#format wiki #language en #pragma section-numbers off ||[[RandomImage(a180x180.jpg)]]|| [[RandomImage(b180x180.jpg)]] ||[[RandomImage(c180x180.jpg)]]|| ||||||<50% bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"> '''''The Cardiac Mechanics Research Group''''' is based in the [http://be.ucsd.edu/ Department of Bioengineering] and the [http://cardiology.ucsd.edu// Cardiology Division] of the [http://dom.ucsd.edu/ Department of Medicine] at [http://ucsd.edu/ UCSD]. Our [:Research:research focus] is on the mechanics and electrical dynamics of the normal and diseased heart from molecular to organ scales. The principal investigators are [:AndrewMcCulloch:Andrew McCulloch] and [http://cardprint.ucsd.edu/omens/jho.html Jeffrey Omens], and we are funded by the [http://www.nih.gov/ NIH], [http://www.nsf.gov NSF] and other [:Sponsors:sponsors]. ~-Learn [:Research:more »]-~ || [[BR]] [[ImageLink(news.jpeg,News)]] ||'''~-► October 2009:-~''' Congratulations to CMRG graduate student '''Stuart Campbell''' for receiving the Gordon Medal for Engineering Leadership! [[BR]]'''~-► October 2009:-~''' Congratulations to CMRG graduate student '''Amy Hsieh''' for receiving the Seibel Foundation Scholarship! [[BR]]'''~-► August 2009:-~''' Congratulations to CMRG graduate Darlene Hunt for successfully defending her PhD this summer![[BR]]'''~-► May 2009:-~''' Two new [:Publications:models of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling] published[[BR]]'''~-► November 2008:-~''' Two new [:Publications:systems biology papers] in ''Nature Molecular Systems Biology'' and ''PLoS Computational Biology''[[BR]]'''~-► September 2008:-~''' Congratulations to CMRG graduates Jake Feala, Ben Coppola, Anna Raskin and Jody Martin for successfully defending their PhD's this summer![[BR]]'''~-► July 11^th^, 2008:-~''' Deadline for submission of papers to the session [http://psb.stanford.edu/cfp-multiscale.html Emerging Challenges in Multi-Scale Modeling in Biology] at the 14th Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, has been extended from 14 to 21 July 2008.[[BR]]'''~-► June 11^th^, 2008:-~''' Congratulations to CMRG doctoral students, '''Stuart Campbell''' (advised by Dr. !McCulloch) and '''Amy Hsieh''' (advised by Dr. Ross) for receiving 2008 AHA Pre-Doctoral Fellowships! [[BR]]'''~-► April 15^th^, 2008:-~''' Congratulations to CMRG doctoral students, '''Stuart Campbell''' and '''Amy Hsieh''' for receiving ''2008 UC San Diego Scholarship Awards!''[[BR]]'''~-► March 24^th^, 2008:-~''' Researchers are cordially invited to submit papers and abstracts to the session [http://psb.stanford.edu/cfp-multiscale.html Emerging Challenges in Multi-Scale Modeling in Biology] at the 14th Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, from 5-9 January 2009 at the Big Island of Hawaii.[[BR]]~-►[:News:More News and Announcements »]-~ ||