Accelerating and expanding translational muscle research
The UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) is funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) to provide a unifying organization for muscle research in the heart of Seattle’s biomedical research community. The goal of the Center is to facilitate new collaborations, recruit new investigators, bring clinicians and researchers together, and provide access to state-of-the-art approaches in multi-scale biomechanics, metabolism, and quantitative-computational analysis, to accelerate translational research efforts at the UW.
Latest News:
Graduate Student Career Exploration & Development Course
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…
CTMR to Host 3 Fantastic Distinguished Lecturers at The Cardiovascular Biology Breakfast Club Seminar Series- 2025-2026
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…
Save-the-Date for the 6th Annual CTMR Symposium – Nov 21, 2025!
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…
New Grants Power Muscle Science
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…
CTMR to Host Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Jonathan Kirk
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,…
Upcoming Events:
Sarcomere Society:
Online bi-weekly seminar series, Thursdays 8-9 am Pacific Time, covering current state-of-the-art research related to sarcomere structure and function.
To Subscribe to the Sarcomere Society email list and receive Zoom links to attend please click here.
Contact the Sarcomere Society Speaker Selection Committee – Drs Matt Childers & Joe Powers – to let us know about exciting new research you would like to present at an upcoming seminar (mcc7fb@uw.edu or powersjd@uw.edu)
Oct 9, 2025
Speaker: Rama Reddy Goluguri, PhD, Basic Life Research Scientist, Spudich/Ruppel Lab, Stanford University
Talk Title: A FRET assay to monitor different structural states of human β-cardiac myosin including the interacting-heads motif
Oct 23, 2025
Speaker: TBA
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Nov 6, 2025
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The International Sarcomere Society Seminar Series was founded by Drs. Mike Regnier, Mike Geeves, and Bill Lehman.
Resource Cores
Mechanics & Devices Core
The Mechanics and Devices Core provides state-of-the-art measurements of muscle biomechanics at multiple levels of integration, and develops new assays for maturation and assessment of early stage muscle.
Metabolism Core
The Metabolism Core provides tools for in-depth measures and analysis of metabolomics, energetics, cell respiration and mitochondrial function.
Quantitative Analysis Core
The Quantitative Analysis Core provides computational and statistical tools for understanding disease, suggesting new
therapeutic targets, and understanding mechanisms.