Biology of Cardiac Function and Disease
Biology of Cardiac Function and Disease covers contemporary heart biology, including physiological, mechanistic, and experimental concepts of cardiac physiology, disease, and regeneration.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.57 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Develop understanding of the main principles of cardiovascular physiology and biology, use of genetic model organisms, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine (didactic portion of course; attendance, and exams).
Formulate the main themes of heart biology and current challenges for developing therapeutic strategies for heart disease by reading and discussing state-of-the-art literature with peers and instructors (journal reviews; evaluated by lecturer for each journal review session).
Develop ability to Identify the main concepts of techniques and methods that are currently used for cardiac biology research
Analyze scientific data and methodology employed in the field of heart biology.
Create an experimental design for different types of heart biology research (such as hypothesis, methodology or phenomenon driven studies).
Describe the current challenges for developing therapeutic strategies for heart disease and regeneration and propose feasible approaches to resolve these challenges.
Explain the concepts of techniques and methods that are currently used for cardiac biology research.
Describe the challenges for developing therapeutic strategies for heart disease and regeneration.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course map(BIOCHEM 501,GENETICS 466, 620, 627, or ZOOLOGY 570) and (ANAT&PHY 335, 435, or BIOCORE 485), or graduate/professional standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.57 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
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Topics
- Cardiac physiology, disease, and regeneration
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms in various model systems
- Therapeutic strategies for heart disease and regeneration
Skills
- Critical thinking about methodology, experimental design, and interpretation in heart biology
- Creating experimental designs for heart biology research
- Reading and discussing state-of-the-art literature
- Analyzing scientific data and methodology in heart biology
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