Congratulations to CTMR Team Core D for their JGP May cover showing “A detailed computational model of striated muscle elucidates how mutations and drugs may alter twitch timing. The spatially explicit model simulates myosin motors connected within a compliant, contractile lattice, complete with thin filament regulation and varying mutation penetrance. The model yields data used…
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,…
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….
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…
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…
