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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/

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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Year 3 of our annual PMI Scientific Elevator Pitches event! Check your emails for info or read about it on our website: www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/event/an...
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At The Leading Edge - Physiology & PMI Seminar - Oct. 5 at 3:00pm, RRB Austrian Speaker: Vidhya Rangaraju, Ph.D., Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) Title: Molecular and Structural Adaptations of Brain Energy Supply
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PMI Special Seminar on Mon. 10/5/2026 at 11:00am in KRB 253. Speaker: Henry N. Higgs, PhD; Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College Title: The Actinome: Coordinated Control of Transient Organelle-Associated Actin Dynamics
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At The Leading Edge - Physiology & PMI Seminar - Nov. 2 at 3:00pm, RRB Austrian Speaker: Xiaoyu Shi, Ph.D.; University of California, Irvine Title: Bright and fast expansion microscopy for ultrastructure imaging of cells and tissues
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Physiology & PMI Seminar - Oct. 26 at 3:00pm, RRB Austrian Speaker: Jawdat Al-Bassam Ph.D.; University of California, Davis Title: Structural Basis for Regulation of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton: From Tubulin Biogenesis to Microtubule Dynamics and Motility
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At The Leading Edge - Physiology & PMI Seminar - Oct. 5 at 3:00pm, RRB Austrian Speaker: Vidhya Rangaraju, Ph.D., Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) Title: Molecular and Structural Adaptations of Brain Energy Supply
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Department of Physiology and PMI Seminar Series 2026-2027 Mondays at 3:00pm in RRB Austrian Auditorium www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events-i...
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PMI Special Seminar on Mon. 10/5/2026 at 11:00am in KRB 253. Speaker: Henry N. Higgs, PhD; Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College Title: The Actinome: Coordinated Control of Transient Organelle-Associated Actin Dynamics
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Physiology & PMI Seminar - Sept. 14 at 3:00pm, RRB Austrian Speaker: Benjamin L. Prosser, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Title: Cytoskeletal Control of Directed Cardiac Growth
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Save the dates for upcoming PMI Special Events! 10/5/2026: PMI Special Seminar with Dr. Henry Higgs 10/14/2026: Annual PMI Scientific Elevator Pitches 11/17/2026: CELL and PMI panel discussion on non-R1 careers 12/18/2026: Annual PMI Holiday Party 2/19/2027: PMI Symposium and Retreat 2027
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Physiology/PMI/ATLE Seminar Monday, 4/13/2026 3:00pm - RRB (CRB) Austrian Auditorium Speaker: Magdalena Bezanilla, PhD, Professor, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth Title: Spatial and temporal calcium signaling events separately regulate cellular morphogenesis
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Please save the date and join us for a roundtable on New Tools for Moving Science Forward: Leveraging Biotechnology in Basic Research! Wed. May 13th from 3:00-5:00pm in RRB (CR) 702. www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events-i...
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
PMI events are up and running for the semester. Will we see you at a PMI/Physiology seminar or journal club meeting? Stay tuned for PMI Science Social dates to be announced! www.med.upenn.edu/pmi/events-i...
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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.
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Looking forward to Friday's full-day of science!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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.
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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”
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
See you on Monday @ 3pm!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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...)
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Save the date for our next "science social" on Wed. Nov. 5th @ 3:30pm with a roundtable discussion.
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
See you tomorrow afternoon!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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”
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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”
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Thanks for joining us this past Monday, 9/8!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Save the date for our PMI Winter Symposium on Fri. December 5th at Penn! Registration details coming soon.
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Save the date - Wed. 4/30!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
See you on Monday at 3:00pm!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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...
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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...
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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]
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Physiology and PMI Seminars coming up on Mon. 4/28 and Mon. 5/5!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
See you on Monday, 4/7!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Save the date!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
See you on Monday, 3/24, for our next Physiology/PMI seminar!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Reminder to register and submit your abstract by March 31st to be considered for a short talk!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
See you on 2/24!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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” Friday February 7, 2025 at 1:00pm
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
See you on Monday, Feb. 3th at 2:45pm for cookies and coffee before his talk.
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Thanks for coming to this seminar on 1/27!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Save the date and see you in 2025!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Spring dates for our @upennphysiology.bsky.social & @pennmuscle.bsky.social seminar series are here! Save the dates!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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!
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Pennsylvania Muscle Institute @pennmuscle.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
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.
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