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Friedman Faculty - Leavis
Paul Leavis
Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Associate Professor, Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Senior Scientist, Boston Biomedical Research Institute

Education:
  • Ph.D. in Physiology, Tufts University
  • B.S. in Biology, University of Notre Dame
Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 742-2010
Email: 
leavis@bbri.org
Research
General Research: 

Protein-protein interactions in thin filament regulation of skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction

Select Recent Publications
Gallant C, Appel S, Graceffa P, Leavis PC, Jung-Ching J, Gunning PW, et al. Tropomyosin variants describe distinct functional subcellular domains in differentiated vascular smooth muscle cells. American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. 2011. Abstract
Kim HR, Leavis PC, Graceffa P, Gallant C, Morgan KG. A new method for direct detection of the sites of actin polymerization in intact cells and its application to differentiated vascular smooth muscle. American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. 2010;299:C988-993. Abstract
Rebowski G, Namgoong S, Boczkowska M, Leavis PC, Navaza J, Dominguez R. Structure of a longitudinal actin dimer assembled by tandem w domains: implications for actin filament nucleation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 2010;403:11-23. Abstract
Kim HR, Gallant C, Leavis PC, Gunst SJ, Morgan KG. Cytoskeletal remodeling in differentiated vascular smooth muscle is actin isoform dependent and stimulus dependent. American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. 2008;295:C768-778. Abstract
Ramos MP, Rueda BR, Leavis PC, Gonzalez. Leptin serves as an upstream activator of an obligatory signaling cascade in the embryo-implantation process. Endocrinology. 2005;146:694-701. Abstract