Research
To study the development of arrhythmias, we place animal hearts in a life-support system and inject a special fluorescent dye. When the heart is illuminated with laser light, the fluorescence of the heart will make the electrical waves that go over the heart visible, which allows us to study the development of cardiac arrhythmias in detail, and to test the effectiveness of new durgs or interventions such as electrical shocks.
Projects
- Atrial Fibrillation: Terminate with more precise lesions
- Defibrillaton: Shorter shocks to avoid tissue damage
- Heart attacks: Limit tissue loss with drugs that promote regeneration
- Arrhythmia mechanisms: Studying the building blocks of arrhythmias
- Realistic simulation of arrhythmia
- Automated assessment of mouse sociability in behavioral movies