Leah Sheridan
Lecturer
- Postdoctoral training: Diabetes, Univ. Colorado, Denver
- Postdoctoral training: Physiology, Univ. Colorado, Denver
- Ph. D.: Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- M.S.: Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- B.S.: Biology, Marquette University, Wisconsin
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Academic Awards and Professional Honors
- 2002: NRSA Cardiovascular Research Fellow
- 2003: Cremer Fellowship
- 2003: Henry Vilas Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School
- 2008: JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship
Publications
- Carbonneau, L., Bhattacharya, D., Cheng, W., Sheridan, D.C., Coronado, R. 2005. Multiple loops of the dihydropyridine receptor pore subunit are required for full-scale excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle. Biophysical Journal 89, 243-255.
- Coronado, R., Ahern, C.A., Sheridan, D.C., Cheng, W., Carbonneau, L., Bhattacharya, D. 2004. Functional equivalence of dihydropyridine receptor alpha1S and beta1a subunits in triggering excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle. Biological Research 37(4), 565-575.
- Sheridan, D.C., Cheng, W., Carbonneau, L., Ahern, C.A., Coronado, R. 2004. Involvement of a heptad repeat in the carboxyl-terminus of the dihydropyridine receptor beta1a subunit in the mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle. Biophysical Journal 87, 1-14.
- Sheridan, D.C., Carbonneau, L., Ahern, C.A., Nataraj, P., Coronado, R. 2003. Ca2+ dependent excitation-contraction coupling triggered by the heterologous cardiac/brain DHPR beta2a subunit in skeletal muscle. Biophysical Journal 85, 3739-3757.
