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The Shiels Laboratory
Cells

Circulation Research

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Journal of the American Heart Association

We investigate the fundamental workings of the mammalian heart as well as hearts from a range of other vertebrate species including tuna, trout, turtle, caiman, zebrafish, armored catfish, varanid lizard, rat and hamster. Survival of all these animals depends on maintenance and regulation of cardiac function over a range of environments. We try to understand this across levels of biological organisation.

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Collage of animal images South American Caiman  (image taken while working with Prof A. Abe at the Jacarezário animal facility at the Rio Claro campus of the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil) Blue Shark, (Prionace glauca) in a sling (image taken while working in conjunction with NOAA scientist aboard the vessel Oscar Elton Sette, Hawaiin Islands, USA) Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) image shows the difference in seasonal phenotype Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio) image taken from: http://filaman.uni-kiel.de by Noren, M Monitor Lizard (Varanus exanthematicus) Painted Turtle (Trachemys scripta) Scales of the armored catfish (Pterygoplichthys pardalis)