
Zhilin Qu
Professor-in-Residence, Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Professor-in-Residence, Computational Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
A2-237 CHS
650 Charles E. Young Drive South
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Fax Number:
310-206-9133
Affiliations
Faculty, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Cardiology
Biography
Zhilin Qu earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics at the Beijing Normal University, China. Before he became a postdoctoral fellow in the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory at UCLA, his main research field was general nonlinear dynamics, such as chaos and chaos control in spatiotemporal systems. During his postdoctoral research, he worked on the mechanisms of cardiac fibrillation, the leading cause of sudden cardiac death. He collaborated extensively with experimental biologists to confirm the theories he has developed for cardiac arrhythmias. Dr. Qu became an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2001 and is a co-director of the Cardiac Simulation Laboratory at UCLA. In collaboration with experimental cell and molecular biologists, Dr. Qu initiated a new research field in 2001, modeling the cell growth and cell cycle control. He is also collaborating with other experimental biologists in the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory to study signaling in cardiac ischemic injury and protection. He is a recipient of two national science awards of China and the fellowship award of the American Heart Association, Western States Affiliate. Dr. Qu’s research goal is to use the approaches of systems biology and nonlinear dynamics, integrating mathematical modeling with biological experiments, to understand the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias, cell growth and cell cycle control, and the dynamics for biological signal transduction.
Publications
- Qu Z, Weiss JN. Cardiac Alternans: From Bedside to Bench and Back.. Circulation research, 2023.
- Shivkumar K, Qu Z, Harvey R. Cardiac fibrosis in three dimensions - mechanistic insights into arrhythmic risk due to hypertrophy.. The Journal of physiology, 2022.
- Qu Z, Yan D, Song Z. Modeling Calcium Cycling in the Heart: Progress, Pitfalls, and Challenges.. Biomolecules, 2022.
- Zhang Z, Qu Z. Bistable nerve conduction.. Biophysical journal, 2022.
- Qu Z, Liu MB, Olcese R, Karagueuzian H, Garfinkel A, Chen PS, Weiss JN. R-on-T and the initiation of reentry revisited: Integrating old and new concepts.. Heart rhythm, 2022.
- Qu Z. What is ventricular fibrillation?. Heart rhythm, 2021.
- Pandey V, Xie LH, Qu Z, Song Z. Mitochondrial Contributions in the Genesis of Delayed Afterdepolarizations in Ventricular Myocytes.. Frontiers in physiology, 2021.
- Zhang Z, Qu Z. Life and death saddles in the heart.. Physical review. E, 2021.
- Zhang Z, Qu Z. Mechanisms of phase-3 early afterdepolarizations and triggered activities in ventricular myocyte models.. Physiological reports, 2021.
- Pandey V, Xie LH, Qu Z, Song Z. Mitochondrial depolarization promotes calcium alternans: Mechanistic insights from a ventricular myocyte model.. PLoS computational biology, 2021.
- Landaw J, Yuan X, Chen PS, Qu Z. The transient outward potassium current plays a key role in spiral wave breakup in ventricular tissue.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2021.
- Zhang Z, Liu MB, Huang X, Song Z, Qu Z. Mechanisms of Premature Ventricular Complexes Caused by QT Prolongation.. Biophysical journal, 2020.
- Huang C, Song Z, Di Z, Qu Z. Stability of spatially discordant repolarization alternans in cardiac tissue.. Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 2020.
- Weiss JN, Qu Z. The Sinus Node: Still Mysterious After All These Years.. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology, 2020.
- Song Z, Qu Z. Delayed global feedback in the genesis and stability of spatiotemporal�excitation�patterns in paced biological excitable media.. PLoS computational biology, 2020.
- Liu MB, Priori SG, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Stabilizer Cell Gene Therapy: A Less-Is-More Strategy to Prevent Cardiac Arrhythmias.. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 2020.
- Landaw J, Zhang Z, Song Z, Liu MB, Olcese R, Chen PS, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels promote J-wave syndrome and phase 2 reentry.. Heart rhythm, 2020.
- Huang C, Song Z, Landaw J, Qu Z. Spatially Discordant Repolarization Alternans in the Absence of Conduction Velocity Restitution.. Biophysical journal, 2020.
- Liu MB, Vandersickel N, Panfilov AV, Qu Z. R-From-T as a Common Mechanism of Arrhythmia Initiation in Long QT Syndromes.. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 2019.
