Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
@pennmuscle.bsky.social
The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute: Cytoskeletal Research @ Penn. The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute (PMI) was created to discover the mechanisms of muscle function, muscle disease, and motile biological systems. med.upenn.edu/pmi/
Looking forward to Friday's full-day of science!
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Looking forward to Friday's full-day of science!
Last call to RSVP/register for the PMI Winter 2025 Symposium and Retreat.
Fri. 12/5/2025 at the University of Pennsylvania (Smilow Translational Research Center) -- see you there!
Fri. 12/5/2025 at the University of Pennsylvania (Smilow Translational Research Center) -- see you there!
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Last call to RSVP/register for the PMI Winter 2025 Symposium and Retreat.
Fri. 12/5/2025 at the University of Pennsylvania (Smilow Translational Research Center) -- see you there!
Fri. 12/5/2025 at the University of Pennsylvania (Smilow Translational Research Center) -- see you there!
Save the date for the annual PMI Holiday Party!
Fri. Dec. 12th in BRB 14th Floor Lounge
Prizes for best holiday sweaters and a festive treats/cookies contest.
Check your emails for the link to RSVP.
Fri. Dec. 12th in BRB 14th Floor Lounge
Prizes for best holiday sweaters and a festive treats/cookies contest.
Check your emails for the link to RSVP.
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Save the date for the annual PMI Holiday Party!
Fri. Dec. 12th in BRB 14th Floor Lounge
Prizes for best holiday sweaters and a festive treats/cookies contest.
Check your emails for the link to RSVP.
Fri. Dec. 12th in BRB 14th Floor Lounge
Prizes for best holiday sweaters and a festive treats/cookies contest.
Check your emails for the link to RSVP.
Physiology & PMI Seminar
Monday, 11/17/2025 @ 3:00pm; CRB Austrian
Speaker: Gregory Alushin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University
Title: “Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the cytoskeleton”
Monday, 11/17/2025 @ 3:00pm; CRB Austrian
Speaker: Gregory Alushin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University
Title: “Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the cytoskeleton”
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Physiology & PMI Seminar
Monday, 11/17/2025 @ 3:00pm; CRB Austrian
Speaker: Gregory Alushin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University
Title: “Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the cytoskeleton”
Monday, 11/17/2025 @ 3:00pm; CRB Austrian
Speaker: Gregory Alushin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University
Title: “Visualizing cellular force-sensing through the cytoskeleton”
Physiology (@upennphysiology.bsky.social) Work-In-Progress Series (WIP)
10/13/2025 @ 3pm in CRB Austrian Auditorium
Julia Riley
PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Holzbaur Lab
Nicholas Palmer
PhD Candidate
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
Dominguez Lab
10/13/2025 @ 3pm in CRB Austrian Auditorium
Julia Riley
PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Holzbaur Lab
Nicholas Palmer
PhD Candidate
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
Dominguez Lab
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Physiology (@upennphysiology.bsky.social) Work-In-Progress Series (WIP)
10/13/2025 @ 3pm in CRB Austrian Auditorium
Julia Riley
PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Holzbaur Lab
Nicholas Palmer
PhD Candidate
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
Dominguez Lab
10/13/2025 @ 3pm in CRB Austrian Auditorium
Julia Riley
PhD Candidate
Neuroscience Graduate Group
Holzbaur Lab
Nicholas Palmer
PhD Candidate
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group
Dominguez Lab
Come join us for our PMI Winter Symposium 2025 on Fri. Dec. 5th!
Registration deadlines:
Deadline to be selected for a short talk: October 31 (selected individuals will be notified in early November)
Deadline for attendance-only registration: November 14
(hosting.med.upenn.edu/forms/pmi/vi...)
Registration deadlines:
Deadline to be selected for a short talk: October 31 (selected individuals will be notified in early November)
Deadline for attendance-only registration: November 14
(hosting.med.upenn.edu/forms/pmi/vi...)
October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Come join us for our PMI Winter Symposium 2025 on Fri. Dec. 5th!
Registration deadlines:
Deadline to be selected for a short talk: October 31 (selected individuals will be notified in early November)
Deadline for attendance-only registration: November 14
(hosting.med.upenn.edu/forms/pmi/vi...)
