The influence of cellular and extracellular perturbations on cardiomyocyte contractility

Noortje Bax

Eindhoven University of Technology

Noortje has finished her PhD under supervision of Prof. Dr Gittenberger-de Groot in the department of Anatomy and Embryology (LUMC). Here thesis Posterior heart field and epicardium in cardiac development/ PDGFRα and EMT was was defended on 13th of January 2011. From september 2010-2014 she worked on the project Myocardium in a Dish at the TU/e. As a short term fellow she visited the group of Prof. Vunjak-Novakovic at Columbia University in 2013. Her current project Myocardial unloading and stem cells: the next step in cardiac repair is funded by the Dutch Heart Foundation.

Carlijn Bouten

Eindhoven University of Technology

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Abstract

The main components of the myocardium are cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts. In cardiomyopathy, synchronized beating of the heart is often hampered by fibrosis. Cardiac fibrosis is characterized by deterioration of cell... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Noortje Bax (Eindhoven University of Technology)
  2. Ariane Van Spreeuwel (Eindhoven University of Technology)
  3. Carlijn Bouten (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Topic Area

Topics: Platform Technologies & Biomaterials

Session

Poster » Poster Presentations (18:30 - Thursday, 8th September, Max Bell 252)