang.edu....

We're proud to share Dr Osvaldo Contreras has been awarded a Scale Biosciences Core Lab Grant, from @garvaninstitute.bsky.social Genomics Platform, Scale Biosciences, and Integrated Sciences to further his research into the origins of congenital heart disease that affects one in 100 babies.

Congrats to Tommy and team, especially to PhD student Veronika Petrova who led the work on our end. Great to see it out! @victorchang.edu.au

#HGSA2025 was a great meeting; I presented my research in the Top Orals session to colleagues from clinical diagnostic labs. We must collaborate to improve the genetic diagnosis of channelopathies, especially for missense variants.

Great to see years of hard work come into fruition. A massive congratulations to the whole team! @fatkin-lab.bsky.social @victorchang.edu.au

That’s a wrap on another fantastic #CSANZ ASM! Incredible heart research from across AUS & NZ Congratulations to all the presenters, awardees and the council and ECI committee on an outstanding program See you in Sydney for #CSANZ2026 & ISHR 🌎congress 2031 down under!!🦘

Spreading the word to cardiologists at CSANZ meeting on how functional data can help with variant reclassification in cardiac channelopathies and sometimes in risk prediction as well. Hopefully more of them are aware of our research.

ECI finalist Cathy Jenkins investigates sex differences in cardiac calcium channel function linked to fight-or-flight responses 🧬🫀 Her research sheds light on how biological sex influences heart performance under stress. #CSANZ2025

Today I visited my kids preschool to talk about science for #nationalscienceweek2025. My mini-me and I talked about an experiment we did on germs 🦠. We talked about different kinds of scientists and asked the children what kind of scientist they would like to be

🎉 CSANZ2025 is finally here! Join us TODAY for the ISHR Early Career Investigator Networking Event 🧠💬 📍 Room P6 🕓4:30 PM Thursday 14th August Let’s connect, collaborate, and kick off the conference together! #CSANZ2025

A new global study reveals lifestyle changes could delay or prevent the onset of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) by decades. The study led by the Institute's Prof Diane Fatkin also revealed people with a mutation in the TTN gene face a 21 fold increased risk of developing DCM: www.victorchang.edu....

We're excited to announce the NSW CVRN EMCR Masterclass 2025 — a full-day, in-person workshop led by Prof Amanda Salis (The Salis Institute), designed to help EMCRs write and publish research papers with clarity and confidence. *Limited spots – open to NSW CVRN umbrella org members shorturl.at/hIRoq

Scientific Sessions 2025: The magical serendipity of curiosity and scientific engagement. Join us in November for discoveries that will transform cardiovascular care at #AHA25. 📍 New Orleans

NSWCVRN Rising Stars September Seminar Registration is open! Register now to hear from a fantastic line-up of speakers. Attend in-person @victorchanginst.bsky.social, 3 - 4:15pm followed by networking and refreshments. See you there👉 shorturl.at/r7eWD @solvechd.bsky.social

The Institute’s A/Professor and cardiologist Nikki Bart @ TEDxBoston spotlights game-changing innovations in heart disease management, from the surprising power of spider venom to revolutionary technologies like 'Heart-in-a-Box': www.youtube.com/watc...

🚨LAST CALL 🚨NSW CVRN members: If you joined before Oct 2024, please re-submit your membership form to stay active in our new CRM system and agree to our updated Privacy Policy. Old membership data will be archived this month. 📩📩Unsure? Email us: [email protected]

🎉 The ECI Committee just wrapped up our final virtual meeting before heading to Brisbane for #CSANZ2025 / #ISHR2025! We’ve got some fun and useful events lined up for early career investigators – hope to see you there and connect in person! 👋🔬✨ See our updated flyer for details

Designed for early-career professionals, senior leaders, and everyone in between, there’s something for you at Scientific Sessions. Register now and save on #AHA25. Early bird pricing ends Aug. 18.

We have previously demonstrated that functional data can inform us about the risk associated with KCNH2-LQTS (www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...). By using the same functional data, we asked what is the utility when applied in clinical setting by collaborate with Invitae Corp to reanalyse their VUS

PaulKornerSeminar speaker @chaiannng.bsky.social discusses "Calibrated Functional Data Decrease Clinical Uncertainty for KCNH2-Related Long-QT Syndrome", which was recently published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine: www.ahajournals.org/...

CSANZ/ISHR2025 starts in just 2 weeks! Make sure to stop by for our ECI events. See you there 😀

We're stepping into a critical debate about statins. Our Director and cardiologist, Professor Jason Kovacic, has penned a piece in The Australian defending their use and countering misinformation. Learn more about their benefits: www.victorchang.edu....

The NSW CVRN Career Advancement Grant supports EMCRs returning to research after a leave of absence, offering up to $25,000 to help boost their careers. 🗓️ Applications close 22 August 2025! 🔗 More details: www.heartfoundation.org.au/research/nsw... #CardiovascularResearch #NSWCVRN