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University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford

Professor Andrew Trafford and his team at the University of Manchester are studying proteins called amphiphysins to find out how they are involved in heart muscle contraction. For heart muscle cells to contract efficiently to pump blood...

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Queen's University Belfast | Dr Andriana Margariti

In this PhD studentship, supervised by Dr Andriana Margariti, the researchers are studying if endothelial cells lining blood vessels can be generated from other cell types in the body. Damage to the endothelium lining blood vessels is often...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Dr Steffen Petersen

Research studying large populations has revolutionised cardiology and prevention strategies by identifying well-established cardiovascular risk factors, such as smoking, obesity and lack of physical activity. Between 2006 and 2010, 500,000 ...

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University of Bradford | Professor Timothy Palmer

Supervised by Professor Timothy Palmer, a PhD student is working out how a class of drugs called prostanoids could help people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH, live longer. PAH is a disease where lung artery walls become progr...

Find out about the cutting-edge cardiac MRI (CMR) research that BHF-funded scientists are pioneering with Dr Phoebe Kitscha.

The Reflections of Research competition started in 2005 and it's been going strong ever since with the winning images appearing in national press, on the BBC, and in exhibitions across the country. Here are the winners from previous years.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty deposits called plaques in blood vessel walls. When these plaques rupture and cause a blood clot this can lead to a heart attack or stroke. The plaques are usually protected by a ‘cap’ containing vas...

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University of Oxford | Dr Andrew Lewis

Immunocardiology is an area of research looking at immune cells in the heart. A group of immune cells called macrophages are thought to be particularly important, but there is currently no method for non-invasively measuring these cells in ...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Victoria Heath

Dr Victoria Heath and her team at the University of Birmingham are studying the processes that control angiogenesis - when blood vessels form from existing vessels. This process is important in health and in heart and circulatory disease. ...

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University of Sheffield | Dr Jovana Serbanovic Canic

Atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries – tends to develop in areas where the blood vessels are exposed to stress caused by changes in blood flow. This causes cells that line the blood vessel to die off, which furth...