Check out this new review from our @HeartOtago colleagues on the Clustering properties of the cardiac ryanodine receptor in health and heart failure
https://t.co/ScTdK4rme1
Upper-limb HIIT ⬆️ VO2peak by 16% and both HIIT and heat therapy ⬆️ anaerobic threshold ~10% in patients with osteoarthritis prior to hip/knee replacement 🦵@otago@heartotago
Read more about our RCT here: https://t.co/W1Am2sk30o
Our H.O crew is coming to Whakatū/Nelson later this month to INSPIRE! We are pumped to be bringing an all new hands-on science outreach programme to senior primary and intermediate students in the upper-south! 🏔️#CawthronInstitute#STEM#MinistryofInspirationNZ#MacDiarmid
Congratulations to the 3 HeartOtago PhD students who have been awarded AH Couch Trust Heart Foundation Scholarships. We wish Thomas the best, as he continues his journey at Christchurch Heart Institute.
https://t.co/3XDr6BFzxX
Georgia’s summer research was focused on characterising transverse tubules in the right atrium of arrhythmic patients.
Acknowledgements to the Dunedin Public Hospital Cardiothoracic team, Anesthesiology dept and Nursing staff.
A hearty congrats to Munro Lab student Georgia Keelty for recently winning the Otago Medical Society summer student speaker awards.🏆
See the comments for Georgia’s project focus.
#HeartOtago#physiology#summerstudentship
Last night at the programme launch of the 25th NZ international Science Festival. A splendid line up of science charged events on every page! Shout out to the festival’s committee, director and associate director, BRING ON JUNE 30th ! 🚀🔬#nzscifest
Congratulations to the 1st place year group winners of our 2022 Cardiovascular Poster Competition.
• Joel George (Yr 11)
• Gemma Green (Yr 12)
• Zara Deans (Yr 13)
You can view the winning posters on display at the NanoFest in the Meridian Mall from 14th - 17th July.
Back by popular demand @HeartOtago is once again hosting a heart dissection series for the Dunedin public. Head over to Eventbrite to snap up your FREE tickets! Links:
Kids Edition, 28th June
https://t.co/2HHCGeos1G
Adults Edition, 29th June
https://t.co/UOfzsLB7ua
New research from Fronius Lab published in the esteemed journal Hypertension. PhD graduate, Dr Puja Paudel & colleagues from @HeartOtago have identified a new ion channel protein in human arteries. A potential new drug target. #Cardiovascular#bloodpressure@otago
We have EXTENDED student registrations for our science poster competition. More entries, more science, more healthy competition and reasons to win! 💪 @[email protected]
Our 3rd and final ECI speaker is Michelle Munro from @HeartOtago. Her “How to” talk is all about the microscopy resolution revolution & the 🫀.
Check out these RyR clusters within a cardiomyocyte from her confocal image (left) being revealed with dSTORM (right).
Rego 🔗below
Thank you to our sponsors: Dunedin Ice Stadium, Paper Plus Golden Centre, Resistance Climbing, Moana Pools, Leap & Clip ‘n Climb Dunedin, Stirling Sports Dunedin, Edgar Centre, NZSciFest.
@HeartOtago’s Dunedin secondary schools competition launches today. The competition open to years 11 - 13 aims to get students thinking scientifically about cardiovascular health & disease. @NZSciFest #scienceoutreach#universityofotago#highschoolscience
Dr. Michelle Munro will feature in @ISHR_AUS early career investigator May Mini-Symposium. See the below tweet for QR code registration for the event! @HeartOtago@otago
The #ECICommittee is excited to announce our next ISHR ECI Mini-Symposium! Featuring a line-up of amazing kiwi researchers.
Register via QR code below/link in comment & join us Friday 13th May, 3PM NZST & 1PM AEDT! Please share & retweet! Additional info in comments below:
New research by Luis Gonano @LuisGonano and the Jones lab @HeartOtago shows the importance of PKG in the regulation of calcium release in the heart https://t.co/hnj8PWFpNF.
Thrilled to share a systematic review about Patient Reported Outcome Measures post IHD revascularization by one of our MBChB/PhD students Ariel Pons with @DrSeanCoffey @OtagoMedDept@DSMOtago@HeartOtago https://t.co/YvTrxL1IRF