Darl R Swartz

Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences

Department: Animal Sciences
Phone: 765.494.8282
Fax: 765.494.6816
Office: SMTH 174F
E-mail: drswartz@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Muscle Biology

Education: B.S., Purdue University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Visiting Scientist: Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Research Program

Teaching

ANSC 35100 - Meat Science
ANSC 35101 - Meat Science Laboratory
ANSC 55100 - Muscle Development, Physiology, and Chemistry

- Recent Publications

Swartz, D. R., M. L. Greaser, & M. C. Cantino (2009). Muscle Structure and Function. Applied Muscle Biology and Meat Science (1-45). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Yang, Z., M. Yamazaki, Q. Shen, & D. R. Swartz (2009). Differences between cardiac and skeletal troponin interaction with the thin filament probed by Tn exchange in skeletal myofibrils. Biophysical Journal, 97, 183-194.

Shen, Q., & D. R. Swartz (2009). Influence of salt and pyrophosphate on bovine fast and slow myosin S1 dissociation from actin. Meat Science.

Pearson, D. S., D. R. Swartz, & M. A. Geeves (2008). Fast pressure jumps can perturb calcium and magnesium binding to troponin C F29W. Biochemistry, 47, 12146-12158.

Greaser, M. L., & D. R. Swartz (2008). High efficiency blotting of high-molecular weight proteins. Methods in Molecular Biology (pp). Humana Press.

Swartz, D. R. (2006). Signal Transduction Along Skeletal Myofibrillar Thin Filaments. The Journal of Molecular Biology.