The CTMR is proud to support the 2nd cohort of trainees in the Graduate (PhD) Student Career Development Series! The series is open to all UW biomedical graduate students and is co-facilitated by the CTMR Program Manager, Katie Mitzelfelt and the Associate Dean for Research, Education & Training in the UW School of Medicine, Bill Mahoney. Please see the information…
Stay tuned for more information on this year’s CTMR-hosted distinguished lecturers at the UW Cardiovascular Biology Breakfast Club Seminar Series! Here’s a sneak peak on who’s coming: Upcoming CTMR-Hosted Speakers in 2025-2026 Academic Year This year, the CTMR is thrilled to be hosting the following distinguished lecturers at Breakfast Club: Breakfast Club Seminar Series Weekly…
The leadership of the UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) is pleased to invite you to this year’s annual symposium happening on November 21, 2025. Please see the flyer and further information below. The symposium is open to anyone with an interest in muscle research and is a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and network with…
Two new grants will accelerate atomic-scale research into the molecular mechanisms of cardiomyopathies. In Autumn 2024, CTMR investigator Matthew Childers was awarded a competitive K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH. Childers’ project combines computational simulations of muscle proteins with stem-cell derived cardiomyocytes to create a…
The CTMR is thrilled to host Dr. Jonathan Kirk, Professor and Vice Chair at the Stritch School of Medicine Cell & Molecular Physiology, Loyola University of Chicago on: April 24, 2025, from 9-10am at our Cardiovascular Biology Breakfast Club seminar series. Talk Title: Work Hard, Relax Harder: Targeting Mechano-Transduction to Help the Heart Help Itself…
The remarkable research of CTMR faculty was recently featured on the UW College of Engineering homepage! Read the full story here: Engineering heart health. Congratulations to the Sniadecki, Davis, and Regnier research groups!
The CTMR is transitioning from X (Twitter) to Bluesky. Follow us on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/ctmr-uw.bsky.social Our X (Twitter) account will be closed at the end of January.
We are thrilled to share that the CTMR was RENEWED! Here’s to another 5 years of supporting muscle research translational muscle research!
Dr. Christian Mandrycky, a postdoc jointly mentored by CTMR Investigators Mike Regnier & David Mack, was invited to present his work at the Cardiovascular Biology Breakfast Club Seminar Series on the spookiest day of the year– October 31, 2024 — Halloween! Talk Title: Modeling distal arthrogryposis with stem cell derived skeletal muscle Christian brought the Halloween…
The CTMR is thrilled to host Dr. Steve Schwartz, Regents Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona at today’s Cardiovascular Biology Breakfast Club seminar series. Dr. Schwartz shares his work on: Theoretical studies of the cardiac thin and thick filament- Structure, the allosteric transmission of mutation and drug mechanism.
