October 2020: Read our new review on the role of cullin-RING ligases for the development and function of cross-striated muscles. The open access article is published here.
September 2020: We presented data on the role of obscurin proteins for cardiac health at a symposium in Bern, Switzerland.
July 2020: Our work combatting Dilated Cardiomyopathy is featured in the Saltman Quarterly.
March-June 2020: Keeping the lab going in times of social distancing.
October 2019: New collaborative manuscript: 'Comparative analysis of obesity-related cardiometabolic and renal biomarkers in human plasma and serum' was just published at Scientific Reports. The full manuscript can be found here.
January 2020: We are grateful to have received major funding from the Muscular Dystrophy Association to organize the 2020 AMC Meeting.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we were unfortunately forced to cancel the meeting.
September 2019: New manuscript: 'miR-486 is modulated by stretch and increases ventricular growth' was just published in JCI Insight. The full manuscript can be found here.
July 2019: It was great to present the latest data on one of our myopathy projects @AbilityLab in Chicago. Fantastic environment and inspiring collaborators.
June 2019: Welcoming this years American Heart Association undergraduate summer research fellows for 8 weeks of intense hands-on lab experience.
May 2019: We published a new manuscript that highlights the role of obscurin and Obsl1 for skeletal muscle development. The article can be found at Communications Biology.
April 2019: New manuscript on the role that Cullin3 E3-ligase function plays for the development of nemaline myopathy in mice and patients. The manuscript can be found at JCI Insight.
April 2019: Kavya presented her work at the Stanford Research Conference 2019. In addition, she got accepted into the prestigious COMET Fellowship program at Stanford. Congrats!
February 2019: The review article on the role of PKC and PKN protein kinases for cardiac development, function and the etiology of cardiomyopathies is now available at Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (JMCC).
February 2019: Our review article on M-band functions is now available online at BBA-Molecular Cell Research.
January 2019: We presented our work on obscurin protein family functions at the Max Delbruck Zentrum in Berlin and Sahlgrenska Hospital/Gothenburg University.
2018
December 2018: We presented two posters at this years ASCB Conference in San Diego.
October 2016: Contributing to an article on obscurin function published in AJP-Cell Physiology.
September 2016: Contributing to an article on titin I-band pathomechanism published in Open Biology.
September 2016: Green Lab Certified. We aim to do sustainable research to preserve the planets resources.
More information can be found at GreenLabs@UCSD and my green lab.
May 2015: Undergraduate Researcher Nour Marogy receives the 2015 Ledell Family Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship to work on a project in the lab.
April 2015: Undergraduate Researchers Paige Shapiro, Lauren Waller and Stephanie Myers present our work at the UCSD undergraduate conference. Here are the photos.
March 2015: Contributing the chapter "How to maintain a working heart - Waste Disposal and Recycling in Cardiomyocytes" to the book "Cardiac Cytoarchitecture".
February 2015: Jordan Blondelle receives a Philippe Foundation PostDoc Fellowship.
February 2015: Undergraduate Researcher Lauren Waller receives a Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Undergraduate Fellowship to work on a project in collaboration with Dr. McCulloch in the Dept. of Bioengineering.
2014
December 2014: Contributing to an article on biomechanical stretch in cardiomyocytes. Read the article here.
November 2014: Undergraduate Researchers presented their work at this years SCCUR meeting. More information in the lab blog.
August 2014: New article on muscle ankyrin repeat protein functions. Read the article here.
August 2014: Stephanie Myers, Paige Shapiro and Lauren Waller presented data from their undergraduate research project at this years Alternative Muscle Club Meeting in San Diego.