CATHY HOLT |
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| In 1989, I was awarded a PhD from the University of Sheffield on the involvement of the vasculature in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. This sparked my interest in all things vascular and I subsequently went on to a British Heart Foundation funded post doctoral position with Professor Gianni Angelini, working on organ culture of human and porcine vessels. In 1992, I was appointed Lecturer in Cardiac Sciences at the University of Sheffield and in 2001 moved to the University of Manchester as Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Biology. My research interests include the biology of the vessel wall and what happens following injury such as occurs following bypass graft surgery, angioplasty and stenting. In particular, I am interested in the role of transcription factors in the response of the vessel wall to injury and novel modes of inhibition including antisense and dominant negative genes. I am a strong advocate of the BSCR and have spoken at various meetings held by the Society. I see the BSCR as the main forum for Cardiovascular Researchers within the UK, encompassing both vascular and myocardial biology. BSCR meetings are an ideal forum for graduate students to present their data and meet scientific colleagues. I wish to encourage younger members of the cardiovascular scientific community to attend and present at BSCR meetings. In addition, having spent my entire career to date in Clinical Departments, I would like to enhance the link between cardiovascular clinicians and basic scientists and see future meetings as an opportunity for this to occur. |
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