Looking for What Controls the Heart

Peter Macheroux from the Institute of Biochemistry at TU Graz wants to know why the heart works the way it does. A conversation about enzymes, proteins, hormones and nerve conduction. Peter Macheroux from the Institute of Biochemistry at TU Graz. Image source: Lunghammer - TU Graz News + Stories: As a biochemist, how did you come to be involved with the heart in your research?. Peter Macheroux : If you look at the heart purely as a muscle, then this is of course more interesting on a physiological level. But if you want to know what factors regulate the heart or influence it, biochemistry comes into play, among other things. What kind of research have you done in this respect?.