Lab News
SentiAR raises $8.5 million for hands-free cardiac ablation guidance system
Small proteins in heart play big role
Silva’s commitment to mentorship
Awards & Grants
Those we thank for their support.
Established Investigator Award from American Heart Association
We received Established Investigator award from the American Heart Association (AHA). Award supports continued research in seeking arrhythmia therapies.
Anna Li awarded Undergraduate Cardiovascular Research Summer Fellowship
Undergraduate Anna Li, a current junior in the WashU BME Department, has recently been awarded the WashU Cardiovascular Research Summer (CardS) Scholarship, jointly funded by the American Heart Association and Washington University, for the summer of 2023. As a CardS Fellow in the Silva Lab, she will study the calcium-dependent binding mechanisms of the Nav1.5 sodium channel crucial to proper cardiac electrophysiology
Wandi Zhu
Wandi Zhu received the Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award (2018).
$1.9m RO1 Award
The Silva Lab has received an RO1 award for 5 years with a total of $1.9M. Read more about the research here.
Children’s Discovery Institute
The CDI has awarded us funds in total of 495k over 3 years in support of our augmented reality project.
Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
The Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences has awarded our lab a Just-In-Time Core Usage Program (JIT) grant for use with the Genome Engineering & iPSC Center at Washington University.
Bear Cub Grant
We are the recipients of a Bear Cub grant during the second cycle! Thank you to the Skandalaris Center, the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, and the Center for Drug Discovery for their support.
Our Successes
Numerous opportunities await those who complete our program
Given the nature of our research, the scope and importance of cardiovascular treatment, here at Silva Labs, there’s a very real opportunity to transform research into a commercial enterprise.
We’ve already seen great success with recent Augmented Reality spinoff, SentiAR, which has to date raised $15.1M and is now 11 employees-strong. Read more about SentiAR here.