Research Interests:

     - Molecular mechanisms in skeletal muscle fatigue

Selected Publications:

M. Stewart, K. Franks-Skiba and R. Cooke.  The Effect of Myosin Phosphorylation and the Myosin Inhibitor Blebbistatin on Shortening Velocities in Rabbit Psoas Muscle Fibres Poster presentation Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, February 2008, La Jolla, California. (2008)

M. Stewart, K. Franks-Skiba and R. Cooke.  The Effect of Myosin Phosphorylation and the Myosin Inhibitor Blebbistatin on Shortening Velocities in Rabbit Psoas Muscle Fibres Poster presentation Department of Biochemistry and CVRI, Granlibakken, NV (2007)

M. Stewart, K. Franks-Skiba and R. Cooke.  The Effect of Myosin Phosphorylation and the Myosin Inhibitor Blebbistatin on Shortening Velocities in Rabbit Psoas Muscle Fibres Poster presentation Department of Biophysics, Monterey (2007)

M. Stewart.  Fatty acids and the regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity University of California San Francisco, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, February 2007

M. Stewart. Myosin phosphorylation and blebbistatin and their effects on muscle physiology in skeletal muscle.  Presenting poster at the Gordon Research Conference Muscle & Molecular Motors Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH June 29, 2008 to July 4, 2008