About the Lab

Opening Fall 2026 at MTSU!

Work in the Voss Lab is driven by curiosity in fundamental questions surrounding heart development and congenital heart diseases. Specifically, we're interested in how mechanisms that regulate cell identity influence the structure and function of heart cells.

Cell identity isn't just a singular, static event, but rather a continuous, active state that must be maintained and re-established with each cell division. Our current projects focus on how proteins that turn genes off or on can shape cell state and heart formation.