We are excited to announce the recipients of the Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) Pilot Award Program for Year 8! This program supports innovative, early-stage research projects that advance our understanding of muscle biology and translate discoveries toward clinical impact. This year’s pilot awards are made possible through the generous support of the National…
We are pleased to share the request for proposals for the 2026 CTMR Pilot Awards. Please see the information on our website Pilot Grants – UW Center for Translational Muscle Research. The CTMR supports the development of exciting new muscle research on campus through a pilot grant program that allows investigators to (1) obtain preliminary data needed to apply for follow-on funding…
This past November, the Center for Translational Muscle Research celebrated another year of pioneering muscle research at the 6th annual CTMR Symposium. This year, the symposium brought together a community of muscle researchers from across the world with a focus on the theme Modeling and Metabolism in Muscle Research.In keeping with the theme, keynote speaker…
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 the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH. Childers’ project combines computational simulations of muscle proteins with stem-cell derived cardiomyocytes to create a…
The remarkable research of CTMR faculty was recently featured on the UW College of Engineering homepage! Read the full story here: Engineering heart health. Congratulations to the Sniadecki, Davis, and Regnier research groups!
We are thrilled to share that the CTMR was RENEWED! Here’s to another 5 years of supporting muscle research translational muscle research!
CTMR Investigators, Mike Regnier and David Mack, were part of a multi-institutional research effort to uncover the disease mechanism for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by a mutation in myosin (MYH7 G256E). The project was a collaborative effort between investigators at UW, Stanford University, University of California Santa Barbara, the Curie Institute in Paris, and the Allen Institute for Cell…
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…
