Prof. Mona Nemer
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Ottawa
Election Year
2001
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Medical Sciences
Department
bureau de la vice-rectrice de recherche
Keywords
Contrôle transcriptionnel de l'expression génique, signalisation hormonale et développement cardiaque, aspects moléculaires de la différenciation cellulaire, base moléculaire des pathologies cardiaques
Mona Nemer is recognized as one of the most original scientists in the field of transcriptional regulation of cardiac growth and differentiation. She was the first to isolate transcription factor GATA-4 in cardiac myocyte differentiation and to propose common molecular pathways for cardiac and hematopoietic cell differentiation. Her analysis of cardiac transcription in normal and diseased hearts will lead to a better understanding and treatment of congenital or acquired cardiac disease.