Congratulations to Caitlin and team for new publication in Nature Comms.
Congratulations to Paola Pastena and Tint Tha Ra Wun for presenting their posters at the 2nd Annual Children’s health Innovation & Learning Day hosted by Department of Pediatrics!
Congratulations to Paola Pastena for presenting her talk titled “Fibulin Extracellular Matrix Proteins are Essential for Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish” at the 2nd Annual Children’s health Innovation & Learning Day hosted by Department of Pediatrics!

Two new postdoctoral research fellows join our lab: Jana Mourabak a recent MD graduate from Lebanese American University and Rigolin Nayak who completed her PhD training at The University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice. Welcome everyone!
Tint gave a talk at the CSCI Work-in-progress meeting in November 2024. Good work, Tint.
Kimara and Tint attend the 2024 Annual Genetics and Development Departmental Retreat at the Crotonville Conference Center in September where Tint presented her recent work on Fibulin heart regeneration project. What a great gathering and scenic landscape!

We bid farewell to our lovely technician Isa Nunez as she begins her medical school at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Congratulations, Isa!
Isa and Kimara attend the Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference (Montreal, Canada) where Isa presented her work on Fibulin outflow tract project and won a poster award. What a great work, Isa!
We welcome Ben Liberman as a summer research student to the lab. Ben is a high school junior.

We welcome Paola Pastena from Italy who is joining us as a postdoctoral research fellow from Lab at Stony Brook Medical School. Paola is a recent medical school graduate from .
Congratulations to Dr. Geli Aleman on her successful PhD thesis defense!
Isa gave her talks on Fibulin outflow tract project at the CSCI Work-in-progress and at Joint Floor Lab Meeting. Outstanding progress, Isa.
We welcome Tint Tha Ra Wun joining us as a research technician. Tint earned her BA from Smith College prior joining the lab.

Congratulations to Dr. Caitlin Ford on her successful thesis defense!
The Targoff and Nerurkar Labs were granted a collaborative Research Initiatives in Science & Engineering (RISE) award from Columbia University to study the design and implementation of innovative mechanobiology tools to study cardiac chamber development. (July 2023)
The Targoff Lab was awarded a R01 from NHLBI entitled “Mechanism of myocardial regeneration mediated by Nkx2.5 in zebrafish." (June 2023)
We welcome Isa Nunez and Sabrina Krista joining us as research technicians!
The Targoff Lab was awarded a R01 from NHLBI entitled “Essential functions of extracellular matrix in outflow tract morphogenesis." (April 2023)