Registration deadlines:
Deadline to be selected for a short talk: October 31 (selected individuals will be notified in early November)
Deadline for attendance-only registration: November 14
(hosting.med.upenn.edu/forms/pmi/vi...)
Save the date for our next "science social" on Wed. Nov. 5th @ 3:30pm with a roundtable discussion.
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Save the date for our next "science social" on Wed. Nov. 5th @ 3:30pm with a roundtable discussion.
Physiology & PMI Seminar: At The Leading Edge
Monday, October 6, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Margo Emont, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
Title: “White adipocyte subpopulations: identification and relationship to metabolic state”
Monday, October 6, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Margo Emont, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
Title: “White adipocyte subpopulations: identification and relationship to metabolic state”
September 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Physiology & PMI Seminar: At The Leading Edge
Monday, October 6, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Margo Emont, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
Title: “White adipocyte subpopulations: identification and relationship to metabolic state”
Monday, October 6, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Margo Emont, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
Title: “White adipocyte subpopulations: identification and relationship to metabolic state”
Physiology & PMI Seminar
Monday, September 29, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Speaker: Nicolas Plachta, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Imaging how the mammalian embryo forms in real time”
Monday, September 29, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Speaker: Nicolas Plachta, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Imaging how the mammalian embryo forms in real time”
September 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Physiology & PMI Seminar
Monday, September 29, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Speaker: Nicolas Plachta, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Imaging how the mammalian embryo forms in real time”
Monday, September 29, 2025 @ 3:00pm
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Speaker: Nicolas Plachta, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “Imaging how the mammalian embryo forms in real time”
Thanks for joining us this past Monday, 9/8!
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thanks for joining us this past Monday, 9/8!
Back in the swing of things with our Monday afternoon @upennphysiology.bsky.social and @pennmuscle.bsky.social seminar series! See you at 3:00pm on Mondays in CRB!
September 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Back in the swing of things with our Monday afternoon @upennphysiology.bsky.social and @pennmuscle.bsky.social seminar series! See you at 3:00pm on Mondays in CRB!
Save the date for our PMI Winter Symposium on Fri. December 5th at Penn! Registration details coming soon.
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Save the date for our PMI Winter Symposium on Fri. December 5th at Penn! Registration details coming soon.
Join us next week (9/17) for our second "scientific elevator pitches" event to learn what our PMI trainees are working on & stay for snacks! A few more slots available for interested trainees to sign-up!
September 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join us next week (9/17) for our second "scientific elevator pitches" event to learn what our PMI trainees are working on & stay for snacks! A few more slots available for interested trainees to sign-up!
Save the date - Wed. 4/30!
April 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Save the date - Wed. 4/30!
See you on Monday at 3:00pm!
April 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
See you on Monday at 3:00pm!
See you on Thursday for the Spring 2025 PMI Symposium & Retreat!
Schedule, speaker bios, poster session details all here: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
Schedule, speaker bios, poster session details all here: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
See you on Thursday for the Spring 2025 PMI Symposium & Retreat!
Schedule, speaker bios, poster session details all here: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
Schedule, speaker bios, poster session details all here: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
Register today!
Only one week until the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute (@pennmuscle.bsky.social) Spring 2025 Symposium!
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
Registration & Details: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
Only one week until the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute (@pennmuscle.bsky.social) Spring 2025 Symposium!
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
Registration & Details: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
April 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Register today!
Only one week until the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute (@pennmuscle.bsky.social) Spring 2025 Symposium!
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
Registration & Details: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
Only one week until the Pennsylvania Muscle Institute (@pennmuscle.bsky.social) Spring 2025 Symposium!
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
Registration & Details: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events/s...
