Svetlana B. Tikunova

Svetlana B. Tikunova studies the molecular basis of muscle contraction, focusing on how calcium-binding proteins like troponin C and calmodulin regulate heart and skeletal muscle function. Her work combines structural biology, computational screening, and mutation studies to identify small molecules that could adjust calcium sensitivity in muscle, with relevance to heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Prospective students would likely engage with biochemistry, biophysics, and drug-discovery approaches applied to cardiac and skeletal muscle proteins.

Publication output has been variable but generally steady over the last decade, with recurring active years (e.g., 2018, 2022, 2023) interspersed with lower-output years (2021, 2024), and no clear long-term upward or downward trend.

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