Meet the Scientists

Meet the Scientists

The San Diego Skeletal Muscle Research Center (SDMRC) is composed of scientists interested in all aspects of muscle research, who span five research institutions and nine academic Departments.
Below is a list of SDMRC supported scientists, their research interests and links to the lab-homepages.

List of SDMRC associated scientists and research interests

Name

Institute

keywords

links
Adah Almutairi, Ph.D. UC-San Diego Nanomedicine, drug and gene delivery Website;
Contact: aalmutairi@ucsd.edu
Sanford I. Bernstein, Ph.D. SDSU drosophila melanogaster, muscle defects, RNA splicing, myosin, unc-45 Website;
Contact: sbernstein@mail.sdsu.edu
Ju Chen, PhD UC-San Diego zaspopathy, nemaline myopathy, mouse models, knockout, knockin, Crispr/Cas9 Website;
Administrative Core >
Contact: juchen@ucsd.edu
Shu Chien, Ph.D. UC-San Diego vascular biology, biomechanical signaling Website;
Contact: shuchien@ucsd.edu
Adam Engler, Ph.D. UC-San Diego stem cells, mechanobiology, cell signaling Website;
Contact: aengler@ucsd.edu
Ronald Evans, Ph.D. SALK Institute hormones and hormone receptors, salt, fat & sugar metabolism, obesity Website;
Contact: evans@salk.edu
Velia Fowler, Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute Lmod, Tmod, muscular dystrophy, thin filament regulation Imaging Core >;
website >
Contact: velia@scripps.edu
Larry Gerace, Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute nuclear envelope, laminopathies website >
Contact: lgerace@scripps.edu
Daniel Goble, Ph.D. SDSU sensorimotor neuroscience, motor control, biomechanics website >
dgoble@mail.sdsu.edu
Michael C Hogan, Ph.D. UC-San Diego oxygen dependence, bioenergetics, fatigue, cell physiology Website;
Contact: mchogan@ucsd.edu
Anastasia Kralli, Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute metabolic stress, transcriptional regulation website >;
Contact: kralli@scripps.edu
Katja Lamia, Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute circadian rhythm, metabolic regulation website >;
Contact: klamia@scripps.edu
Stephan Lange, Ph.D. UC-San Diego mechanosensors and mechanosignaling in muscles, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, calcium dependent signaling, proteomics Website;
Contact: slange@ucsd.edu
Helen Makarenkova, Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute muscle regeneration, satellite cell function website >;
Contact: hmakarenk@scripps.edu
Girish Melkani, Ph.D. SDSU amyloid‐induced protein‐unfolding, protein degradation, inclusion body myopathy website >;
Contact: gmelkani@mail.sdsu.edu
Lorenzo Puri, M.D., Ph.D. Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute embryonic and adult stem cells, iPS, reprogramming, pluripotency, translational research Website;
Cell Analysis Core >
Contact: lpuri@sanfordburnham.org
Alessandra Sacco, Ph.D. Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute skeletal muscle stem cells, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Website;
Cell Analysis Core >
Contact: asacco@sanfordburnham.org
Simon Schenk, Ph.D. UC-San Diego substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle Website;
Contact: sschenk@ucsd.edu
Sameer Shah, Ph.D. UC-San Diego function, dysfunction and plasticity of the nervous and muscular system Website;
Contact: sbshah@ucsd.edu
Lori Tuttle Ph.D. SDSU aging, women's health, pelvic muscles, rehabilitation Website;
Contact: ltuttle@mail.sdsu.edu
Shyni Varghese, Ph.D. UC-San Diego bioinspired materials, extracellular matrix Website;
svarghese@ucsd.edu
Peter D. Wagner, M.D. UC-San Diego oxygen, metabolism, hypoxia Website;
Contact: pdwagner@ucsd.edu
Samuel R. Ward, PT, PhD UC-San Diego rotor-cuff, injury, spinal cord, botulinum toxin, shoulder, skeletal muscle adaption Website;
Physiology & Phenotyping Core >
Contact: s1ward@ucsd.edu