- Landaw J, Qu Z. Bifurcations Caused by Feedback between Voltage and Intracellular Ion Concentrations in Ventricular Myocytes.. Physical review letters, 2019.
- Song Z, Xie LH, Weiss JN, Qu Z. A Spatiotemporal Ventricular Myocyte Model Incorporating Mitochondrial Calcium Cycling.. Biophysical journal, 2019.
- Landaw J, Qu Z. Control of voltage-driven instabilities in cardiac myocytes with memory.. Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 2018.
- Landaw J, Qu Z. Memory-induced nonlinear dynamics of excitation in cardiac diseases.. Physical review. E, 2018.
- Liu W, Kim TY, Huang X, Liu MB, Koren G, Choi BR, Qu Z. Mechanisms linking T-wave alternans to spontaneous initiation of ventricular arrhythmias in rabbit models of long QT syndrome.. The Journal of physiology, 2018.
- Song Z, Liu MB, Qu Z. Transverse tubular network structures in the genesis of intracellular calcium alternans and triggered activity in cardiac cells.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2017.
- Ko CY, Liu MB, Song Z, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Multiscale Determinants of Delayed Afterdepolarization Amplitude in Cardiac Tissue.. Biophysical journal, 2017.
- Landaw J, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Memory-Induced Chaos in Cardiac Excitation.. Physical review letters, 2017.
- Weiss JN, Qu Z, Shivkumar K. Electrophysiology of Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia.. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 2017.
- Song Z, Qu Z, Karma A. Stochastic initiation and termination of calcium-mediated triggered activity in cardiac myocytes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017.
- Liu MB, Ko CY, Song Z, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. A Dynamical Threshold for Cardiac Delayed Afterdepolarization-Mediated Triggered Activity.. Biophysical journal, 2016.
- Qu Z, Liu MB, Nivala M. A unified theory of calcium alternans in ventricular myocytes.. Scientific reports, 2016.
- Huang X, Kim TY, Koren G, Choi BR, Qu Z. Spontaneous initiation of premature ventricular complexes and arrhythmias in type 2 long QT syndrome.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2016.
- Ponnaluri AV, Perotti LE, Liu M, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Ennis DB, Klug WS, Garfinkel A. Electrophysiology of Heart Failure Using a Rabbit Model: From the Failing Myocyte to Ventricular Fibrillation.. PLoS computational biology, 2016.
- Weiss JN, Qu Z, Shivkumar K. Ablating atrial fibrillation: A translational science perspective for clinicians.. Heart rhythm, 2016.
- Song Z, Karma A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Long-Lasting Sparks: Multi-Metastability and Release Competition in the Calcium Release Unit Network.. PLoS computational biology, 2016.
- Pezhouman A, Singh N, Song Z, Nivala M, Eskandari A, Cao H, Bapat A, Ko CY, Nguyen T, Qu Z, Karagueuzian HS, Weiss JN. Molecular Basis of Hypokalemia-Induced Ventricular Fibrillation.. Circulation, 2015.
- Liu MB, de Lange E, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Delayed afterdepolarizations generate both triggers and a vulnerable substrate promoting reentry in cardiac tissue.. Heart rhythm, 2015.
- Madhvani RV, Angelini M, Xie Y, Pantazis A, Suriany S, Borgstrom NP, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Olcese R. Targeting the late component of the cardiac L-type Ca2+ current to suppress early afterdepolarizations.. The Journal of general physiology, 2015.
- Song Z, Ko CY, Nivala M, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Calcium-voltage coupling in the genesis of early and delayed afterdepolarizations in cardiac myocytes.. Biophysical journal, 2015.
- Nguyen TP, Singh N, Xie Y, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Repolarization reserve evolves dynamically during the cardiac action potential: effects of transient outward currents on early afterdepolarizations.. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 2015.
- Weiss JN, Garfinkel A, Karagueuzian HS, Nguyen TP, Olcese R, Chen PS, Qu Z. Perspective: a dynamics-based classification of ventricular arrhythmias.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2015.
- Krishnamoorthi S, Perotti LE, Borgstrom NP, Ajijola OA, Frid A, Ponnaluri AV, Weiss JN, Qu Z, Klug WS, Ennis DB, Garfinkel A. Simulation Methods and Validation Criteria for Modeling Cardiac Ventricular Electrophysiology.. PloS one, 2014.
