Professor

Richard Harvey

AM FAA FAHMS FRS

Richard Harvey
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Richard Harvey is a pioneer of the molecular era of cardiac development. His discovery of homeodomain transcription factor Nkx2-5 overturned two established paradigms - that the hearts of vertebrates and invertebrates are the products of convergent evolution, and that heart chambers are formed from anatomical segments. He documented the role of transcription factors Foxh1 and Tbx20 in chamber formation, and discovered a novel Nkx2-5-independent pathway of cardiac myogenesis. He was the first to explore the complex genetic basis of common congenital heart disease and is applying the developmental paradigm to analysis of cardiac stem cells that have enormous therapeutic potential.

Fields of research

10 TECHNOLOGY 3001 AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • 300110 Transgenesis
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3101 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
    • 310102 Cell Development, Proliferation and Death
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • 3201 CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AND HAEMATOLOGY
    • 320101 Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)
  • 3206 MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
    • 320606 Regenerative Medicine (incl. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering)

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Heart Disease
  • Medical Sciences
  • Stem Cells

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