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Robert T. Dirksen, Ph.D.

Robert T. Dirksen, Ph.D.

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 711
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: (585) 275-4824
Lab: (585) 273-2169
Fax: (585) 273-2652

Bio

Dr. Dirksen's biographical information is not currently available.

Awards & Honors

Graduate Student Society Faculty Mentoring Award 2002

Recent Journal Articles

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Loy RE, Orynbayev M, Xu L, Andronache Z, Apostol S, Zvaritch E, MacLennan DH, Meissner G, Melzer W, Dirksen RT. "Muscle weakness in Ryr1I4895T/WT knock-in mice as a result of reduced ryanodine receptor Ca2+ ion permeation and release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum." The Journal of general physiology. 2011; 137(1):43-57. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
Tae H, Wei L, Willemse H, Mirza S, Gallant EM, Board PG, Dirksen RT, Casarotto MG, Dulhunty A. "The elusive role of the SPRY2 domain in RyR1." Channels (Austin, Tex.). 2011; 5(2):148-60. Epub 2011 Mar 01.
Dirksen RT, Pugh EN. "Emerging questions about the macromolecular machines of muscle." The Journal of general physiology. 2010; 136(1):3-5.
Ryu SY, Beutner G, Dirksen RT, Kinnally KW, Sheu SS. "Mitochondrial ryanodine receptors and other mitochondrial Ca2+ permeable channels." FEBS letters. 2010; 584(10):1948-55. Epub 2010 Jan 21.
Zhou H, Lillis S, Loy RE, Ghassemi F, Rose MR, Norwood F, Mills K, Al-Sarraj S, Lane RJ, Feng L, Matthews E, Sewry CA, Abbs S, Buk S, Hanna M, Treves S, Dirksen RT, Meissner G, Muntoni F, Jungbluth H. "Multi-minicore disease and atypical periodic paralysis associated with novel mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene." Neuromuscular disorders : NMD. 2010; 20(3):166-73. Epub 2010 Jan 18.

Current Appointments

Professor - Department of Pharmacology and Physiology (SMD) - Primary

Education

PhD | Pharmacology | University of Rochester1991
MS | Pharmacology | University of Rochester1988
BS | Biology | University of Notre Dame1985