Donald A. Winkelmann

Heart Failure / Cardiomyopathy

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

About

Donald A. Winkelmann works in Heart Failure / Cardiomyopathy affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Donald A. Winkelmann is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University. His research centers on the structure, assembly, and function of the protein myosin, with applications to muscle physiology and cardiac conditions. He has held prior affiliations with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Research focus

Cardiac myosin motor mechanismsHypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutationsMyosin-actin interactions and force generationSingle-molecule mechanics of cardiac myosinDrug modulation of cardiac myosin (e.g., mavacamten)

Impact

79 pubs · 5,451 cites · h-index 31

Training

PhD Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1980
BS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Affiliations

Work Experience

Professor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University

Associate Professor of Pathology

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