Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
@victorchang.edu.au
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is dedicated to finding cures for heart disease through world-class medical research.
Sydney, Melbourne & Perth, Australia
www.victorchang.edu.au
Sydney, Melbourne & Perth, Australia
www.victorchang.edu.au
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Man lives for 100 days with artificial titanium heart in successful new trial | CNN
An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.
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News of the first Australian patient to receive a BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart made headlines around the world and saw media descend on the Institute to talk with Professor Chris Hayward, BiVACOR founder Daniel Timms and St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney surgeon Paul Jansz: edition.cnn.com/2025...
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Additionally, the functional evidence for 275 SCN5A variants from our recent SCN5A automated patch-clamp study is now accessible in ClinVar.
A nice editorial about our recent SCN5A automated patch clamp paper. @chaiannng.bsky.social academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
Reducing the variant of uncertain significance burden in inherited cardiac disorders: from variant to function to action?
This editorial refers to ‘Automated patch clamp data improve variant classification and penetrance stratification for SCN5A–Brugada syndrome’, by M.J. O’Ne
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January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Additionally, the functional evidence for 275 SCN5A variants from our recent SCN5A automated patch-clamp study is now accessible in ClinVar.
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Registrations for the #Lipidomics #GRC close soon. Don't miss this chance to learn from and engage with leaders in the field #TeamMassSpec 🧪 www.grc.org/lipidomics-c...
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Registrations for the #Lipidomics #GRC close soon. Don't miss this chance to learn from and engage with leaders in the field #TeamMassSpec 🧪 www.grc.org/lipidomics-c...
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LAST CALL: Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉https://forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉https://forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 PM
LAST CALL: Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉https://forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉https://forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
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Just Announced 📣 From 12–14 November 2026, the
@worldheart.org and the Heart Foundation will unite global experts, advocates, and communities in Perth for the 2nd World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) to accelerate solutions to end RHD.🌏 www.heartfoundation.org.au/media-releas...
@worldheart.org and the Heart Foundation will unite global experts, advocates, and communities in Perth for the 2nd World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) to accelerate solutions to end RHD.🌏 www.heartfoundation.org.au/media-releas...
Heart Foundation selected to host 2026 World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease in Perth | Heart Foundation
The World Heart Federation has selected the National Heart Foundation of Australia to host the World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Perth next year.
www.heartfoundation.org.au
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just Announced 📣 From 12–14 November 2026, the
@worldheart.org and the Heart Foundation will unite global experts, advocates, and communities in Perth for the 2nd World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) to accelerate solutions to end RHD.🌏 www.heartfoundation.org.au/media-releas...
@worldheart.org and the Heart Foundation will unite global experts, advocates, and communities in Perth for the 2nd World Congress on Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) to accelerate solutions to end RHD.🌏 www.heartfoundation.org.au/media-releas...
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WHF, @escardio.bsky.social, @americanheart.bsky.social and @accintouch.bsky.social have issued a joint call to address environmental threats as major, yet preventable, causes of cardiovascular disease: worldheart.org/news/global-societies-unite-to-address-environmental-threats-to-heart-health/
Global societies unite to address environmental threats to heart health
Leading heart organisations warn environmental stressors cause up to one in five cardiovascular deaths worldwide and call for urgent policy action.
world-heart-federation.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
WHF, @escardio.bsky.social, @americanheart.bsky.social and @accintouch.bsky.social have issued a joint call to address environmental threats as major, yet preventable, causes of cardiovascular disease: worldheart.org/news/global-societies-unite-to-address-environmental-threats-to-heart-health/
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I’m back here to share our new pre-print! 🔬 🧬 😃
Proteo-transcriptomics and morphometrics of teleost cardiac cells define regulatory networks and exercise-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia
Flow cytometry+Imaging+RNA-seq+Proteomics
Preprint available on bioRxiv [link in comments]
Proteo-transcriptomics and morphometrics of teleost cardiac cells define regulatory networks and exercise-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia
Flow cytometry+Imaging+RNA-seq+Proteomics
Preprint available on bioRxiv [link in comments]
January 18, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I’m back here to share our new pre-print! 🔬 🧬 😃
Proteo-transcriptomics and morphometrics of teleost cardiac cells define regulatory networks and exercise-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia
Flow cytometry+Imaging+RNA-seq+Proteomics
Preprint available on bioRxiv [link in comments]
Proteo-transcriptomics and morphometrics of teleost cardiac cells define regulatory networks and exercise-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia
Flow cytometry+Imaging+RNA-seq+Proteomics
Preprint available on bioRxiv [link in comments]
A new study from researchers from the Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital shows cardiac MRI can detect heart transplant rejection by tracking heart movement. The non-invasive approach could reduce the need for repeated biopsies: www.victorchang.edu....
