— SCIENCEWhat we study, and why it matters.
Our research program spans molecular genetics, epigenomics, and developmental biology — unified by a single central question: what enables a heart to fully regenerate?
—— RESEARCH AREAS— MODEL ORGANISMDanio rerio
The zebrafish is an ideal model for cardiac regeneration research. It shares key developmental and genomic features with mammals while retaining the remarkable ability to fully repair injured heart tissue in adulthood.
Transparent embryos, genetic tractability, rapid generation time, and conservation of cardiac gene regulatory networks make zebrafish uniquely suited to mechanistic regeneration studies.
