Ellen Keen is a PhD student in the Muscle Signalling team led by Dr James McNamara and in the Heart Disease group led by Professor David Elliott at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Her PhD is supported by an Australian Government Research Training (RTP) scholarship through Monash University. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of heart development, cardiac homeostasis, and the maladaptive processes that drive heart disease. Prior to her PhD, Ellen did her Bachelor of Science (Honours), majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Melbourne. She then worked as a research assistant in the Muscle Signalling team at MCRI. In the first year of her PhD, Ellen has utilised her expertise in molecular biology and cardiac development to advance the maturity of iPSC cardiac monolayers and simultaneously developed a high-throughput physiological screening pipeline, advancing her skills in microscopy and imaging analysis.