CRU Webinar: "The effect of drugs and other chemicals on embryonic cardiac function in a rat model"

Assoc Prof Helen Ritchie is an academic at The University of Sydney, Australia, where she teaches anatomy. Her research is in the field of Teratology where she uses in vitro and in vivo methods to explore the role of hypoxia as a cause of adverse developmental outcomes.

Webinar summary: Slowing embryonic heart rate has been associated with embryonic death and malformations. We use two methods to identify potential cardiotoxic agents (i) whole rat embryo culture and (ii) high speed ultrasonography of pregnant rats. In this webinar, I introduce these methods and show some of our results.