Professor Nadia Rosenthal delivered the 2024 Allan and Maria Myers Lecture at The Florey. In her lecture ‘The mouse ascending: translating human genetic variation to function’, Professor Rosenthal discussed her insights into the possibilities of creating preclinical models that reflect the genetic diversity of humans.
Professor Rosenthal is a molecular biologist with expertise in mammalian molecular genetics, mouse phenotyping, biology of ageing and immune intervention in regenerative medicine, focusing on skeletal and cardiac muscle.
Her laboratory uses mammalian genetics and targeted mutagenesis in mice to investigate muscle and cardiac development and the role of growth factors, stem cells, and the immune system in aging and tissue regeneration. A specific focus on heart disease and enhancement of cardiac repair in the past decade and the role of growth factors in tissue regeneration has led to discoveries with significant therapeutic potential.
We extend our deepest gratitude to Allan and Maria Myers, long-standing supporters of The Florey. Their generosity continues to fuel our pursuit of excellence, and we are honoured to acknowledge their invaluable contribution through this annual lecture.
The lecture recording is available below and on our YouTube channel.
About Professor Nadia Rosenthal
Professor Nadia Rosenthal is the Scientific Director and Maxine Groffsky Endowed Chair at The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine), and also holds a Chair in Cardiovascular Science at Imperial College London. She obtained her PhD from Harvard Medical School, where she later directed a biomedical research laboratory.
Subsequently Professor Rosenthal established a laboratory at the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she directed a large group of basic and clinical researchers working on mechanisms of heart growth and patterning, congenital heart disease and adult cardiomyopathies.
During this time, she co-published a textbook, Heart Development, followed later by its sequel, Heart Development and Regeneration, considered the definitive text in its field. In addition to her two highly cited textbooks, Rosenthal has published over 240 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and monographs in leading international journals and books, and has received invitations to speak at over 200 international conferences in the past decade.
