Dr Kate Weeks

Researcher investigating the molecular basis for heart disease @unimelbMDHS. Social Media Editor for @JMCCardiology. All views my own.

[Cat Mak @CatMak23]

🚨New paper out in Circ Res! Congrats to 1st author DR @OmarBritoStrada & the team👏🏼Here we show DWORF gene therapy boosts cardiac calcium handling, enhances mitochondrial energetics, & protects against heart failure progression🫀💪🏼

Read it here 😍👇🏼
https://t.co/0Jj7M1ydfL

[JMCC Plus @JMCCPlus]

New work out in the from @UniofOxford looks into developing sex-specific human ventricular #electromechanical multiscale models. Given the importance of #biologicalsex in #CardiovascularHealth this could be a very important tool!

https://t.co/sDYJ6Mbl0R

[The Physiological Society @PhySoc]

🫀 A healthy heart requires intricate crosstalk between different cell types to keep it functioning well. We shall explore these interactions over the next two days at #HeartCrossTalk2025 @unibirmingham.

View today's line up of speakers and topics ⬇️ https://t.co/d81jvVn8a2

[Australian Physiological Society @AuPhysiolSoc]

📢 Call for Abstracts – AuPS 2025!
Abstract submissions for Free Communication and Poster Sessions are now OPEN!
Share your research with the physiology community at Western Sydney University, Parramatta, from 23–26 November 2025.
Submission Deadline: 5 PM (AEST), 12 September

[Luis A Gonano @LuisGonano]

Very happy to share our passion for Cardiac Ryanodine Receptors!

Interplay Between Ryanodine Receptor Arrangement and Function: Implications for (Patho)physiological Control of Calcium Release | Circulation Research https://t.co/ANVJKfrV13

[CVR Tomasz Guzik @CVR_TomaszGuzik]

Manuel Mayr discusses systems biology & multiomics in #cardiovascular research including his latest #CardiovascularResearch article

Discover more here: https://t.co/yQ9pV6GLyS

#ESCCongress #omics #CVD #CardioTwitter

[Niels Voigt @niels_voigt]

Fresh off the press! 🚨 Our latest study on blebbistatin’s effects on EC coupling is now online in @JPhysiol. Huge congratulations to @izzy_sob and Katharina Ritzenhoff for their outstanding work!

🔗 https://t.co/gXf6SANhiJ

@pharmaumg @aiste_liutkute @funshofaks @WillSeibertz @davidaeisner @MBExC_de @dzhk_germany @YoungDZHK @EWGCCEChair

[NSW CVRN @NSWCVRN]

That's a wrap for CSANZ 2025 in Brisbane! We had the fantastic opportunity to catch up with NSW CVRN members, see their work, promote the CVRN and generally network, collaborate, and learn about all the amazing cardiovascular research being done around Australia/globally.

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

That’s a wrap on another fantastic #CSANZ ASM! Incredible heart research from across 🇦🇺 &🇳🇿

Congratulations to all the presenters, awardees and the council and ECI committee on an outstanding program

See you in Sydney for #CSANZ2026

& ISHR🌎congress 2031 down under!!🦘

[Dr Kate Weeks @k8weeks]

@ProfJRMcMullen @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS @BakerResearchAu @HRIAust Congratulations Julie!

[Prof Julie McMullen @ProfJRMcMullen]

Such an honour to give the inaugural Winifred G Nayler Lecture at #CSANZ2025 and ISHR. Thank you to so many researchers & students who have worked with me over the last 20 years. Could not have done it without you! @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS @BakerResearchAu @HRIAust

[Prof Julie McMullen @ProfJRMcMullen]

Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session. Great presentations! Well done 👏 #CSANZ2025 @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS @BakerResearchAu @DoanNgo4

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

Awesome science at the Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session! Super impressed by all the student presentations 👏 #CSANZ2025

[James Chong @jameschong_doc]

Really proud of Fairooj Rashid from my group presenting her spatial biology work as a finalist for the Ralph Reader young investigator prize at #CSANZ2025 @thecsanz @wimr @Sydney_Uni

[Prof Julie McMullen @ProfJRMcMullen]

Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science. Great presentations by all speakers. 👏 #CSANZ2025 @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS @jameschong_doc @AnastasiaSMihai #Discovery #PreclinicalScience

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

An honour to hear Professor Bryan Williams deliver the #CSANZ2025 RT Hall Lecture. 🌟 One of the world’s leading authorities on hypertension and cardiovascular medicine, Professor Williams shared fascinating insights into targeting aldosterone to prevent and treat CVD. 🫀

[Prof Julie McMullen @ProfJRMcMullen]

Great to see so much interest in the posters! All abstracts in Heart Lung & Circulation (August issue) @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS #CSANZ2025 @AnastasiaSMihai

[Prof Julie McMullen @ProfJRMcMullen]

Prof Francine Marques- Understanding gene-by-environment interactions that dictate blood pressure response to food. Combining #fundamental & #ClinicalResearch 🧬 #Microbiome #RiskFactor #BloodPressure #RiskPrediction #csanz25 @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS @FZMarques 👏

[Prof Julie McMullen @ProfJRMcMullen]

Great panel discussion- Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Big data and artificial intelligence in cardiovascular disease #CSANZ2025 @thecsanz @ISHR_AUS #AI #CVD

[ISHR Australasian Section @ISHR_AUS]

Thanks to our fantastic panellists and audience for a dynamic discussion on Big Data & AI in cardiovascular disease at #CSANZ2025 💡🫀Insightful, thought-provoking, and a glimpse into the future of cardiology. @n_palpant @k8weeks @DrDanDonner