Aleksandra Kostina

Aleksandra Kostina

Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University

Aleksandra Kostina obtained her Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Verona. In March 2022, she joined Aguirre Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Her project aims to increase the complexity of human heart organoids and uncover early cardiac developmental events affected by medications taken during pregnancy, resulting in embryo heart defects.

Articles by: Aleksandra Kostina

Flourescent images of the heart organoids, shown in blue, green, red and then a colorful composite ima

Scientists are growing teensy hearts to learn which drugs raise risk of congenital defects

By Brett Volmert, Aitor Aguirre, Aleksandra Kostina published

Organoids can replicate each component of the human heart, from its chambers to its veins.