Giedrius Kanaporis, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Physiology & Biophysics, RUSH Medical College

Education

PhD, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
MS, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
BS, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Research Areas

Cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, intracellular calcium signaling in subcellular domains, cell-to-cell coupling

Contact Info:

1750 W. Harrison St.
Suite 1417
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 563-6094
Fax: (312) 942-8711
giedrius_kanaporis@rush.edu

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Publications

Complete list of published work on PubMed

Complete list of published work on Scopus

Grants

Current research projects
AHA Grant in Aid 16GRNT30130011 (PI G. Kanaporis)
Alternans in Atria: The Role of Action Potential Morphology.
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration 07/2016-06/2018; Funding: $154.000

Completed research projects
Rush Translational Sciences Consortium Schweppe Foundation and Armour bequest award for Young Investigators, (PI G. Kanaporis)
Mechanisms of Atrial Alternans in Normal and Failing Heart.
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 08/2015-10/2016; Funding: $50.000