Professional role
Assistant Professor[2]
Yan Sweat
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center · Date not established · Last known relationship
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center · Date not established · Last known relationship
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A cardiac researcher, she studies arrhythmias and transcriptional control of cardiomyocyte identity, with an emphasis on gene networks that govern atrial rhythm and atrial fibrillation.
Her laboratory studies transcriptional regulation in cardiomyocytes and genes required to maintain atrial cardiomyocyte identity. The work aims to define the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and use it to develop interventions for atrial fibrillation.
Sweat is a member of the Moss Heart Center within the Division of Cardiology.
atrial fibrillation · atrial rhythm · cardiac arrhythmias · cardiac gene networks · cardiomyocyte identity · transcriptional regulation
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UT Southwestern Division of Cardiology faculty directoryAssistant Professor[2]
atrial fibrillation[1]
atrial rhythm[1]
cardiac arrhythmias[1]
cardiac gene networks[1]
cardiomyocyte identity[1]
transcriptional regulation[1]
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Biographical context: A cardiac researcher, she studies arrhythmias and transcriptional control of cardiomyocyte identity, with an emphasis on gene networks that govern atrial rhythm and atrial fibrillation.
Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Yan Sweat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Moss Heart Center within its Division of Cardiology. Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
Biographical context: Her laboratory studies transcriptional regulation in cardiomyocytes and genes required to maintain atrial cardiomyocyte identity. The work aims to define the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and use it to develop interventions for atrial fibrillation.
Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Yan Sweat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Moss Heart Center within its Division of Cardiology. Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
Biographical context: Sweat is a member of the Moss Heart Center within the Division of Cardiology.
Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Yan Sweat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Moss Heart Center within its Division of Cardiology. Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
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Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Yan Sweat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Moss Heart Center within its Division of Cardiology. Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
Research interests: atrial fibrillation
Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
Research interests: atrial rhythm
Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
Research interests: cardiac arrhythmias
Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
Research interests: cardiac gene networks
Yan Sweat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Moss Heart Center within its Division of Cardiology.
Research interests: cardiomyocyte identity
Yan Sweat, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Moss Heart Center within its Division of Cardiology.
Research interests: transcriptional regulation
Dr. Sweat studies cardiac arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation within cardiomyocytes. The lab previously identified genes required for the maintenance of atrial cardiomyocyte cell identity, that when perturbed, result in atrial fibrillation. Broadly, the work in the Sweat lab is focused on defining the gene network controlling atrial rhythm and using this knowledge to create interventions for atrial fibrillation in patients.
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Professional role: Assistant Professor
Yan Sweat, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
