Congratulations to Jeff Chamberlain for receiving the MDA Legacy Award

ByKatie Mitzelfelt February 14, 2024February 14, 2024

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 Clinical & Scientific Conference in Orlando on March 4. Way to go Jeff!

CTMR Pilot Grant Recipient Dr. Farid Moussavi-Harami awarded NIH R01 Grant

Byctmr1 June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

A huge congratulations to 2020 CTMR pilot grant recipient Farid Moussavi-Harami, MD, who recently received a Notice of Award for his first NIH R01 grant! An Assistant Professor with the UW Medicine’s Division of Cardiology, Dr. Moussavi Harami’s CTMR pilot grant study focused on the genetic mutations, such as dilated cardiomyopathy, impacted contractile force in…

Dr. Ru Gunawardane joins CTMR External Advisory Board

Byctmr1 July 15, 2021

We are excited to announce that Ruwanthi (Ru) Gunawardane, Ph.D. is joining CTMR as a member of our External Advisory Board. Ru was recently named Executive Director of the Allen Institute for Cell Science in 2020 after spending five years at Amgen, where she worked on assay development for multiple drug targets spanning oncology, inflammation,…

CTMR Faculty- Valerie Daggett- to Present the UW University Faculty Lecture

ByKatie Mitzelfelt March 18, 2024March 18, 2024

Congratulations to CTMR investigator Dr. Valerie Daggett for being awarded the UW 2023 University Faculty Lecture award! Dr. Daggett will present her work at the 47th annual University Faculty Lecture. Please see the event information below and more information here. Valerie Daggett, PhD David and Nancy Auth Endowed Professor in the Department of Bioengineering Talk…

Applications open for CTMR Mini Pilot Grants!

Byctmr1 July 1, 2021August 9, 2021

Applications are now open for the UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) Mini Pilot Grants! Mini Pilot Grants provide $5,000-$10,000 in direct support for pilot studies to new users of CTMR core services who need a limited, specified set of data from one of the cores. Examples of the use of this grant mechanism…

Thurs 2/17: Talk by Jolanda van der Velden, PhD of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam

Byctmr1 February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Join us for the Breakfast Club talk this upcoming Thursday, February 17, 202; 9:00 – 10:00 AM by Dr. Jolanda van der Velden professor and chair at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. The talk, hosted by hosted by Dr. Michael Regnier (Dept. of Bioengineering), will occur both in person at the Orin Smith Auditorium, SLU…

CTMR Sponsors the 2024 Myofilament Meeting

ByKatie Mitzelfelt March 29, 2024March 29, 2024

The CTMR is proud to sponsor the Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024 Myofilament Meeting: Contractile Systems, Mechanobiology & Regulation: Novel Concepts Technologies & Applications held in Madison, Wisconsin, May 18-21, 2024. CTMR Director, Mike Regnier, is part of the Scientific Organizing Committee for the event, a speaker at the Oral Session on Myofilament-Based…

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