This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The long-term goals of our research are to determine the biomechanical factors involved in cardiac morphogenesis and to develop a computational model for the embryonic heart that can be used to predict developmental abnormalities. Determining the biomechanical factors involved in looping would provide information that will be needed by researchers seeking to establish the link between gene expression and looping mechanisms. We would like to see the capability to handle stress-dependent growth and remodeling, as well as nonlinear viscoelasticity.
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