- Nivala M, Song Z, Weiss JN, Qu Z. T-tubule disruption promotes calcium alternans in failing ventricular myocytes: mechanistic insights from computational modeling.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2014.
- Qu Z, Hu G, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics in the Heart.. Physics reports, 2014.
- Pezhouman A, Madahian S, Stepanyan H, Ghukasyan H, Qu Z, Belardinelli L, Karagueuzian HS. Selective inhibition of late sodium current suppresses ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in intact rat hearts.. Heart rhythm, 2013.
- Nguyen TP, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Cardiac fibrosis and arrhythmogenesis: the road to repair is paved with perils.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2013.
- Nivala M, Ko CY, Nivala M, Weiss JN, Qu Z. The emergence of subcellular pacemaker sites for calcium waves and oscillations.. The Journal of physiology, 2013.
- Qu Z, Xie LH, Olcese R, Karagueuzian HS, Chen PS, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. Early afterdepolarizations in cardiac myocytes: beyond reduced repolarization reserve.. Cardiovascular research, 2013.
- Karagueuzian HS, Nguyen TP, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Oxidative stress, fibrosis, and early afterdepolarization-mediated cardiac arrhythmias.. Frontiers in physiology, 2013.
- Chang MG, de Lange E, Calmettes G, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Pro- and antiarrhythmic effects of ATP-sensitive potassium current activation on reentry during early afterdepolarization-mediated arrhythmias.. Heart rhythm, 2012.
- Qu Z, Nivala M, Weiss JN. Calcium alternans in cardiac myocytes: order from disorder.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2012.
- Qu Z, Chung D. Mechanisms and determinants of ultralong action potential duration and slow rate-dependence in cardiac myocytes.. PloS one, 2012.
- Weiss JN, Karma A, MacLellan WR, Deng M, Rau CD, Rees CM, Wang J, Wisniewski N, Eskin E, Horvath S, Qu Z, Wang Y, Lusis AJ. "Good enough solutions" and the genetics of complex diseases.. Circulation research, 2012.
- de Lange E, Xie Y, Qu Z. Synchronization of early afterdepolarizations and arrhythmogenesis in heterogeneous cardiac tissue models.. Biophysical journal, 2012.
- Chang MG, Chang CY, de Lange E, Xu L, O'Rourke B, Karagueuzian HS, Tung L, Marbán E, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z, Abraham MR. Dynamics of early afterdepolarization-mediated triggered activity in cardiac monolayers.. Biophysical journal, 2012.
- Nivala M, Ko CY, Nivala M, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Criticality in intracellular calcium signaling in cardiac myocytes.. Biophysical journal, 2012.
- Nivala M, Qu Z. Calcium alternans in a couplon network model of ventricular myocytes: role of sarcoplasmic reticulum load.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2012.
- Nivala M, de Lange E, Rovetti R, Qu Z. Computational modeling and numerical methods for spatiotemporal calcium cycling in ventricular myocytes.. Frontiers in physiology, 2012.
- Xu L, Qu Z. Roles of protein ubiquitination and degradation kinetics in biological oscillations.. PloS one, 2012.
- Nguyen TP, Xie Y, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Arrhythmogenic consequences of myofibroblast-myocyte coupling.. Cardiovascular research, 2011.
- Nivala M, Korge P, Nivala M, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Linking flickering to waves and whole-cell oscillations in a mitochondrial network model.. Biophysical journal, 2011.
- Madhvani RV, Xie Y, Pantazis A, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Olcese R. Shaping a new Ca²⁺ conductance to suppress early afterdepolarizations in cardiac myocytes.. The Journal of physiology, 2011.
- Korge P, Yang L, Yang JH, Wang Y, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Protective role of transient pore openings in calcium handling by cardiac mitochondria.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011.
- Chang MG, Sato D, de Lange E, Lee JH, Karagueuzian HS, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Bi-stable wave propagation and early afterdepolarization-mediated cardiac arrhythmias.. Heart rhythm, 2011.
- Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Nivala M. Multi-scale modeling in biology: how to bridge the gaps between scales?. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2011.
- Morita N, Lee JH, Xie Y, Sovari A, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Karagueuzian HS. Suppression of re-entrant and multifocal ventricular fibrillation by the late sodium current blocker ranolazine.. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2011.
- Weiss JN, Nivala M, Garfinkel A, Qu Z. Alternans and arrhythmias: from cell to heart.. Circulation research, 2011.
