Ohio State - Nationwide Children's Hospital - Research For Muscle Biology and Disease
 

 

FACULTY RESEARCH

In 2011 our Muscle Group expanded to 26 laboratories that are part of The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.  These laboratories span over a wide range of Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Divisions that highlight the diversity of muscle research being performed within our respective institutions.
            

Sudha Agarwal, Ph.D.

Mechanosignaling in skeletal muscle

Martha Belury, Ph.D., R.D.

Adipokine signaling and metabolism in skeletal muscle

Tom Best, M.D., Ph.D.

Muscle strain injury, inflammation, adaptation to exercise

Christine Beattie, Ph.D.

Motorneuron diseases, motor axon outgrowth and development

Brandon Biesiadecki, Ph.D.

Myofilament regulation of muscle contraction

Arthur Burghes, Ph.D.

Motorneuron diseases and muscular atrophy

Dawn Chandler, Ph.D.

Alternative splicing in cancer and neurodegenerative disease

Jonathan Davis, Ph.D.

Skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction and relaxation

Kevin M. Flanigan, M.D.

Mechanisms and therapies of muscular dystrophies

Denis Guttridge, Ph.D.

NF-kB signaling in myogenesis and skeletal muscle disorders

Scott Harper, Ph.D.

Molecular mechanisms of muscular dystrophies, RNAi therapies

Timothy E. Hewett, Ph.D.

Biomechanics, injury prevention, and neuromuscular performance

Peter Houghton, Ph.D.

Pathogenesis of childhood cancers including Rhabdomyosarcoma

Paul Janssen, Ph.D.

Myocardial relaxation and molecular mechanisms of heart failure

Stephen Kolb, M.D., Ph.D.

Mechanisms of motor neuron diseases

Brian Kaspar, Ph.D.

Translational studies in neuromuscular disorders

Donna McCarthy, Ph.D., R.N.

Mechanisms of tumor-induced muscle wasting

Paul Martin, Ph.D.

Muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders, glycobiology

Jerry Mendell, M.D.

Gene therapy, clinical trials in muscular dystrophy

Federica Montanaro, Ph.D.

Muscular dystrophy, muscle regeneration, cell-based therapy

Christopher Pierson, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathogenesis of X-linked myotubular myopathy

Jill Rafael-Fortney, Ph.D.

NMJ structure, muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy

Jack Rall, Ph.D.

Calcium control of skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction

Peter Reiser, Ph.D.

Sarcomeric proteins and contractile properties of muscle

Zarife Sahenk, M.D.

Molecular mechanisms of hereditary peripheral neuropathies

Mark Ziolo, Ph.D.

Nitric oxide modulation of excitation-contraction coupling