Research Trainee Spotlight: Siqi Tao, MS
September 11, 2024
PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant Siqi Tao is investigating the impacts of electronic cigarette usage on cardiac health.
Lien Laboratory News
How Do You Take a Picture of a Cell? CHLA’s Cellular Imaging Core Has the Answers
July 18, 2024
The Cellular Imaging Core offers state-of-the-art microscopy and digital imaging equipment to researchers, many of whom entered the Core’s 2024 Image Contest.
Research Trainee Spotlight: Siqi Tao, MS
September 11, 2024
PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant Siqi Tao is investigating the impacts of electronic cigarette usage on cardiac health.
Staff Spotlight: Raquel Rodriguez
February 23, 2023
Raquel developed her passion for research in college—studying virology at California State University, San Bernardino, and working for four years in a university lab focused on influenza A.
Staff Spotlight: Hillary Mahon, LATG
March 22, 2022
Since joining CHLA in March 2021, Hillary has been busy getting the new Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Zebrafish Laboratory up and running.
California’s Stem Cell Agency Awards CHLA $5 Million Training Grant
November 2, 2021
Stem cells are the seeds that grow our hearts, brains, lungs, intestines—every one of the body’s tissues and organs. By studying stem cells and their potential to replace damaged or dysfunctional
Meet Some of our Research Trainees
August 2, 2021
Astgik Petrosyan, PhD Astgik is a senior postdoctoral researcher working in Laura Perin ’s laboratory. When asked about where her interest in biology comes from, her answer took us back to the
At the Heart of Research
November 13, 2019
Scientists at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles discover a mechanism that zebrafish use to regenerate damaged heart tissue. This research could lead to better treatments for babies in need of heart
At the Heart of Regeneration: Scientists Reveal a New Frontier in Cardiac Research
November 12, 2019
One of the reasons coronary heart disease is so deadly is that fluid build-up and scarring can develop in the heart tissue. This prevents the heart from contracting properly, impacting its ability to