HBA-USA members that conduct "Muscle research"


- Neuromuscular research

Maria Knikou
City University of New York and Northwestern University, Associate Professor, Research Scientist
My research is currently focused on investigating the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying recovery of walking in people with spinal cord injury and cortical
control of spinal neural circuits
knikou@mail.csi.cuny.edu; m-knikou@northwestern.edu

Nicholas Sperelakis
Univ. of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Professor & Chairman Emeritus
Propagation of excitation in cardiac muscles & smooth muscles; Regulation of Ca++ slow ion channels in muscles;  Developmental changes in ion channels in the heart
nicholas.sperelakis@uc.edu


- Muscle & Pericyte development

Stylianos P. Scordilis
Smith College, Professor of Biological Sciences
Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Physiology
sscordil@science.smith.edu



- Cardiac Muscle

Arthur C. Cosmas
University of Connecticut, University of RI, Professor emeritus, Adjunct Professor
Chronic, sustained hypertension and progression to heart failure
drcoz@comcast.net

David G Kalergis
Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC, CEO
Developing novel small molecules for the treatment of hypoxia related to ischemic conditions
dkalergis@diffusionpharma.com

Maria Irene Kontaridis
Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Understanding the signaling pathways that mediate cardiac developmental processes may reveal important clues into the cellular and molecular pathogenesis of heart
disease. Specifically, we want to understand how protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) relate to cardiac development and disease. Our lab's research efforts focus on
developmental biology, in vivo analysis of in mouse systems, including disease models, and cardiac biology and stem cell research using primary cultures. Currently,
we are studying mouse models in which we can assess the molecular pathogenesis of the cardiac defects associated with Noonan (NS) and LEOPARD (LS)
Syndromes, pediatric disorders both attributed primarily to mutations in Shp2, the SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase
mkontari@bidmc.harvard.edu

Stephanos Pavlides
Thomas Jefferson University, PhD candidate
Animal Science, Metabolic Diseases, Pulmonary Diseases, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Muscle research, Pharmacology
spavlidescy@gmail.com


- Other

Ioannis Grammatikakis
Baylor College of Medicine, PhD candidate
Muscle research, eukaryotic mRNA processing
grammati@bcm.edu
Hellenic Bioscientific Association in the USA
HBA-USA