Andreas Beyer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Medicine

“My research focuses furthering the understanding of cardiovascular related diseases using exiting and novel approaches in genetics, molecular biology and physiology. My laboratory uses human tissue samples and rodent models to further the understanding how mitochondrial energetics and signaling are involved in the development of cardiovascular disease in general and coronary artery disease in specific. As a result of support from clinical colleagues from FMLH and 8 area hospitals we are in the unique position, as one of the few groups in the country to directly evaluate these effects in human coronary tissues.  This provides direct translational and clinical relevance.  We examine the mechanism of vascular function in models of pathophysiological stressors and disease, using genetic and pharmacological manipulation to explore the mechanistic role of oxidative stress, cell signaling pathways, and mitochondrial function in the development of vascular disease.”