Edward E. Morrisey - Faculty Biosketch

Edward E. Morrisey, Ph.D.

Robinette Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Department: Medicine

Graduate Group Affiliations

Cell and Molecular Biology

Contact information

Smilow Center for Translational Research
11th Floor, Room 124
3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Bldg. 421
Philadelphia, PA 19104-5159

Office: 215-573-3010
Fax: 215-573-2094

Email:
emorrise@upenn.edu

Publications

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Links
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Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute
Cardiovascular Institute
Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
Cardiovascular Division Faculty
Morrisey Lab
Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Education:
B.S. (Microbiology)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1986.
Ph.D. (Molecular Biology)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1994.

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Description of CVI Expertise

Director, Penn-CHOP Lung Biology Institute

CVI Program Unit(s):
Cardiovascular Development / Congenital Heart Disease

CVI Research Description:
The Morrisey Lab focuses on the molecular pathways that regulate cardiovascular and lung development. Currently, our interests include the role of forkhead and GATA transcription factors in cardiac, smooth muscle and lung epithelial development and the role of Wnt signaling in cardiovascular and lung development. We utilize in vivo loss and gain of function techniques including mouse knock-outs to define how these factors and pathways regulate developmental processes. We are also interested in how these transcription factors and signaling pathways regulate cardiovascular and pulmonary homeostasis and injury repair. Our long term goal is to define the molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular and pulmonary development and determine whether these mechanisms are recapitulated in adult disease.

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Last updated: 04/21/2021
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