Dr Victoria McAneany from the RSCI, Dublin will deliver a seminar on her research entitled "Rapid Actions of Aldosterone in the Renal Cortical Collecting Duct -From Receptor to Effector”
Smooth Muscle Research Centre
Smooth muscle is a major constituent of the internal muscular organs of the body including blood and lymphatic vessels and the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts. It contains similar contractile elements to skeletal and cardiac muscle but their organisation and mode of activation are quite different. Contractions of smooth muscle are either phasic (rapid single contractions which are usually concerned with fluid propulsion) or tonic (slow sustained contractions usually concerned with varying resistance to flow or control of sphincters).
The main aim of our research is to elucidate the ionic basis of excitation and the way in which calcium levels are controlled in smooth muscle cells. The results of these studies will help us understand the initiation and modulation of contraction in vascular (arteriolar and lymphatic) gastrointestinal and urinary tract smooth muscle.
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We currently have 6 PhD students and 5 postdoctoral fellows working in our group on a wide variety of projects. If you are keen to do a PhD in Physiology with the Smooth Muscle Group then why not email us supplying the following details
The Smooth Muscle Group at Dundalk Institute of Technology represents the largest group of researchers studying the physiology and electrophysiology of smooth muscle in Ireland and the UK. We have more than 3 decades experience in this area and have, in the last 10 years, concentrated on examining the ionic mechanisms underlying and modulating contractile activity in tissues as diverse as lymphatic, urogenital, erectile, gastric and cardiovascular smooth muscles from a variety of species including humans......
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