 Hi, my name is Helena Viola and I was lucky enough to be one of the winners of the UWA Rising Star Awards last year. I've actually used the award that I was given to complete my project and I've now shown that peptide therapy can be used in models of genetic mutations in the heart to prevent the enlarging that occurs in the heart as a result of these mutations and prevent sudden cardiac death. As a result of this work I've now submitted this work to a major cardiovascular research journal, Circulation Research for Publication and I was also invited to be a speaker at a Gordon Research Conference earlier this year. At this conference I was able to share my research, talk about the exciting things that we do here at UWA in the Faculty of Science and this has opened up for some exciting new collaborations for the next step in my research program. So I'd like to thank the UWA Faculty of Science alumni for the support of this initiative, the support of my research as I continue on through the journey of becoming a full-time research scientist and wish all of this year's Faculty of Science Rising Stars all the best for this year's event.