- Baher AA, Uy M, Xie F, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia: ping pong in the His-Purkinje system.. Heart rhythm, 2010.
- Qu Z, Xie Y, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. T-wave alternans and arrhythmogenesis in cardiac diseases.. Frontiers in physiology, 2010.
- Qu Z. Chaos in the genesis and maintenance of cardiac arrhythmias.. Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2010.
- de Diego C, Chen F, Xie Y, Pai RK, Slavin L, Parker J, Lamp ST, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Valderrábano M. Anisotropic conduction block and reentry in neonatal rat ventricular myocyte monolayers.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2010.
- Weiss JN, Garfinkel A, Karagueuzian HS, Chen PS, Qu Z. Early afterdepolarizations and cardiac arrhythmias.. Heart rhythm, 2010.
- Ren X, Nicoll DA, Xu L, Qu Z, Philipson KD. Transmembrane segment packing of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger investigated with chemical cross-linkers.. Biochemistry, 2010.
- Xie Y, Sato D, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. So little source, so much sink: requirements for afterdepolarizations to propagate in tissue.. Biophysical journal, 2010.
- Sato D, Xie LH, Nguyen TP, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Irregularly appearing early afterdepolarizations in cardiac myocytes: random fluctuations or dynamical chaos?. Biophysical journal, 2010.
- Yang L, Korge P, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Mitochondrial oscillations and waves in cardiac myocytes: insights from computational models.. Biophysical journal, 2010.
- Morita N, Sovari AA, Xie Y, Fishbein MC, Mandel WJ, Garfinkel A, Lin SF, Chen PS, Xie LH, Chen F, Qu Z, Weiss JN, Karagueuzian HS. Increased susceptibility of aged hearts to ventricular fibrillation during oxidative stress.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2009.
- Sato D, Xie Y, Weiss JN, Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Sanderson AR. Acceleration of cardiac tissue simulation with graphic processing units.. Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2009.
- Xie Y, Garfinkel A, Camelliti P, Kohl P, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Effects of fibroblast-myocyte coupling on cardiac conduction and vulnerability to reentry: A computational study.. Heart rhythm, 2009.
- Cui X, Rovetti RJ, Yang L, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Period-doubling bifurcation in an array of coupled stochastically excitable elements subjected to global periodic forcing.. Physical review letters, 2009.
- Tran DX, Sato D, Yochelis A, Weiss JN, Garfinkel A, Qu Z. Bifurcation and chaos in a model of cardiac early afterdepolarizations.. Physical review letters, 2009.
- Xie Y, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Cardiac alternans induced by fibroblast-myocyte coupling: mechanistic insights from computational models.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2009.
- Qu Z, Vondriska TM. The effects of cascade length, kinetics and feedback loops on biological signal transduction dynamics in a simplified cascade model.. Physical biology, 2009.
- Sato D, Xie LH, Sovari AA, Tran DX, Morita N, Xie F, Karagueuzian H, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Synchronization of chaotic early afterdepolarizations in the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009.
- Yang JH, Yang L, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Glycolytic oscillations in isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008.
- Yang L, Vondriska TM, Han Z, Maclellan WR, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Deducing topology of protein-protein interaction networks from experimentally measured sub-networks.. BMC bioinformatics, 2008.
- Xie LH, Sato D, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Intracellular Ca alternans: coordinated regulation by sarcoplasmic reticulum release, uptake, and leak.. Biophysical journal, 2008.
- Wang S, Xie Y, Qu Z. Coupled Iterated Map Models of Action Potential Dynamics in a One-dimensional Cable of Cardiac Cells.. New journal of physics, 2008.
- Mahajan A, Shiferaw Y, Sato D, Baher A, Olcese R, Xie LH, Yang MJ, Chen PS, Restrepo JG, Karma A, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. A rabbit ventricular action potential model replicating cardiac dynamics at rapid heart rates.. Biophysical journal, 2008.
- Mahajan A, Sato D, Shiferaw Y, Baher A, Xie LH, Peralta R, Olcese R, Garfinkel A, Qu Z, Weiss JN. Modifying L-type calcium current kinetics: consequences for cardiac excitation and arrhythmia dynamics.. Biophysical journal, 2008.
- Tran DX, Yang MJ, Weiss JN, Garfinkel A, Qu Z. Vulnerability to re-entry in simulated two-dimensional cardiac tissue: effects of electrical restitution and stimulation sequence.. Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 2007.
