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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Congenital heart defects affect 1 in 100 babies, yet the cause remains unknown in more than half of all cases. In this short, Gladstone scientist @j-muncie-vasic.bsky.social explains why early missteps in heart development can have lasting consequences.

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Uncovering the Early Causes of Congenital Heart Defects

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Genes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

📽 G&D Tapes 📽 G&D Author, Jon Muncie-Vasic tells us about their new study in #genesdev that defines the role of MEF2C in cardiac tract development. Read the full story here: ➡️ genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/23-24… Jon Muncie-Vasic Benoit Bruneau Gladstone Institutes

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Genes & Development @genesdev.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

RESEARCH PAPER: MEF2C controls segment-specific gene regulatory networks that direct heart tube morphogenesis By Muncie-Vasic et al. and Benoit Bruneau ➡️ genesdev.cshlp.org/content/39/23-24… Jon Muncie-Vasic Benoit Bruneau #transcriptionfactor #embryodevelopment #cardiactract

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