#MedicalResearch #HeartDisease #HeartTransplant
#MedicalResearch #HeartDisease #HeartTransplant
MRI Method Detects Heart Transplant Rejection
Researchers in Sydney show that standard cardiac MRI can reliably rule out moderate‑to‑severe heart transplant rejection and reduce reliance on invasive…
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January 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
A new study from researchers from the Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital shows cardiac MRI can detect heart transplant rejection by tracking heart movement. The non-invasive approach could reduce the need for repeated biopsies: www.victorchang.edu....
#MedicalResearch #HeartDisease #HeartTransplant
#MedicalResearch #HeartDisease #HeartTransplant
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🤝 Participation and partnership in research drive discovery forward. Every gVasc participant helps shape discoveries that are representative of the SCAD community. Visit gvascstudy.org to find out more and join ❤️
@scadalliance.bsky.social @markelindsay.bsky.social @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social
@scadalliance.bsky.social @markelindsay.bsky.social @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
World-first human trials now underway for a heart drug made from K'gari funnel-web spider venom which could transform how heart attacks and strokes are treated. We're proud to help bring this breakthrough closer to saving lives: www.victorchang.edu.au/news/spiderv...
#HeartDisease #HeartAttack
#HeartDisease #HeartAttack
Funnel Web Venom Drug Enters Clinical Trial
The Institute collaborates on world-first Phase 1 clinical trial for a potential treatment for heart attack and stroke derived from a spider venom…
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January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
World-first human trials now underway for a heart drug made from K'gari funnel-web spider venom which could transform how heart attacks and strokes are treated. We're proud to help bring this breakthrough closer to saving lives: www.victorchang.edu.au/news/spiderv...
#HeartDisease #HeartAttack
#HeartDisease #HeartAttack
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📣 2026 Heart Foundation research funding: save these key dates!
We support innovative cardiovascular research from discovery to real world impact. If you or your team plan to apply in 2026, here are the application windows:
🔗 Details & guidelines:
www.heartfoundation.org.au/research/res...
We support innovative cardiovascular research from discovery to real world impact. If you or your team plan to apply in 2026, here are the application windows:
🔗 Details & guidelines:
www.heartfoundation.org.au/research/res...
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
📣 2026 Heart Foundation research funding: save these key dates!
We support innovative cardiovascular research from discovery to real world impact. If you or your team plan to apply in 2026, here are the application windows:
🔗 Details & guidelines:
www.heartfoundation.org.au/research/res...
We support innovative cardiovascular research from discovery to real world impact. If you or your team plan to apply in 2026, here are the application windows:
🔗 Details & guidelines:
www.heartfoundation.org.au/research/res...
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Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit here: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit here: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
Microsoft Forms
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January 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit here: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
📌 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 EOI Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit here: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
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Super thrilled to have this one accepted at AnalChem last week. Nice way to see out the end of the year. 🎉 #lipidomics #TeamMassSpec
🎉 We are pleased to announce @sarahehancock.bsky.social's latest publication in Analytical Chemistry: "Epoxidation-Enhanced Charge-Switch Derivatization for Rapid Profiling of Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Isomers"
Read the paper here 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Read the paper here 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Epoxidation-Enhanced Charge-Switch Derivatization for Rapid Profiling of Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Isomers
Structural isomerism in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) presents a persistent challenge in lipidomics due to limited chromatographic resolution and indistinguishable mass spectral profiles. Moreov...
pubs.acs.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Super thrilled to have this one accepted at AnalChem last week. Nice way to see out the end of the year. 🎉 #lipidomics #TeamMassSpec
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🎉 We are pleased to announce @sarahehancock.bsky.social's latest publication in Analytical Chemistry: "Epoxidation-Enhanced Charge-Switch Derivatization for Rapid Profiling of Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Isomers"
Read the paper here 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Read the paper here 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Epoxidation-Enhanced Charge-Switch Derivatization for Rapid Profiling of Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Isomers
Structural isomerism in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) presents a persistent challenge in lipidomics due to limited chromatographic resolution and indistinguishable mass spectral profiles. Moreov...
pubs.acs.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
🎉 We are pleased to announce @sarahehancock.bsky.social's latest publication in Analytical Chemistry: "Epoxidation-Enhanced Charge-Switch Derivatization for Rapid Profiling of Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Isomers"
Read the paper here 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Read the paper here 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Big win for #SCAD research! Congratulations to Dr Lucy McGrath-Cadell, who has been awarded a @theracp.bsky.social Research Establishment Fellowship to investigate why a subset of SCAD patients, in particular younger women and those with pregnancy-related SCAD, are at greater risk.
#HeartDisease
#HeartDisease
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Big win for #SCAD research! Congratulations to Dr Lucy McGrath-Cadell, who has been awarded a @theracp.bsky.social Research Establishment Fellowship to investigate why a subset of SCAD patients, in particular younger women and those with pregnancy-related SCAD, are at greater risk.
#HeartDisease
#HeartDisease
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Celebrating Dr Banks (@jasmineleighb.bsky.social) and Dr Govindäraj (@hemnaphd.bsky.social) who graduated last Friday! 👩🏻🎓 🎉
Wishing you the very best for the many exciting adventures to come!
Wishing you the very best for the many exciting adventures to come!
