Techniques

The Integrative Muscle Physiology Lab utilizes techniques appropriate for pre-clinical, translational, and clinical research.

 

Assays range from biochemical analysis to biomechanical studies of individual cells, muscle fibers, and isolated hearts, to in vivo studies.  Here’s a (not comprehensive) list of some of the techniques we use:

• SDS-PAGE
• SDS-VAGE (for titin)
• Western Blotting
• PCR Genotyping
• qRT-PCR
• Histology
• Cardiomyocyte Mechanics
• Muscle Fiber Mechanics
• Isolated Heart Mechanics
• Cardiac Catherization
• Echocardiography/General Ultrasound
• Feed-back Control (using SLControl)
• Computational Modeling (using Myosim)