Melanie Zile, a Biomedical Engineering predoctoral student in the lab of Natalia Trayanova, Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering and ICM core faculty member, received the trainee poster prize at the Seventh Annual International Workshop on Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias held September 21-24 in Freiberg, Germany. Melanie’s presentation entitled, “Early Afterdepolarizations are Modulated by Myofilament Feedback, Pacing Rate, Sarcomere Length, and Myofilament Remodeling in Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy,” was one of two recognized winners in a field of 40 posters presented at the event. The workshop was hosted by the Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine at the Herzzentrum University in Freiburg.