HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou

Collaborative cardiovascular research group based in Dunedin, NZ. ➡️ Researchers, clinicians, academic students.

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

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

[Kate Thomas @Kate_N_Thomas]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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.

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

Join us for our final community event of 2022 📣Thursday 20th October, 4:30-6pm at Dunedin City Library. 📖 #onindunedin #communitytalks #universityofotago #ScienceEducation #physiology

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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.

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

Read the full paper at:
https://t.co/F26ZKgrm1I

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

We have EXTENDED student registrations for our science poster competition. More entries, more science, more healthy competition and reasons to win! 💪 @[email protected]

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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 | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

@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

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

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:

[HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou @HeartOtago]

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.

[Gillian Whalley, PhD FASE FCSANZ @GWhalleyPhD]

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

[Kate Thomas @Kate_N_Thomas]

Great to have a chat with the crew in Portsmouth last night about hot stuff 🔥 @UoPSportScience @ExtEnvLab_UoP