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Researcher at the University of Melbourne investigating the molecular basis for heart disease.
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Dr Kate Weeks
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
7 months ago
Our journal reception at
#ISHR2025
included recognition of Rong Tian for her service as Editor in Chief of JMCC. Her term ends in December 2025. Congratulations Rong for your excellent work on the journal!
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Great progress being made to understand mechanisms contributing to
#HFpEF
Fantastic talks from
@rebeccahritchie.bsky.social
& others at the
#ishr2025
meeting in Nara
#cardiosky
@davorpavlovic.bsky.social
@monikagladka.bsky.social
@jmccardiology.bsky.social
@jmccplus.bsky.social
7 months ago
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NicolasAvilaLab
7 months ago
Great opening ceremony of the
#ISHR2025
XXV World Congress in Nara. Excited to discuss science with colleagues of the Cardiovascular field during this ISHR meeting.
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Dr Kate Weeks
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
7 months ago
Good morning
#ISHR2025
! Stop by our booth in the exhibition area to learn more about JMCC and
@jmccplus.bsky.social
. Hope to see you in Nara!
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JMCC Plus
7 months ago
Looking for some weekend reading or on your way to the ISHR meeting in Japan? Check out the recent work from Alican Guran,
@k8weeks.bsky.social
et al. investigating the role of B56α as a mediator of cardiac responses to β-AR stimulation!
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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PP2A-B56α is a key determinant of cardiac protein phosphorylation and functional responses to β-adrenergic signalling
B56α is a protein phosphatase 2 A (PP2A) regulatory subunit which modulates the heart's inotropic response to acute β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) stimu…
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772976125000200
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Dr Kate Weeks
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
8 months ago
Dr Zijing Zhou’s drive to understand the fundamental biological processes at work within the heart has led him to study ion channels that may be the key to managing not only cardiac diseases, but also osteoporosis, obesity and inflammatory diseases:
www.victorchang.edu....
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Star Scientist – Dr Zijing Zhou - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Dr Zijing Zhou’s PIEZO ion channel research may be the key to managing not only cardiac diseases, but osteoporosis, obesity and inflammatory diseases.
https://www.victorchang.edu.au/blog/zijing-zhou
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Did you know heart muscle cells can have multiple nuclei? (See the pic on my profile for an example!) Within each nucleus, there can also be multiple sets of chromosomes (polyploidy). 🧬🧬🧬🧬 This new paper in
@jmccardiology.bsky.social
describes a new method for assessing ploidy in cardiomyocytes. 🔬
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8 months ago
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Dr Kate Weeks
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
8 months ago
Work in our April issue offers a detailed cardioFISH protocol for
#cardiomyocyte
nuclear ploidy assessment. Available open access:
doi.org/10.1016/j.yj...
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Dr Kate Weeks
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
8 months ago
In our April issue, Orlowski and colleagues describe for the first time that IRBIT plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of the heart. Cardiac hypertrophy induced by overexpression of IP3-released inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor-binding protein (IRBIT) :
buff.ly/czTyHDW
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Dr Kate Weeks
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
8 months ago
Editor's Choice! Autoinhibition of cMyBP-C by its middle domains:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dr Kate Weeks
Dr Martha Gulati
8 months ago
Loving this new
#CardioSmart
infographic from
@accintouch.bsky.social
Get for your office so your patients remember the importance of this life saving prescription.
#Cardiosky
#CVPrev
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Dr Kate Weeks
Natalie Trevaskis
9 months ago
Copying
@k8weeks.bsky.social
International Women's Day is the perfect opportunity to connect with
#womeninSTEMM
and our allies on this platform! Hello
@gregorykj.bsky.social
@drmlhalls.bsky.social
@louisepurton.bsky.social
@karinayaniv.bsky.social
@drzoewaller.bsky.social
@elainesanij.bsky.social
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Dr Kate Weeks
A/Prof Susann Beier
9 months ago
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨@heartfoundation 2025 funding opportunities are now open! As a past recipient of the Vanguard grant, I encourage you to apply and drive innovation in cardiovascular health. 🔗
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#HeartFoundation
#ResearchFunding
#CardiovascularHealth
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Applying for research funding with the Heart Foundation
New funding opportunities for 2025 are now available. Learn more about our funding programs, requirements, and application dates now.
https://buff.ly/k4zRVFE
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Dr Kate Weeks
Parham Eshtehardi MD
9 months ago
Reposting this because posts are still being “liked”. Pls “REPOST” if you like to share with others.
#CardioSky
#MedSky
#ACC25
@anastasiasmihaili.bsky.social
@psatishmd.bsky.social
@load-dependent.bsky.social
@cardiacpa1.medsky.social
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International Women's Day feels like the perfect opportunity to connect with
#womeninSTEMM
and our allies on this (still new to me) platform! (1/5) Hello 👋
@fzmarques.bsky.social
@jodieingles27.bsky.social
@severinelamon.bsky.social
@kimmellor.bsky.social
#IWD2025
#cardiosky
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Prof Derek Connolly
12 months ago
Individuals with T2DM had 2-fold more CVD events than matched comparisons starting 3 decades before T2DM diagnosis.
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
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Dr Kate Weeks
Bluesky
about 1 year ago
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that
@altmetric.com
is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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Jay 🦋
about 1 year ago
I’m thankful for everyone using Bluesky, everyone building on atproto, everyone listening to our message and sharing our dream of a better social media ecosystem that puts people first. We’re going to do this together — thanks for joining us on this journey!
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Dr Kate Weeks
Parham Eshtehardi MD
about 1 year ago
Reposting for
#CardioSky
#MedSky
newcomers 🦋 You need to REPOST. Unlike Twitter, liking a post does NOT increase visibility of that post 🦋 Use
#CardioSky
#EchoSky
& other hashtags when posting. Bluesky has feeds that work based on hashtags 🦋 Best feed to follow
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@jodieingles27.bsky.social
we need to get more Aussie Cardiotwitter folk over here! 🫀🇦🇺🥼🧪🧫
about 1 year ago
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Hi everyone! I am a research scientist at the University of Melbourne, investigating the molecular basis of heart disease 🫀. Excited to connect with you all on
#BlueSky
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about 1 year ago
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