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Celebrating Dr Banks (@jasmineleighb.bsky.social) and Dr Govindäraj (@hemnaphd.bsky.social) who graduated last Friday! 👩🏻🎓 🎉
Wishing you the very best for the many exciting adventures to come!
Wishing you the very best for the many exciting adventures to come!
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Very surprised to have been awarded the best student talk for the Paul Korner Seminar Series at the VCCRI! Definitely ending the year on a high note! ☺️
Congrats to our PhD student Laura Choong @phenylauraline.bsky.social for winning best student Paul Korner Seminar Series award for 2025! Even more impressive considering she won the People's Choice seminar award last year @victorchang.edu.au 🧪👩🔬
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Very surprised to have been awarded the best student talk for the Paul Korner Seminar Series at the VCCRI! Definitely ending the year on a high note! ☺️
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The ECI Committee is happy to announce that the Carer Award will be offered again in 2026 for ECIs planning to attend CSANZ2026 in Sydney.
Details on eligibility and to apply ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1....
Deadline: 2 March (same as abstract submission).
Details on eligibility and to apply ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1....
Deadline: 2 March (same as abstract submission).
CSANZ2026_CarerAward_Form
ISHR Australasia ECI Carer Award Purpose: To facilitate individuals with carer responsibilities to attend the CSANZ 2026 Meeting. The award aims to assist talented researchers to disseminate their f...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The ECI Committee is happy to announce that the Carer Award will be offered again in 2026 for ECIs planning to attend CSANZ2026 in Sydney.
Details on eligibility and to apply ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1....
Deadline: 2 March (same as abstract submission).
Details on eligibility and to apply ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1....
Deadline: 2 March (same as abstract submission).
Star #Scientist @osvaldoics.bsky.socia is uncovering how hearts grow - and what goes wrong when they don’t. He's mapping the molecular ‘blueprint’ of heart cells to uncover the mechanisms that could one day help damaged hearts repair themselves:
Star Scientist - Dr Osvaldo Contreras
The Institute's Dr Osvaldo Contreras's work could one day help children born with heart defects and adults facing heart failure live longer, healthier…
www.victorchang.edu.au
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Star #Scientist @osvaldoics.bsky.socia is uncovering how hearts grow - and what goes wrong when they don’t. He's mapping the molecular ‘blueprint’ of heart cells to uncover the mechanisms that could one day help damaged hearts repair themselves:
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Your research has the power to save lives. An American Heart Research Awards gives you the support to make it happen. Applications are open!
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Your research has the power to save lives. An American Heart Research Awards gives you the support to make it happen. Applications are open!
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Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
🗓 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit your EOI: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
🗓 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit your EOI: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
Microsoft Forms
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December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Apply to present at the 2026 NSW CVRN Rising Stars Seminar Series — a platform for EMCRs & final-year PhD students to showcase research and connect across disciplines.
🗓 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit your EOI: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
🗓 Seminars: March, May, July & September
📅 Deadline: 27 Jan 2026
👉 Submit your EOI: forms.office.com/r/SynscC4W5g
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Thank you for the highlight @ishr-aus.bsky.social 🙏🏼❤️
For our next #ECIExcellence2025 nomination we have Osvaldo from @victorchang.edu.au! We asked for 2 but received a long list of achievements in 2025 🤩
What a stellar year Osvaldo!
What a stellar year Osvaldo!
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thank you for the highlight @ishr-aus.bsky.social 🙏🏼❤️
We’re delighted to celebrate several team members who have been awarded UNSW CVMM (Cardiac, Vascular & Metabolic Medicine) Research Dissemination Top-up Grants.
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We’re delighted to celebrate several team members who have been awarded UNSW CVMM (Cardiac, Vascular & Metabolic Medicine) Research Dissemination Top-up Grants.
Huge congratulations to Dr Zijing Zhou on receiving a prestigious ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award! Only 13% of applications were funded nationally and Dr Zhou's is one of them.
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Huge congratulations to Dr Zijing Zhou on receiving a prestigious ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award! Only 13% of applications were funded nationally and Dr Zhou's is one of them.
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Thank you @amglazer.bsky.social for the exciting opportunity to collaborate! Since then, we've provided functional evidence supporting the VUS reclassification in children with abnormal sodium #ionchannel function at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
📝 Excited to share our latest work, now out at European Heart Journal! We studied 252 SCN5A variants previously found in patients with Brugada Syndrome, an inherited arrhythmia disorder linked to sudden cardiac death. [1/4]
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Thank you @amglazer.bsky.social for the exciting opportunity to collaborate! Since then, we've provided functional evidence supporting the VUS reclassification in children with abnormal sodium #ionchannel function at Sydney Children’s Hospital.
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**Call for abstracts**
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
**Call for abstracts**
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!
Abstract submissions open for CSANZ2026 in Sydney 6-9 August.
csanzasm.com/abstracts/ca...
For those with carer/child responsibilities ISHR will be offering our carer award for ECIs to help cover extra costs to attend the conference. Details coming soon!