The Morton Lab
The Morton Lab aims to advancing our understanding of the neonatal health and disease with the goal of improving diagnosis and personalized care through gene discovery, functional analysis of patient variants, and identifying biomarkers of neonatal outcomes. Specifically, we focus on the genetics of congenital heart disease, and early influence on neurodevelopment.
Research focus
Congenital heart disease and brain health
Advancing our understanding of the genetics of congenital heart disease and brain development.
Research area
Human genetics
Genetics of congenital heart disease.
We study rare and common genetic variation in patients with congenital heart disease by leveraging cutting edge sequencing technologies and state-of-the-art computational methods.
Research area
Cellular models
In vitro human cell modelling.
We use human stem cells as models to understand the effect of gene variants in embryonic development.
Research area
Clinical and translational research
From the bench to the bedside.
We perform observational studies to better understand the disease development of our patients in the hospital.
