Center for Muscle Biology

Quick facts

Leadership

• Director - Karyn Esser
   
  
• Co-Director - Charlotte Peterson
   
  
• Executive Committee Members - Ken Campbell, Karyn Esser, Abhijit Patwardan, and Gerald Supinski
   
  

Members

• 35 Regular Members
   
  
• 3 Associate Members
   
  
• 10 Departments
  ( Animal and Food Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology, Internal Medicine, Kinesiology and Health Promotion, Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, Neurology, Physiology, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Surgery .)
   
  
• 3 Graduate Centers
  ( Biomedical Engineering, Gerontology, and Toxicology .)
   
  
• 11 University of Kentucky Colleges
  ( Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Medicine, Public Health, and Public Health .)
   
  

Funding

• 31 active NIH grants
   
  
• 27 completed NIH grants
   
  
• ~$25,000,000 income (direct costs) from NIH Institutes
   
  

Research

• More than 130 publications since 2004.
   
  
• More than 50 ongoing projects