As a post-doctoral research fellow at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Centre I researched cardiac stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, focusing on the dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes and the protective paracrine effects of cardiac progenitor cells on cultured adult myocytes. A summary of this work can be found here.
I also collaborated with other departments including those in the Translational Molecular Imaging Institute.
Selected Conference Abstracts
American Heart Association Conference 2008
Abstract 5341: Spatial Heterogeneity Of The Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Underlying Arrhythmias In Pressure Overload Hypertrophy Hongwei Jin, Elie R Chemaly, Alex Lyon, Joanne Stocks, and Fadi G Akar Circulation. 2008; 118:S_531 [HTML]
American Heart Association Conference 2008
beta-Arrestin 1 (bArr1) and Ankyrin 2 (ANK2) Regulate Cav1. 2 Trafficking through Complex G Protein Mediated Signaling Maria A Diverse-Pierluissi, Rachele Lipsky, Akil A Puckerin, Joanne Stocks, Vivek Patel, Fadi G Akar Circulation. 2008; 118:S_524[PDF]
Heart Failure Society of America – 12th Annual Scientific Meeting
KChIP2 Attenuates Cardiac Hypertrophy through Regulation of Ito. Hongwei Jin, Joanne Stocks, Roger Hajjar, Djamel Lebeche Journal of Cardiac Failure (2008) 14 (6), S57 [PDF]