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📅 Wednesday, 18 March 2026 | 1:00–2:30 pm
📍 Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Innovation Centre, Darlinghurst NSW
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Interested in applying for a 2026 @nswcvrn.bsky.social–VCCRI Research Innovation Grant? Learn more about our Innovation Centre's technologies and capabilities on a guided tour. Meet our facility managers and explore how we can support your grant applications and collaborative CV research projects.

How do you repair the heart after a heart attack? It's the biggest challenge in cardiology and an Australia–Japan partnership led by the Institute's Prof Bob Graham aims to solve it by developing an innovative gene therapy to reactivate adult heart muscle cell division: www.victorchang.edu....

CVRN Innovation Centre Grant – Facility Tour Registration The Victor Chang Innovation Centre is hosting a guided tour for researchers who are interested in applying for the Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN) Innovation Centre Grant. These tours provide ...

Thinking of applying for the 2026 NSW CVRN–VCCRI Research Innovation Grant? Join a guided tour of the Victor Chang Innovation Centre.

📅 18 Mar | 1:00–2:30 pm
👉 RSVP now: forms.gle/G89NfAFDrFG9...

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The funds will go towards developing a new diagnostic tool to predict the development of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a heart disease responsible for approximately 25% of heart attacks in women under the age of 50.

Congratulations to spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) researcher Dr Lucy McGrath-Cadell who has just been awarded a grant from UNSW Medicine & Health💡

NSW CVRN Rising Stars March Seminar — registrations are open! Register now to hear from a fantastic line‑up of speakers. Attend in person on 26 March 2026 at the University of Sydney, 3:00–4:15 pm, followed by networking and refreshments.
See you there 👉https://shorturl.at/CAhTl

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Who else is guilty of waiting until the 11th hour?

#CSANZ26 abstracts are closing THIS Wednesday.

The ECI committee is already brewing up ideas for events alongside the impressive lineup of confirmed speakers so make sure you get your abstract in!

www.csanzasm.com

Congratulations to Dr Yashutosh Joshi, Awardee of the 2025 Ministerial Award for PhD Rising Star in Cardiovascular Research!

#NSWCVRN2026Showcase #cvdresearch
@heartfoundationau.bsky.social @victorchang.edu.au

Dr Joshi accepting his award

Congratulations to Dr Yashutosh Joshi, who has received the NSW CVRN Ministerial Award for PhD Rising Star in Cardiovascular Research for his work with DCD heart transplantation and spider venom - continuously looking to improve number and quality of donor hearts.

Heart Health and LGBTQ+ Adults LGBTQ+ Australians have poorer health outcomes than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, including greater risk of heart disease. Read more about it.

LGBTQIA+ communities experience unique challenges when it comes to heart health — understanding these is a key step towards more inclusive, equitable care. See what the research tells us about heart health in LGBTQIA+ people, and how we can all help support better outcomes:

🌈 HAPPY MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY!
As our city came alive with colour, pride and celebration over the weekend, we’re also taking a moment to spotlight something that matters beyond the parade.

Congratulations Dr Osvaldo Contreras

Congratulations @osvaldoics.bsky.social on being awarded a MAWA/RFF Research Grant - supporting his project Animal Free Human Stem Cell Models to Investigate Congenital Heart Defects. Grateful to the MAWA Trust and the Rozzoli Family Fund for supporting this work.

Australia has incredible talent, but without sustained investment and long‑term certainty, we risk losing both people and progress. Supporting medical research isn’t optional — it’s essential for better health outcomes and future prosperity.
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...

Institute Deputy Director and newly appointed ACvA President, Prof Jamie Vandenberg led a powerful on-stage conversation w/ Syed Ahmed, whose personal story brought into sharp focus why cardiovascular research matters — not just in the lab, but for patients, families, and communities.

The Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA) Excellence in Cardiovascular Research Awards shine a light on the researchers whose work is driving progress against Australia’s biggest killer.

Our focus groups — small by design — have also informed a larger national survey: rdcu.be/e3PJD

Gauging Patient- and Family-Perceived Value of Genetic Testing for Atrial Fibrillation

While clinicians can recommend tests, it’s crucial to understand what patients actually value. Genetic testing for AF isn’t routinely performed, so hearing directly from consumers helps guide how this could be used in the future.
Read the study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What do patients really think about genetic testing for atrial fibrillation (AF)? In collab with the @unimelb.edu.au, that’s the question our new study set out to answer — bringing fresh insight into the consumer perspective, an increasingly important part of our cardiac research.

📢Applications for the 2026 @nswcvrn.bsky.social-VCCRI Research Innovation Grant have now opened! Partnering with CVRN, EMCRs have an exciting opportunity to access our Innovation Centre to support short-term projects focused on cardiovascular research: innovationcentre.org.au/funding-supp...

Their structural relationship then is my focus and hERG-erythromycin was first obtained at high-resolution."

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker hallychen110.bsky.social: "Today, many drugs were banned, due to acquired Long QT Syndrome and sudden death by blocking human ether-á-go-go related gene (hERG) channel, and new drugs must be tested for next approvals.

#PaulKornerSeminar speaker @drellerye asks the question - could prevention be better than cure? Supported by @heartfoundationau.bksy.social and NHMRC her research is investigating the role of exercise and early drug therapy in Titin cardiomyopathy. Which would you choose?"

Additionally, the functional evidence for 275 SCN5A variants from our recent SCN5A automated patch-clamp study is now accessible in ClinVar.

Registrations for the #Lipidomics #GRC close soon. Don't miss this chance to learn from and engage with leaders in the field #TeamMassSpec 🧪 www.grc.org/lipidomics-c...

LAST CALL: Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉https://forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g

Heart Foundation selected to host 2026 World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease in Perth | Heart Foundation The World Heart Federation has selected the National Heart Foundation of Australia to host the World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Perth next year.

Just Announced 📣 From 12–14 November 2026, the
@worldheart.org and the Heart Foundation will unite global experts, advocates, and communities in Perth for the 2nd World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) to accelerate solutions to end RHD.🌏 www.heartfoundation.org.au/media-releas...

Global societies unite to address environmental threats to heart health Leading heart organisations warn environmental stressors cause up to one in five cardiovascular deaths worldwide and call for urgent policy action.

WHF, @escardio.bsky.social, @americanheart.bsky.social and @accintouch.bsky.social have issued a joint call to address environmental threats as major, yet preventable, causes of cardiovascular disease: worldheart.org/news/global-societies-unite-to-address-environmental-threats-to-heart-health/

I’m back here to share our new pre-print! 🔬 🧬 😃

Proteo-transcriptomics and morphometrics of teleost cardiac cells define regulatory networks and exercise-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia

Flow cytometry+Imaging+RNA-seq+Proteomics

Preprint available on bioRxiv [link in comments]

MRI Method Detects Heart Transplant Rejection Researchers in Sydney show that standard cardiac MRI can reliably rule out moderate‑to‑severe heart transplant rejection and reduce reliance on invasive…

A new study from researchers from the Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital shows cardiac MRI can detect heart transplant rejection by tracking heart movement. The non-invasive approach could reduce the need for repeated biopsies: www.victorchang.edu....
#MedicalResearch #HeartDisease #HeartTransplant