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 		 The Molecular Basis of Muscle Contraction Conferences

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Seminars And Conferences

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar
Noon, Mondays. 400 Health Science Research Facility.

Muscle Club
9 AM, Tuesdays. 200 Health Science Research Facility.

Fly Club
2:30 PM, Fridays. 124 Marsh Life Sciences.

Lab meeting
11:15 AM, Mondays. 132 Health Science Research Facility.

Recent Conference Presentations:

American Heart Association

  • Fukagawa NK, Palmer BM, Barnes WD, Leavitt BJ, Ittleman FP, LeWinter MM, Mulieri LA, Maughan DW (2004) Influence of sex and diabetes mellitus on acto-myosin crossbridge kinetics of human myocardium. Circ. 110(17), III-269.
  • Palmer BM, Fishbaugher D, Wang Y, Schmitt J, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Alpert NR, VanBuren P, Maughan DW (2003) Differential kinetics of R403Q and R453C cardiac myosin in heterozygous mouse myocardium. Circ., 108(17), IV-118.
  • American Physiological Society and American Society for Cell Biology
  • Swank DM, Kronert WA, Zhang S, Miller BM, Bernstein SI, Maughan DW (2004) Myosin structural regions that influence muscle mechanical properties. The Physiologist 47(4), 335.
  • Vigoreaux J, Barton B, Ayer G, Heymann N, Maughan D, Lehmann F (2004) Flight muscle properties and aerodynamic performance of Drosophila expressing a Flightin transgene. Mol. Cell Biol. 15S, 46a.
  • Henkin JA, Maughan DW, Vigoreaux JO (2004) Characterization of the flight muscle myofibriillar proteome of normal and mutant Drosophila. J. Mus. Res. Cell Motil. 25(3), 265.
  • Barton BE, Ayer G, Maughan D, Vigoreaux JO (2003) Mutations of phosphorylation sites in flightin are responsible for loss of function and ultrastructural defects in Drosophila indirect flight muscle. Mol. Biol. Cell 14S: 309a.

Biophysical Society

  • Swank D, Vishnudas V, Maughan D. Does Pi release rate set optimal frequency of muscle power production in Drosophila indirect flight muscle? Biophys. J. (abstract), 2006.
  • Miller MS, Farman GP, Soto FN, Reedy MC, Vigoreaux JO, Maughan DW, Irving TC. Structural Consequences of Regulatory Light Chain Mutations in Drosophila Flight Muscle. Biophys. J. (abstract), 2006.
  • Miller MS, Farman GP, Soto FN, Braddock JM, Vigoreaux JO, Maughan DW. Functional Consequences of Regulatory Light Chain Mutations in Drosophila Flight Muscle. Biophys. J. (abstract), 2006.
  • Suzuki T, Wang Y, Palmer BM, VanBuren P, LeWinter MM, Maughan DW. Mean actomyosin crossbridge attachment time, ton, estimated in skinned mouse myocardium. Biophys. J. (abstract), 2006.
  • Swank DM, Braddock J, Kronert WA, Zhang S, Miller BM, Bernstein SI, Maughan DW (2005) Myosin structural regions that influence Drosophila muscle mechanical properties. Biophys. J. 88(1), 179a.
  • Miller MS, Brown EG, Braddock JM, Maughan DW, Vigoreaux JO (2005) Age related changes in Drosophila flight muscle mechanics and structure. Biophys. J. 88(1), 19a.
  • Palmer BM, Wang Y, Alpert NR, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Maughan DW (2005) Sex-dependence of myocardial myofilament performance in a-MHC403Q mice. Biophys. J. 88(1), 120a.
  • Maughan DW, Henkin J, Vigoreaux JO (2005) Stoichiometry of glycolytic enzymes in a diffusible component of the rabbit skeletal muscle proteome. Biophys. J. 88(1), 398a.
  • Dickinson M, Farman G, Bekyarova T, Frye M, Maughan D, Irving T (2005) Time-resolved X-ray diffraction patterns from indirect flight muscles in living Drosophila during tethered flight. Biophys. J. 88(1), 123a
  • Swank DM, Kronert WA, Maughan DW, Bernstein SI (2004) Alternative versions of the myosin relay loop influence Drosophila muscle kinetics. Biophys. J. 86(1), 656a.
  • Miller MS, Palmer BM, Ruch S, Farman GP, Wang Y, Robbins J, Irving TC, Maughan DW (2004) Role of myosin essential light chain extension in mouse heart. Biophys. J. 86(1), 656a.
  • Hao Y, Miller MS, Swank DM, Liu H, Bernstein SI, Maughan DW, Pollack GH (2004) Mutation of paramyosin phosphorylation sites affects the passive stiffness of Drosophila indirect flight muscle. Biophys. J. 86(1), 184a.
  • Palmer B, Noguchi T, Wang Y, Alpert N, Burgon P, Seidman C, Seidman J, LeWinter M, Maughan D (2004) The role of cardiac myosin binding protein C in mechanoenergetics of mouse myocardium. Biophys. J. 86(1), 387a
  • Farman G, Miller MS, Costello J, Maughan D, Irving T (2004) X-ray diffraction of intact and skinned Indirect Flight Muscle in Drosophila melanogaster. Biophys. J. 86(1), 214a
  • Farman G, Miller MS, Maughan D, Irving T (2004) Structural consequences of myofilament lattice compression in Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscle. Biophys. J. 86(1), 214a