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Registration is now open for the International Society for Heart Research-Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Webinars coming up in April! Register now using the links below. Please note time zones when registering: webinar times vary to capture audiences in different regions. Can’t join the webinar but still want to watch? All presentations will be…

Dr. Ru Gunawardane joins CTMR External Advisory Board
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 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. The EMC will be in held in Florence, Italy. Dr. Regnier will be the “DISEASE MODELS” session chair and his talk title will be: “Molecular mechanisms of contractile abnormalities for the MYH7 variant G256E”. Graduate student,…
CTMR 2021 Symposium Schedule and Registration
The finalized schedule for the University of Washington Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) symposium is now available. It will be a fully virtual event again this year, via Zoom, on the afternoon of Monday, November 1 (12-5pm PT) and the morning of Tuesday, November 2 (8am-1pm PT). Our Keynote speakers are Rong Tian, Director of the UW Mitochondria…

Dr. Nagana Gowda’s CTMR Pilot Project leads to R01 Grant Award
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