- Xie Y, Hu G, Sato D, Weiss JN, Garfinkel A, Qu Z. Dispersion of refractoriness and induction of reentry due to chaos synchronization in a model of cardiac tissue.. Physical review letters, 2007.
- Yang MJ, Tran DX, Weiss JN, Garfinkel A, Qu Z. The pinwheel experiment revisited: effects of cellular electrophysiological properties on vulnerability to cardiac reentry.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2007.
- Han Z, Vondriska TM, Yang L, Robb MacLellan W, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Signal transduction network motifs and biological memory.. Journal of theoretical biology, 2007.
- Qu Z, Shiferaw Y, Weiss JN. Nonlinear dynamics of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling: an iterated map study.. Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 2007.
- Shiferaw Y, Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Karma A, Weiss JN. Nonlinear dynamics of paced cardiac cells.. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006.
- Weiss JN, Yang L, Qu Z. Systems biology approaches to metabolic and cardiovascular disorders: network perspectives of cardiovascular metabolism.. Journal of lipid research, 2006.
- Baher A, Qu Z, Hayatdavoudi A, Lamp ST, Yang MJ, Xie F, Turner S, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. Short-term cardiac memory and mother rotor fibrillation.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2006.
- Qu Z, Weiss JN. Dynamics and cardiac arrhythmias.. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2006.
- Weiss JN, Karma A, Shiferaw Y, Chen PS, Garfinkel A, Qu Z. From pulsus to pulseless: the saga of cardiac alternans.. Circulation research, 2006.
- Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. Vulnerable window for conduction block in a one-dimensional cable of cardiac cells, 1: single extrasystoles.. Biophysical journal, 2006.
- Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. Vulnerable window for conduction block in a one-dimensional cable of cardiac cells, 2: multiple extrasystoles.. Biophysical journal, 2006.
- Yang L, Han Z, Robb MacLellan W, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Linking cell division to cell growth in a spatiotemporal model of the cell cycle.. Journal of theoretical biology, 2006.
- Weiss JN, Qu Z, Chen PS, Lin SF, Karagueuzian HS, Hayashi H, Garfinkel A, Karma A. The dynamics of cardiac fibrillation.. Circulation, 2005.
- Qu Z. Critical mass hypothesis revisited: role of dynamical wave stability in spontaneous termination of cardiac fibrillation.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2005.
- Qu Z, Weiss JN. Effects of Na(+) and K(+) channel blockade on vulnerability to and termination of fibrillation in simulated normal cardiac tissue.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2005.
- Han Z, Yang L, MacLellan WR, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Hysteresis and cell cycle transitions: how crucial is it?. Biophysical journal, 2004.
- Qu Z, Weiss JN, MacLellan WR. Coordination of cell growth and cell division: a mathematical modeling study.. Journal of cell science, 2004.
- Qu Z. Dynamical effects of diffusive cell coupling on cardiac excitation and propagation: a simulation study.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2004.
- Yang L, MacLellan WR, Han Z, Weiss JN, Qu Z. Multisite phosphorylation and network dynamics of cyclin-dependent kinase signaling in the eukaryotic cell cycle.. Biophysical journal, 2004.
- Xie F, Qu Z, Yang J, Baher A, Weiss JN, Garfinkel A. A simulation study of the effects of cardiac anatomy in ventricular fibrillation.. The Journal of clinical investigation, 2004.
- Omichi C, Lamp ST, Lin SF, Yang J, Baher A, Zhou S, Attin M, Lee MH, Karagueuzian HS, Kogan B, Qu Z, Garfinkel A, Chen PS, Weiss JN. Intracellular Ca dynamics in ventricular fibrillation.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2004.
- Qu Z, MacLellan WR, Weiss JN. Dynamics of the cell cycle: checkpoints, sizers, and timers.. Biophysical journal, 2003.
- Qu Z, Karagueuzian HS, Garfinkel A, Weiss JN. Effects of Na(+) channel and cell coupling abnormalities on vulnerability to reentry: a simulation study.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2003.
- Yang J, Xie F, Qu Z, Garfinkel A. Mechanism for spiral wave breakup in excitable and oscillatory media.. Physical review letters, 2003.
- Weiss JN, Qu Z, Garfinkel A. Understanding biological complexity: lessons from the past.. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2003.
- Weiss JN, Chen PS, Qu Z, Karagueuzian HS, Lin SF, Garfinkel A. Electrical restitution and cardiac fibrillation.. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2002.