DrMunira Xaymardan

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

1) PDGF modulation of the endogenous adult cardiac stem cells

2) PDGFRa positive cardiac interstitial cells: chracterisation and differentiation in homeostasis, development and injury

3) Role of masticatory muscle progenitors in cardiac repair

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Identity and function of the tongue satellite cells.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigating the Impact of Maternal Periodontitis on the Development of Mouse Placenta and Fetus
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Role of cardiac transcription factor Nkx2-5 and associated regulatory pathways during the development and differentiation of oral-facial myocytes
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Single cell phenotypic characterisation and global methylation analysis in cocultured malignant cells and fibroblasts