Join EveryCat Health Foundation on February 9th, 2021 at 1:00 pm EST.
Our speaker will be Dr. David Connolly, BSc, BVetMed. Ph.D., CertVC, CertSAM, DECVIM (cardiology), MRCVS, Professor Veterinary Cardiology at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.
The presentation will cover:
-a brief overview of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), covering clinical aspects of the disease
-approaches being used at the Royal Veterinary College, London, to understand the complex disease mechanisms
-a brief overview of studies into the genetic architecture of feline HCM and some protein modelling work.
-development of a cellular model system using induced pluripotent stem cells and gene editing technology, to enable a greater and more detailed understanding of the fundamental processes driving HCM.
Click here for more information and to register.
Presented in association with The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) and The International Cat Association (TICA)
This webinar has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 1 RACE credit.
Learn more about EveryCat’s Ricky Fund for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Research HERE