Congratulations to Jeff Chamberlain for receiving the MDA Legacy Award

Congratulations to Jeff Chamberlain for receiving the MDA Legacy Award

Congratulations to CTMR faculty member Jeff Chamberlain for receipt of the 2024 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Legacy Award for Achievement in Research. Jeff is a leading investigator in gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). This award is presented for outstanding contributions to translational neuromuscular disease research and will be presented at the 2024 MDA…

Regnier Lab Hosts Invited Guest Speaker- Romi Castillo

Regnier Lab Hosts Invited Guest Speaker- Romi Castillo

The Regnier Lab is hosting Doctoral Candidate, Romi Castillo, from Dr. Jil Tardiff’s lab at the University of Arizona. Romi was a former undergraduate student at UW, and studied the effects of dATP on acto-myosin interactions using the in vitro motility assay with Saffie Mohran in the Regnier Lab. She will be presenting her current…

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 the preliminary schedule. Submit your Abstract for the Symposium by November 15th. Please see the information for ABSTRACT SUBMISSION HERE. Please REGISTER HERE by completing the Google Form. When registering you will be able to select in-person or Zoom…

Congratulations to Alec Smith!

Congratulations to Alec Smith!

CTMR Investigator Alec Smith, PhD, recently had an R21 funded through the NIAMS that will be looking at developing human stem cell-based models of the muscle spindle for studying proprioceptive function in skeletal muscle. Additionally, he received an Award from the Weill Neurohub to develop models of the neuromuscular junction for studying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis…

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 4th, 2023. To be considered for a poster presentation, abstracts must be submitted by November 15, 2023. Undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, research scientists, etc. involved in muscle research, or any related fields are encouraged to submit an abstract….

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 on Monday, December 4th, 2023.  We are planning to have an in-person symposium but will also have a Zoom-in option. A preliminary schedule is included below for your reference. Please REGISTER HERE by completing the Google Form. When registering…

Headshots of Katie Dickinson and Katie Mitzelfelt

New CTMR Program Manager

The CTMR’s Program Manager, Katie Dickinson, is transitioning to support other programs at UW. We will miss Katie in the CTMR. A big thank you to her for skillfully supporting the CTMR over the past year. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors! We are excited to introduce our new Program Manager…