Martina Brueckner MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and of Genetics

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Cytoskeleton and Cell Morphogenesis

Yale Medical Group

Animal Organogenesis

Pediatrics: Pediatric Cardiology | Pediatric Specialty Center

Genetics

Research Interests

Development of left-right asymmetry; Heterotaxy syndrome; Kartagener syndrome; Situs inversus more...

Education

• M.D., University of Virginia, 1984

Selected Publications

• J. J Essner, K.J.Vogan, M.K.Wagner, C.J.Tabin, H.J.Yost, and M.Brueckner. Conserved function for embryonic nodal cilia. Nature 418:37-38 (2002)
• J.McGrath, S.Somlo, S.Makova, X.Tian and M.Brueckner. Two populations of node monocilia initiate left-right asymmetry in the mouse. Cell 114:61-73 (2003)
• M.Brueckner. Heterotaxia, congenital heart disease, and primary ciliary dyskinesia. Circulation 115:2793-5 (2007)

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