This week I spend most of my time in the lab for my
research. I am working with Jinli Cao this summer in the Cardiovascular
Research Institute. I spent most of the past week imaging transgenic zebrafish
during development at 24, 48, and 72 hours. The fish we are looking at express
GFP and RFP with the expression of other genes of interest. We are trying to
identify genes that play an important role in heart development since some of
the same processes that are involved in development also play a role in
regeneration after cardiac injury. Eventually, we would like to injure fish
hearts and examine which of these genes are also upregulated in regeneration to
determine exactly which genes these are, allowing for the targeting of future
therapies in patients after heart attacks.
Additionally, I really enjoyed the talk by Dr. James Shin. My
favorite part was about what is being done in the hospital to make custom medical
devices for patients, and especially how that fits into the current regulatory
framework. While I do not have any answers, it has definitely gotten me
thinking about how that area can be reformed and how it affects my own work.
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