The Division of Cardiology is actively involved in the following research studies:
- Placement of Coronary Sinus/Left Ventricular Pacing Leads with Endocardial Solutions, Incorporated Nav-X Guidance Protocol.
- Principal Investigator: Christopher Erickson, MD
- Granting agency: St Jude Medical, Endocardial Solutions
- Detection and Modulation of Vascular Inflammatory Events
- Principal Investigator: Daniel R. Anderson, MD, PhD
- Granting agency: National American Heart Association
- OPTIMUM Lead Insulation Material Registry
- Principal Investigator: Daniel R. Anderson, MD, PhD
- Granting agency: St. Jude Medical
- DEfibrillators To Reduce Risk by Magnetic ResoNance Imaging Evaluation (DETERMINE)
- Principal Investigator: Daniel R. Anderson, MD, PhD
- Granting agency: St. Jude Medical
- CryoFACTs Trial: CryoCath Freezor CryoAblation Catheter System
- Principal Investigator: Arthur Easley, MD
- Granting agency: CryoCor, Inc
- Microbubble Potentiated Ultrasound as a New Method of Declotting Thrombosed Dialysis Grafts and Examination of the Effect of Ultrasound Attenuation on Thrombus Dissolution
- Principal Investigator: Thomas R. Porter, MD
- Granting agency: ImaRx Therapeutics
- Sonothrombolysis of Vascular Clots with Targeted Bubbles
- Principal Investigator: Thomas R. Porter, MD
- Granting agency: ImaRx Therapeutics
- Targeted Blood Brain Barrier Permeability Changes with Ultrasound and Microbubbles
- Principal Investigator: Thomas R. Porter, MD
- Granting agency: National Institutes of Health
- The Definity Real Time Perfusion During Dobutamine Stress Echo Database
- Principal Investigator: Thomas R. Porter, MD
- Granting agency: Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Advancing Academic and Community Practices Through IAIMS
- Principal Investigator: John R. Windle, MD
- Granting agencies:
- Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine
For information about all current Internal Medicine clinical research studies, visit the Great Plains Center for Clinical and Translational Research (GP-CCTR) website.
Dr. Hesham Basma, Ph.D. and Xiang-de Liu, M.D.
Introduction to Human Embryonic Stem Cells Culture Methods
The course is offered monthly and is a three-day training course on human embryonic stem cell (hESCs) maintenance and differentiation. Participants will learn to grow the cells on feeder independent matrigel. Participants will also learn to passage cells and form embryoid bodies. The lecture portion of the course includes overviews of human embryonic development, derivation and differentiation of hESCs. Participants will be provided with detailed protocols for all the steps and reagents required to grow and maintain hESCs.
Upon completion of the course, participants should have practical knowledge on how to maintain these cells in the lab using the latest techniques developed in the field. This course is offered to graduate students and researchers at the University of Nebraska.