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Good week ending with one undergraduate student being accepted into medical school (Karthik Myneni) and another awarded a Goldwater scholarship Goldwater Scholar Community (Rohan Sethi)!!!

"New article published! Delve into the complexity of Ca2+ signal transduction by Calmodulin (CaM), including disease mutations, conserved amino acid sequences, and interdisciplinary insights. #CaM #SignalTransduction #Research" doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca…

Enhancing LQTS variant classification (doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmc…)! Using simulations/machine learning, we predict KCNH2 missense variants' trafficking. Structural features play a crucial role, advancing of understanding congenital long QT syndrome. #LQTS #Genetics #Simulation"

Visited UKY Chemistry to see old colleagues and ongoing collaborators (including one with a just-accepted article doi.org/10.1002/adhm.2…).

Congrats to Emily for successfully defending her qualifying proposal!

robotic zebrafish feeders in action during my mini sabbatical

Wrapping up an exciting stay in Chapel Hill to learn about zebrafish physiology. Many thanks to the Celia Shiau lab for hosting us!

We contributed to a study of the ACTN2 gene and a missense variant (A868T) affecting structure & function. Reports ultrastructural changes, increased Ca2+ sensitivity of force generation, with implications for cardiac disease #CardiologyResearch. mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/1…

Congrats to Xuan Fang, Ph.D. for publishing a computational paper exploring the molecular basis of myosin light chain kinase activation by calmodulin (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…)! This study provides insights into engineering calmodulin for regulating cell contraction.

We are excited to share that Emily Krueger has been awarded a Travel Award from the committees for Inclusion and Diversity, Professional Opportunities for Women, Education, Early Careers, and Membership to present her abstract at the 2024 Biophysical Society!

We contributed simulations of TNNI1 variants, the slow-twitch troponin I isoform, identified in families with muscle-related disorders. Further indication of the important roles unstructured regions in myofilament proteins play in human disease! science.org/doi/abs/10.112…

a rich discussion on the esoteries of myofilament structure. #myofilament

Our teams show tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) can be reprogrammed to fight cancer by switching from a tumor-supporting (M2) to an anti-tumor (M1) state. doi.org/10.1002/adhm.2… #CancerResearch #TumorMicroenvironment #Macrophages #Immunotherapy #ResearchInnovation

Very proud that our productive summer student Brandon Goh Beh won the award for the best poster at #NOBCChE51 !

I was invited to present our lab's simulation work on the myofilament protein ABLM1 at this year's meeting of #istcp2024 in Qingdao, China! Happy to also visit with my colleague Yi Wang from the Chinese U. of Hong Kong.

I'm deeply honored to have presented at the 29th Xing Han Symposium for the 100th anniversary of Harbin Medical University, alongside Prof. Gao (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Wu (Sun Yat-sen U.)

How does the heart adapt to demand? Our research explores how phosphorylation in disordered regions of ABLIM1 impacts its shape and interactions, revealing new insights into cardiomyocyte contraction regulation: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…