Accelerating and expanding translational muscle research
The UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) is funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to provide a unifying organization for muscle research in the heart of Seattle’s biomedical research community. The goal of the Center is to facilitate new collaborations, recruit new investigators, bring clinicians and researchers together, and provide access to state-of-the-art approaches in multi-scale biomechanics, metabolism, and quantitative-computational analysis, to accelerate translational research efforts at the UW.
Events
Sarcomere Society:
Online bi-weekly seminar series covering current state-of-the-art research related to sarcomere structure and function.
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Oct 5, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Childers
Talk Title: Molecular Dynamics simulations to study the structure of the myosin Interacting Heads Motif (IHM)
Nov 30, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Chao Liu
Talk Title: Homologous mutations in β, embryonic, and perinatal muscle myosins have divergent effects on molecular power
Dec 15, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Jia Li
Talk Title: TBA
Latest News
2023 CTMR Symposium Schedule
The 4th annual UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) symposium will be an all-day event on Monday, December 4th, 2023. See below for…
Congratulations to Alec Smith!
CTMR Investigator Alec Smith, PhD, recently had an R21 funded through the NIAMS that will be looking at developing…
2023 CTMR Symposium: Call for Abstracts
Abstract submission is now open for the 4th annual UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) symposium that will be held on Monday, December…
Registration is now open for our 4th annual 2023 CTMR Symposium
Registration is now open for our 4th annual UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) symposium. This year the symposium will be an all-day event…
New CTMR Program Manager
The CTMR’s Program Manager, Katie Dickinson, is transitioning to support other programs at UW. We will miss Katie in…
CTMR sponsors Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting July 2023
Towards a More Perfect Union: Multi-Scale Models of Muscle and Their Experimental Validation thematic meeting, which was held in Canterbury,…
CTMR represents at the 50th European Muscle Conference Florence 2023
Dr. Mike Regnier is an invited speaker at the 50th European Muscle Conference (EMC) coming up in September 2023….
4th Annual CTMR Symposium December 4th 2023!
Save the date for our 4th annual UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) symposium. This year the symposium will be an all-day event on Monday, December 4th, 2023…
Congratulations to CTMR Team Core D for their JGP May cover showing “A detailed computational model of striated muscle…
CTMR/BioCAT collaboration leads to new PNAS paper “Structural OFF/ON transitions of myosin in relaxed porcine myocardium predict calcium-activated force“…
CTMR Pilot Grants application deadline: February 15, 2023
I am pleased to announce a request for proposals to the Pilot Grant program of the UW Center for…
UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) 2022 symposium brings the muscle community together!
On October 24th, 2022 the CTMR held its annual symposium. Over 130 people registered and researchers from a variety…
ISCRM- “Spirit of Collaboration Fuels Momentum in Muscle Research”
Momentum in Muscle Research
2022 UW CTMR ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Save the Date! The 2022 UW CTMR Symposium will be held on Monday, October 24th, 2022 from 9:00am –…
2022 Myofilament Meeting
In May, CTMR Investigators participated in the 2022 Myofilament research conference “Myofilament Form and Function: Determinants of Sarcomeric Contractility”…
CTMR Pilot Grant Recipient Dr. Farid Moussavi-Harami awarded NIH R01 Grant
A huge congratulations to 2020 CTMR pilot grant recipient Farid Moussavi-Harami, MD, who recently received a Notice of Award…
Work Presented at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
Research work funded in part by the UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) was recently presented at the 66th…
Thurs 2/17: Talk by Jolanda van der Velden, PhD of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Join us for the Breakfast Club talk this upcoming Thursday, February 17, 202; 9:00 – 10:00 AM by Dr….
CTMR Pilot Funding Available – Deadline Feb 16th
Proposals to the Pilot Grant program of the UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) are now being accepted. This program supports the…
Resource Cores
Mechanics & Devices Core
The Mechanics and Devices Core provides state-of-the-art measurements of muscle biomechanics at multiple levels of integration, and develops new assays for maturation and assessment of early stage muscle.
Metabolism Core
The Metabolism Core provides tools for in-depth measures and analysis of metabolomics, energetics, cell respiration and mitochondrial function.
Quantitative Analysis Core
The Quantitative Analysis Core provides computational and statistical tools for understanding disease, suggesting new
therapeutic targets, and understanding mechanisms.