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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

  • 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) : 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) : 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) : 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) : 1879 -1893 2014
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  • Head, SI, Houweling, PJ, Chan, S, Chen, G, Hardeman, EC. Properties of regenerated mouse extensor digitorum longus muscle following notexin injury. Experimental Physiology 99(4) : 664 -674 2014
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