Oscar J. Abilez
Academic Appointments
- Instructor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
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Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-2595
Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- Siebel Scholar, Stanford (2011-2012)
- New York Stem Cell Foundation Meeting-1st Place Poster, Stanford (2011)
- Gordon Conference Scholarship, Stanford (2011)
- Keystone Conference Postdoc Competition Finalist, Stanford (2011)
- Keystone Conference Travel Award, Stanford (2011)
- Bio-X Travel Award, Stanford (2010)
Professional Education
| PhD: | Stanford University, Bioengineering (2012) |
| Resident: | Stanford University Medical Center, Surgery (2004) |
| Intern: | Stanford University Medical Center, Surgery (2003) |
| MD: | Cornell University-Weill Medical College, Medicine (2002) |
| BS: | University of Texas at Austin, Mechanical Engineering (1992) |
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Biophysical control of cardiovascular development, pluripotent stem cell biology, optogenetics, electrophysiology, cell mechanics, directed cellular evolution, multiscale engineering, microfluidics, computational biology
Publications
- Abnormal calcium handling properties underlie familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy pathology in patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2013; (1): 101-13
- Label-free electrophysiological cytometry for stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte clusters. Lab Chip. 2013; (2): 220-8
- Prospective isolation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitors that integrate into human fetal heart tissue. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013; (9): 3405-10
- Cardiac optogenetics. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012: 1386-9
- Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells as a model for familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Sci Transl Med. 2012; (130): 130ra47
- Multiscale computational models for optogenetic control of cardiac function. Biophys J. 2011; (6): 1326-34
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