We are very proud to announce that co-first authors Dr. Fima Macheret and Dr. Savannah Bifulco have published a new article in JACC EP entitled “Comparing Inducibility of Re-Entrant Arrhythmia in Patient-Specific Computational Models to Clinical Atrial Fibrillation Phenotypes”. The paper is available on the publisher’s website and via PubMed Central.
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New CardSS Lab Research Explores Feasibility of Optogenetically Suppressing Ectopic Beats
Congratulations to Alex Ochs on the publication of his most recent original research paper as lead-author in the CardSS Lab. The paper appears in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering in a special issue celebrating 2023’s CMBE Young Innovators (including Pat!) [PMCID link here] In this study, we examine how light stimulation of optogenetic proteins might be a feasible way to suppress triggered arrhythmias induced by ectopic cell-scale excitation (early afterdepolarizations). Getting all of the moving pieces to line up for this…
New CardSS Lab Research Published in JAHA: Our First Foray into Explainable ML!
Congratulations to Savannah Bifulco, whose second lead-author original research paper has been published in JAHA. In this study, we use SHAP Analysis (devised brilliantly by CS researchers at our own institution!) to predict the behavior of reentrant activity in computational simulations from geometric features extracted from LGE-MRI alone. Cool beans! Way to go Savannah!
New CardSS Lab Research Published in the Journal of Physiology!
We are thrilled to share that CardSS Lab PhD Student Chelsea Gibbs has published her first paper as lead author for research related to her dissertation. The article is entitled “Graft–host coupling changes can lead to engraftment arrhythmia: a computational study”. This work is a product of our exciting collaboration with Dr. Chuck Murry and other members of his team, working at UW’s Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM; pron. “ice cream”). In this paper, we use models…
Congratulations CardSS Lab Members on Many Recent Achievements!
We are excited to report many recent successes over the past few months! PhD Candidate Savannah Bifulco was invited to give oral presentations at the 2023 Gordon Research Seminar (!) and then the Gordon Research Conference (!!!) on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms, which was held in Galveston, Tx. Moreover, she earned an Honorable Mention (cash prize!) for her poster presentation. Bravo Savannah! PhD Student Chelsea Gibbs will be giving an oral presentation at the 2023 Cardiac Physiome Workshop, to be…
UW Engineering News Story About Pat and his Dad
The team at UW Engineering News, led by the amazing Chelsea Yates, has published a touching new article that tells the story of a very scary experience Pat had with the health of his Dad (Mike Boyle) in fall of 2022. This changed the way we think about our research on AFib and stroke, making it all feel a lot more personal for Pat! We all feel very fortunate to work with world leaders at UW in this area who…