Understanding Cardiac Regeneration
The Lafontant Lab is a research lab in the Biology Department at DePauw University. Undergraduate student-researchers investigate mechanisms of cardiovascular development, cardiac regeneration, tissue remodeling and inflammation, using zebrafish and giant danio as main biomedical models. Understanding how these fish develop and regenerate their hearts could provide insight into new approaches for the prevention or treatment of heart diseases and heart failure.
Undergraduate students in the lab use research instruments that include:
NIH R15 HD084262-01, PI
NSF CC 1659259 (Co-PI)
DePauw FDC, PDF
P.I. Pascal J. Lafontant
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D, M.S., Baylor College of Medicine
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Hartford Graduate Center
B.S. Biological Engineering, Cornell University
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