Save the date! Wed. May 30, 2025
2:00pm - “Optical Tweezers: Light and Live, Studied One Molecule at a Time” - Steve Block, PhD [BRB Gaulton Auditorium]
3:30pm - PMI Science Social [CRB 702]
2:00pm - “Optical Tweezers: Light and Live, Studied One Molecule at a Time” - Steve Block, PhD [BRB Gaulton Auditorium]
3:30pm - PMI Science Social [CRB 702]
April 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Save the date! Wed. May 30, 2025
2:00pm - “Optical Tweezers: Light and Live, Studied One Molecule at a Time” - Steve Block, PhD [BRB Gaulton Auditorium]
3:30pm - PMI Science Social [CRB 702]
2:00pm - “Optical Tweezers: Light and Live, Studied One Molecule at a Time” - Steve Block, PhD [BRB Gaulton Auditorium]
3:30pm - PMI Science Social [CRB 702]
Physiology and PMI Seminars coming up on Mon. 4/28 and Mon. 5/5!
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Physiology and PMI Seminars coming up on Mon. 4/28 and Mon. 5/5!
Last call for abstract submissions for the poster sessions at our upcoming Spring 2025 PMI Symposium and Retreat on Thursday, April 17th!
Abstracts deadline: April 7th
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
See you in a few weeks!
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
Abstracts deadline: April 7th
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
See you in a few weeks!
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
April 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Last call for abstract submissions for the poster sessions at our upcoming Spring 2025 PMI Symposium and Retreat on Thursday, April 17th!
Abstracts deadline: April 7th
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
See you in a few weeks!
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
Abstracts deadline: April 7th
Attendance-only registration deadline: April 14th
See you in a few weeks!
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
Registration is now open for the Spring 2025 PMI Symposium: "From Molecules to Movement: Cytoskeletal Insights into Muscle Function and Neuronal Health."
All are welcome and encouraged to submit abstracts.
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
All are welcome and encouraged to submit abstracts.
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
January 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Registration is now open for the Spring 2025 PMI Symposium: "From Molecules to Movement: Cytoskeletal Insights into Muscle Function and Neuronal Health."
All are welcome and encouraged to submit abstracts.
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
All are welcome and encouraged to submit abstracts.
Registration & Details: bit.ly/PMISpring2025
Save the date:
BBCB Thesis Defense: Kyle Barrie
“Structural bases for regulation of actin filament ends by diverse factors”
Advisor: Roberto Dominguez, PhD
Friday, February 7, 2025
1:00pm, Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium
BBCB Thesis Defense: Kyle Barrie
“Structural bases for regulation of actin filament ends by diverse factors”
Advisor: Roberto Dominguez, PhD
Friday, February 7, 2025
1:00pm, Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Save the date:
BBCB Thesis Defense: Kyle Barrie
“Structural bases for regulation of actin filament ends by diverse factors”
Advisor: Roberto Dominguez, PhD
Friday, February 7, 2025
1:00pm, Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium
BBCB Thesis Defense: Kyle Barrie
“Structural bases for regulation of actin filament ends by diverse factors”
Advisor: Roberto Dominguez, PhD
Friday, February 7, 2025
1:00pm, Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium
This week - Thursday, 12/12: @upennphysiology.bsky.social
& @pennmuscle.bsky.social Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Colin
Title: “Dynamic and scaling of competitive actin architectures”
Cookies/coffee at 2:45pm!
& @pennmuscle.bsky.social Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Colin
Title: “Dynamic and scaling of competitive actin architectures”
Cookies/coffee at 2:45pm!
December 11, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This week - Thursday, 12/12: @upennphysiology.bsky.social
& @pennmuscle.bsky.social Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Colin
Title: “Dynamic and scaling of competitive actin architectures”
Cookies/coffee at 2:45pm!
& @pennmuscle.bsky.social Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Colin
Title: “Dynamic and scaling of competitive actin architectures”
Cookies/coffee at 2:45pm!
Save the date for our 2024-2025 Annual PMI Symposium and Retreat!
This will be an all-day event on Thursday, April 17, 2025, held at the University of Pennsylvania. More details and registration to come.
This will be an all-day event on Thursday, April 17, 2025, held at the University of Pennsylvania. More details and registration to come.
December 11, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Save the date for our 2024-2025 Annual PMI Symposium and Retreat!
This will be an all-day event on Thursday, April 17, 2025, held at the University of Pennsylvania. More details and registration to come.
This will be an all-day event on Thursday, April 17, 2025, held at the University of Pennsylvania. More details and registration to come.