From our labs, for your heart

Cardiovascular research for tomorrow

Innovative Discovery

Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center is making great strides toward understanding the causes of many diseases, including cystic fibrosis, heart disease, hypertension, neurodegenerative disease, sleep apnea, spinal cord injury and stroke. With this understanding comes the development of new and improved therapies – the ultimate goal of our researchers. Dalton investigators have earned excellent local, national and international reputations based on their publications, successful acquisition of national grants and presentations at scientific meetings.

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Collaboration is our greatest strength

Dalton houses molecular and cell biologists, biochemists, bioengineers, electrophysiologists and integrative physiologists from the School of Medicine, and colleges of Engineering, Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and Arts and Science.

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A critical mass of researchers

Microcirculation, neural control, membrane transport and cardiac function are all part of our focus. It is rare to find this within the same building, working together to discover biological mechanisms related to human health and disease.

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Training graduate students

We are teachers at heart from across Mizzou. Those academic units gain access to research facilities, resources and laboratory space that would otherwise be unavailable to them. That adds to Mizzou's recruitment and retention efforts.

In-house small animal expertise

Phenotyping at your fingertips

Dalton houses instrumentation and expertise for that allows for study of cardiovascular function, cystic fibrosis, stroke, neurological diseases, and aspects of behavior and learning from the whole animal to the single cell. Our small animal services offer resources to Mizzou researchers, collaborating institutions and industry partnerships on a fee-for-service basis.

Small Animal Phenotyping Core