Professor Bernard Keavney, BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine The University of Manchester, said: "This is a landmark moment for cardiovascular research in Greater Manchester. We’re thrilled that the progress we have made in our research [...] has been recognised with this award".

NEWS: British Heart Foundation has awarded £4 million to support world-class cardiovascular research at the The University of Manchester over the next 5years 🫀 The University has pledged to match the funding, taking the total investment in CVD research to £8m 🔬 🔗Read more: bit.ly/3VmsEyc

If you're at the the #BCS2024 conference in Manchester this week come see our group's work🧵 First 10am on Tuesday: BSc student Saara Ahmad will be presenting her work on genetic variants in FTAAD patients in the 100,000 Genomes Project at poster 28

Then from 2-4pm Tuesday, postdoc Yingjuan Liu will be at poster BS35 presenting GET: a generic deep learning-based edge detection and optical tracking toolbox for 3D cardiac organoids and genetic investigations #BCS2024

My review article on the exciting therapeutic potential benefits of targeting mitochondrial-ER interorganelle contact site biology in vascular/metabolic diseases is now in press! Keavney Lab Division of Cardiovascular Sciences UoM Biology, Medicine and Health Scilight Science British Heart Foundation #MAHSC The Genetics Society sciltp.com/journals/ijddp…

Congratulations to Dr Hayden Jones who just passed his viva 🎉

I’m thrilled to share that yesterday I passed my PhD viva! Thank you to my examiners Joy Wang and Mauro Santibanez-Koref for making the viva an enjoyable experience! Also, thanks to my supervisors Bernard Keavney and Andy Sharrocks, and everyone who supported me throughout 🎉 🧬

🫀 The University of Manchester heart research has received £4 million from British Heart Foundation which will be matched by the University. Prof Keavney, our Cardiovascular Medicine Co-Theme Lead will lead the £8m Centre of Excellence with Co-Theme Lead, Prof Tomaszewski. Read more 👇 manchesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

We're excited to share our latest study in J Hypertension! Using UK Biobank data & WGS, we uncovered 29 genetic variants linked to hypertension, including 2 novel, independent variants mapping to FBN2 and JPH2, opening doors for new therapeutic targets journals.lww.com/jhypertension/…

This week, experts from across the globe are gathering at The University of Manchester to celebrate our global partnerships. Cross-collaborations on an international scale are vital to inform our research and develop plans for the future.

Last night was a great way to close our Bicentennial Global Health Conference: Collaboration for our Third Century. We were joined at Old Trafford by President and Vice-Chancellor Duncan Ivison who awarded an honorary professorship to Rong Hu from China Pharmaceutical University.

Vaccination significantly decreased COVID-19 related hospitalisation & mortality in CHD patients, but even post-vaccine they have a higher risk of severe outcomes. Thanks to BHFDataScience for making this research possible - read more now in Heart_BMJ doi.org/10.1136/heartj…

The Manchester BHF Centre of Excellence has opportunities for Intermediate Research (Transition) Fellows. 2-year positions for clinical or basic science researchers with support to apply for external fellowships Deadline 6th Nov, apply here: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…

Our new research article is out in European Journal of Human Genetics! rdcu.be/d1rI4. Inside we explore the congenital heart disease cohorts of the 100,000 genomes project. Colin A Johnson Sunayna Best Steph Baross Jenny Lord Keavney Lab Gavin Ryan Jacqueline Eason @kathrynhentges

Computational PhD opportunity with us studying the co-morbidities of congenital heart disease in large datasets ⬇️ findaphd.com/phds/project/b…

The Keavney lab is now on bluesky 🦋 - follow us at keavneylab.bsky.social