<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pharmacy/news-and-events/features/anika-nusrat/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>08/05/2025 02:02:18 PM</pubDate><title>Anika Nusrat: Heart First</title><subtitle>Ph.D. Candidate Maps Molecular Beats of Cardiac Development</subtitle><description>Working in the lab of Mingfu Wu, Ph.D., Anika Nusrat's most recent experimental results demonstrate how the Numb family of proteins—along with Fgf signaling—regulates ventricular compaction, a crucial process in forming a healthy heart.</description><author>Naqiyah Kantawala</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/pharmacy/_images/features/anika-nusrat-dsc01053-thumb.jpg" alt="Anika Nusrat"/></image><categories>Research,Student,Spotlights</categories></item>