Liu Lab has published a new article in Circulation, “Lin28a Regulates Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophic Growth through Pck2-Mediated Enhancement of Anabolic Synthesis.” This research is featured in Vital Signs, which points out that the study’s discovery that RNA-binding protein Lin28a is needed for the development of pathological hypertrophy may have considerable impact on the development of … Read more

Li Qian, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and associate director of MHI, was selected by Triangle Business Journal as a 2019 Health Care Hero. The award rewards accomplishments in all areas of medicine.

Li Qian, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, associate director of UNC’s McAllister Heart Institute, has been awarded a $1.8-million research grant from the NIH starting January 1st, 2019 to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate determination of human cardiomyocytes. Li Qian, PhD, associate professor of pathology, associate director of McAllister Heart … Read more