Dino Giussani is the Professor of Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology & Medicine at the Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience at the School of Biological Sciences. The Giussani Lab is interested in the effects of adverse pregnancy in programming a future cardiovascular risk in the offspring. The lab is expert in cardiovascular phenotyping in large (sheep) and small (rat, mouse, chicken embryo) animal models combining vivo techniques (surgically prepared long-term preparations; echocardiography) with research at the isolated organ (Langendorff preparations, in vitro wire myography), cellular and molecular levels.
