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marCh 2014

Yoram Rudy was awarded a $1,520,000 four-year grant (years 21-24 of the award) from the NIH – National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute for the project titled “Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmias.” The overall objective of this
research is to provide mechanistic understanding of the relationships between the dynamic molecular structure of
cardiac ion-channel proteins during their gating process and their function as charge carriers during the whole-cell
action potential (AP).
april 2014

Jean Nerbonne led a team, which aslo includes CBAC members Kathryn Yamada and Douglas Mann, that found
a link between human heart failure and sections of the genome once referred to as junk DNA. Link: https://news.
wustl.edu/news/Pages/26848.aspx

Igor Efimov received the School of Engineering Dean’s Faculty Award for Innovation in Research on April 16, 2014

Douglas Mann was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Physicians at its annual
meeting on April 25 - 27 in Chicago. Each year, individuals having attained excellence in achieving pursuit of medi-
cal knowledge, and the advancement through experimentation and discovery of basic and clinical science and their
application to clinical medicine, are recognized by nomination for membership by the Council of the Association.

Stacey Rentschler was awarded the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Young Physcian-Scientist
Award. Her work was recognized at the ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting Poster Session on April 26, 2014.

On April 30, 2014, Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC) brought together researchers from the
Netherlands and the CBAC for a half day of presentations and discussions at the symposium: Repolarization of the
Human Heart, “Understanding the T-Wave.” Speakers included Bas Boukens, Michiel J. Janse, Ruben Coronel,
Yoram Rudy, Igor Efimov, and Veronique Meijborg. Link: http://cbac.wustl.edu/pageEducationSymposium2014.asp

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