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The Muscle Growth and Repair Group is led by Professor Simon M Hughes.

The main aim of the Hughes group is to increase fundamental understanding of tissue assembly using striated muscle as a model system. We believe that a clear understanding of tissue formation in simple model systems may reveal general principles governing tissue growth and form throughout the animal world. The Muscle Growth and Repair Group investigates the cell biology of muscle tissue development in vivo and the patterning, growth and repair of skeletal and cardiac muscle using the latest molecular genetic techniques.

Overall, we are motivated to make fundamental scientific advances that have real-world applications in population health, medicine, sport, agriculture and aquaculture.

Current PhD students:

Publications

    Past group members

    Past postdocs

    • Elisabeth Ehler
    • Lesley Robson
    • Xiaopeng Li
    • Stéphanie Bayol
    • Richard Hampson
    • Andrew Brack
    • Marion Schuierer
    • Chris Martin
    • Chris Mann
    • Jonathon Leslie
    • Orli Yogev
    • Fernanda Bajanca
    • Yaniv Hinits
    • Husam Hebaishi
    • Giorgia Bergamin
    • Roberta Da Costa Escaleira
    • Seetaramaiah Attili
    • Vladimir Snetkov
    • Massimo Ganassi

    Past PhD students

    • Jonathon Blake
    • Chris Blagden
    • Sophie Chargé
    • Julie Groves
    • Christina Hammond
    • Daniel Osborn
    • James Minchin
    • Jana Koth
    • Shukolpa Roy
    • Duvaraka Kulaveerasingam
    • Mike Attwaters
    • Abbi Hau
    • Vikki Williams-Ward

    Publications

      Past group members

      Past postdocs

      • Elisabeth Ehler
      • Lesley Robson
      • Xiaopeng Li
      • Stéphanie Bayol
      • Richard Hampson
      • Andrew Brack
      • Marion Schuierer
      • Chris Martin
      • Chris Mann
      • Jonathon Leslie
      • Orli Yogev
      • Fernanda Bajanca
      • Yaniv Hinits
      • Husam Hebaishi
      • Giorgia Bergamin
      • Roberta Da Costa Escaleira
      • Seetaramaiah Attili
      • Vladimir Snetkov
      • Massimo Ganassi

      Past PhD students

      • Jonathon Blake
      • Chris Blagden
      • Sophie Chargé
      • Julie Groves
      • Christina Hammond
      • Daniel Osborn
      • James Minchin
      • Jana Koth
      • Shukolpa Roy
      • Duvaraka Kulaveerasingam
      • Mike Attwaters
      • Abbi Hau
      • Vikki Williams-Ward

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      Medical Research Council

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      British Heart Foundation

      Muscular Dystrophy

      Muscular Dystrophy UK