Ann C. Foley, Ph.D.

Cardiovascular Differentiation
Lineage specific differentiation of cardiomyocytes
Large scale amplification of cardiac lineages
Biofabrication of sinoatrial node tissue

Bioreporters
Epigenetic Identification of developmental enhancers
Design of enhancer reporters
Production of enhancer reporter ES cell lines

Mesoderm/Substrate interactions required for Cardiomyogenesis
Lineage specific differentiation of endoderm
EXtraembryonic-ENdoderm (XEN) stem cells as a model for cardiac induction
Bioartificial "niches" for cardiac induction