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Role Team Leader / Senior Research Officer
Research area Genomic Medicine

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Available for student supervision
Dr Peter Houweling is a Team leader and senior research officer in the Muscle Research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney and post-doctoral appointments at the Children’s Hospital Westmead, before moving the MCRI in 2013.

He has almost 15 years of experience in the laboratory where he is working to understand the impact of genetic variants on skeletal muscle performance in health and disease.

His Team now focuses on using stem cells to model and test new treatments for patients with genetic muscle diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and other congenital muscular dystrophies.
Dr Peter Houweling is a Team leader and senior research officer in the Muscle Research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney and post-doctoral appointments at the Children’s...
Dr Peter Houweling is a Team leader and senior research officer in the Muscle Research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI). He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney and post-doctoral appointments at the Children’s Hospital Westmead, before moving the MCRI in 2013.

He has almost 15 years of experience in the laboratory where he is working to understand the impact of genetic variants on skeletal muscle performance in health and disease.

His Team now focuses on using stem cells to model and test new treatments for patients with genetic muscle diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and other congenital muscular dystrophies.

Top Publications

  • Girgis, CM, Cha, KM, So, B, Tsang, M, Chen, J, Houweling, PJ, Schindeler, A, Stokes, R, Swarbrick, MM, Evesson, FJ, et al. Mice with myocyte deletion of vitamin D receptor have sarcopenia and impaired muscle function. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 10(6) : 1228 -1240 2019
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  • Seto, JT, Garton, FC, North, KN, Houweling, PJ. ΑLpha-Actinin-3’s Role in the Genetic Control of Muscle Strength and Performance. 323 -343 2019
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  • Del Coso, J, Hiam, D, Houweling, P, Pérez, LM, Eynon, N, Lucía, A. More than a ‘speed gene’: ACTN3 R577X genotype, trainability, muscle damage, and the risk for injuries. European Journal of Applied Physiology 119(1) : 49 -60 2019
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  • Houweling, PJ, Papadimitriou, ID, Seto, JT, Pérez, LM, Del Coso, J, North, KN, Lucia, A, Eynon, N. Is evolutionary loss our gain? The role of ACTN3 p.Arg577Ter (R577X) genotype in athletic performance, ageing, and disease. Human Mutation 39(12) : 1774 -1787 2018
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  • Papadimitriou, ID, Lockey, SJ, Voisin, S, Herbert, AJ, Garton, F, Houweling, PJ, Cieszczyk, P, Maciejewska-Skrendo, A, Sawczuk, M, Massidda, M, et al. No association between ACTN3 R577X and ACE I/D polymorphisms and endurance running times in 698 Caucasian athletes. BMC Genomics 19(1) : 13 2018
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