Category: Greenberg

Human heart-on-a-chip to study the immune system in cardiac disease pathogenesis and repair

July 1st, 2022 – Michael Greenberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics along with Kory J. Lavine, MD PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Nathaniel D. Huebsch, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering have received a new three-year grant award from American Heart Association for their research entitled “Human heart-on-a-chip to study the immune system in cardiac disease pathogenesis and repair”.

Redefining Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy through Precision Medicine

August 1st, 2019 – Together with Kory Lavine and Kathleen Simpson, the Greenberg lab received a Large Scale Interdisciplinary Research Initiative Grant from the Children’s Discovery Institute. The project, “Redefining Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy through Precision Medicine” brings together a team of basic scientists and physician scientists to better understand pediatric heart failure and to develop novel therapeutics.

Understanding Congenital Heart Disease from the Ground Up

February 27th, 2018 – Michael Greenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, received a two year, Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research grant award from the March of Dimes for his work entitled “Understanding Congenital Heart Disease from the Ground Up”.

Leveraging macrophage ontogeny to engineer human cardiac tissues to model cardiomyopathy

January 26th, 2018 – Michael Greenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, along with Kory Lavine, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Christopher M. Sturgeon, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, received a 2018 Center of Regenerative Medicine (CRM) seed grant for their work entitled “Leveraging macrophage ontogeny to engineer human cardiac tissues to model cardiomyopathy”.

Effects of Mechanical Forces on Cardiac Excitability in Heart Disease

December 20th, 2017 – Michael Greenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics received a 2018 CIMED P&F award from the Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases for his work entitled “Effects of Mechanical Forces on Cardiac Excitability in Heart Disease”.

high-resolution imaging techniques to study familial cardiomyopathies in stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

October 10th, 2016 – Michael Greenberg, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics has been awarded a CDI Micro-Grant from the Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging to use high-resolution imaging techniques to study familial cardiomyopathies in stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.