July/August 2024 News and Publications

July 2024

Presentations, Events, Lectures & Workshops

Robert Bloch, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, presented a talk entitled "SLC34A2: A Biomarker for FSHD in Muscle In Situ" at the FSHD Society's International Research Conference in Denver, CO, on June 13, 2024.

Publications

Matt Trudeau, PhD, Professor, and Sara Codding, PhD, former Research Associate, both in the Department of Physiology, were the authors of a paper entitled “Photoinhibition of the hERG potassium channel PAS domain by ultraviolet light speeds channel closing,” which was published in the Biophysical Journal on May 24, 2024.

August 2024

Publications

Sarah Metzbower, PhD, along with Aaron Levy, PhD, Research Associate; Poorna Dharmasri, PhD, formerly a graduate student in the Program in Neuroscience; Michael Anderson; and Thomas Blanpied, PhD, Professor, all in the Department of Physiology, published a paper entitled “Distinct SAP102 and PSD-95 Nano-organization Defines Multiple Types of Synaptic Scaffold Protein Domains at Single Synapses,” which was published in the Journal of Neuroscience on June 26, 2024. The article was highlighted on the cover of the journal. 

Matt Trudeau, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, was the author of an invited Commentary entitled “A hydrophobic nexus at the heart of hERG K channel gating,” which was published in the Biophysical Journal in March 2024.