Elisabeth Barton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Contact Information Phone: 215-573-0887 Fax: 215-573-3834 Email: erbarton@biochem.dental.upenn.edu Web: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Cell and Molecular Biology

Training:

• Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, B.A., Biophysics, 1987
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Ph.D. Physiology & Biophysics, 1996

Research Interests:
Dr. Barton is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. She has been a member of the Penn Dental Medicine faculty since 2003. Her research interests focus on muscle physiology, where she is studying mechanisms of muscle repair and mechanical signal transduction through membrane complexes. The ultimate goal is to develop therapies which can aid in muscle disease. Dr. Barton is the course director for the physiology course at Penn Dental Medicine and also teaches in histology.

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