Heart and Stroke Foundation announces grants

The Heart and Stroke Foundation today announced grants to support research in the areas of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research. Congratulations to our Western University recipients:

Bai, Donglin
Connexin43 and connexin40 mutants and cardiac arrhythmias
Chakrabarti, Subrata
Vasoactive and cardioactive factors in diabetic heart disease

Gros, Robert
The Protective Role of the Cholinergic System in the Heart

Hess, David
Progenitor cell regulation of the vascular regenerative niche
Karmazyn, Morris
Leptin in Cardiac Remodelling and Heart Failure and the Importance of Leptin-Adiponectin Interaction

Mehta, Sanjay
Mechanisms of Microvascular Endothelial Cell Apoptosis in Sepsis

Min, Wei-Ping
The role of mTOR and TLR signaling networks on alloimmune modulation in heart transplantation
Pickering, J. Geoffrey
Control of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Aging