Personal profile
Biography
I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Cardiology, UMC Utrecht under the supervision of Prof. Folkert Asselbergs, Dr. Magdalena Harakalova, and Dr. Frank van Steenbeek. I received my bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences from Texas A&M University and my master's degree in the Biology of Disease from Utrecht University. During this program, I focused on the study of disease mechanisms and learned to conduct cardiovascular disease-related translational research. My master's internship was focused on the high-throughput quantification of lipid droplets in hiPSC-cardiomyocytes. In continuance with the study of disease mechanisms, I am currently working as part of the CONTRACT grant on the chronological, pathophysiological effects of genetic cardiomyopathies.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Generation and characterization of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from two asymptomatic Greek carriers of the Phospholamban (PLN)-R14del pathogenic variant and a non-carrier relative
Gaar-Humphreys, K. R., Balducci, V., Pol, F., Vafiadaki, E., Anastasakis, A., Kolokathis, F., Sanoudou, D., Doevendans, P., Sluijter, J. P. G. & Stillitano, F., Dec 2025, In: Stem Cell Research. 89, 103865.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Targeting lipid metabolism as a new therapeutic strategy for inherited cardiomyopathies
Gaar-Humphreys, K. R., van den Brink, A., Wekking, M., Asselbergs, F. W., van Steenbeek, F. G., Harakalova, M. & Pei, J., 19 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10, 1114459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
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Genetic Basis of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs and Its Potential as a Bidirectional Model
Gaar-Humphreys, K. R., Spanjersberg, T. C. F., Santarelli, G., Grinwis, G. C. M., Szatmári, V., Roelen, B. A. J., Vink, A., van Tintelen, J. P., Asselbergs, F. W., Fieten, H., Harakalova, M. & van Steenbeek, F. G., 1 Jul 2022, In: Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. 12, 13, p. 1-18 1679.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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