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
Kreissl, M, Sandaradura, SA, Dowling, JJ, Kostyukova, AS, Moroz, N, Quinlan, KG, Lehtokari, V, Ravenscroft, G, Todd, EJ, Ceyhan-Birsoy, O, et al.
G.O.2 Mutations in LMOD3 cause severe nemaline myopathy by disrupting thin filament organisation in skeletal muscle.
Neuromuscular Disorders
24(9-10)
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792 -793
2014
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Girgis, CM, Mokbel, N, Cha, KM, Houweling, PJ, Abboud, M, Fraser, DR, Mason, RS, Clifton-Bligh, RJ, Gunton, JE.
The Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) Is Expressed in Skeletal Muscle of Male Mice and Modulates 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) Uptake in Myofibers.
Endocrinology
155(9)
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3227 -3237
2014
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Girgis, CM, Mokbel, N, Cha, KM, Houweling, PJ, Abboud, M, Fraser, DR, Mason, RS, Clifton-Bligh, RJ, Gunton, JE.
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed in skeletal muscle of male mice and modulates 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) uptake in myofibers..
Endocrinology
155(9)
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3227 -3237
2014
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Garton, FC, Seto, JT, Quinlan, KGR, Yang, N, Houweling, PJ, North, KN.
α-Actinin-3 deficiency alters muscle adaptation in response to denervation and immobilization.
Human Molecular Genetics
23(7)
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1879 -1893
2014
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