Staff profile

Dr Travis Dutka

Research Fellow and teaching assistant

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Life Sciences
Department of Zoology

Biological Sciences Building 1, Room 342, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc(Hons), PhD (La Trobe)

Membership of professional associations

Member of Australian Physiological Society, Member of the American Physiological Society, Member of MyoNaK Society, Grant assessor for NH&MRC

Area of study

Zoology

Teaching units

ZOO3EPB - Heron Island Field Course; Lecturer

ZOO3EPB - Physiology of Excitable Tissues; Lecturer

ZOO2APH - Animal Physiology; Demonstrator

ZOO3EPA/C - Moving into Metabolism; Demonstrator

MED3NIC - Medical Science - Neuromuscular disorders; Demonstrator

Recent publications

Dutka TL, Verburg E, Larkins N, Hortemo KH, Lunde PK, Sejersted OM, Lamb GD. (2012). ROS-mediated decline in maximum Ca2+-activated force in rat skeletal muscle fibers following in vitro and in vivo stimulation. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0035226

Dutka TL, Lamboley CR, McKenna MJ, Murphy RM, Lamb GD. (2012). Effects of carnosine on contractile apparatus Ca²⁺ sensitivity and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ release in human skeletal muscle fibers. J Appl Physiol. Mar;112(5):728-36.

Mollica JP, Dutka TL, Merry TL, Lamboley CR, McConell GK, McKenna MJ, Murphy RM, Lamb GD.  (2012) S-glutathionylation of troponin I (fast) increases contractile apparatus Ca2+ sensitivity in fast-twitch muscle fibres of rats and humans. J Physiol. Mar 15;590(Pt 6):1443-63.

Dutka TL, Mollica JP, Posterino GS, Lamb GD. (2011). Modulation of contractile apparatus Ca2+-sensivitivity and disruption of excitation-contraction coupling by S-nitrosoglutathione in rat muscle fibres. J Physiol. May 1;589(Pt 9):2181-96.

Dutka TL, Mollica JP, Lamb GD. (2011). Differential effects of peroxynitrite on contractile protein properties in fast- and slow-twitch skeletal muscle fibers of rat. J Appl Physiol. Mar;110(3):705-16.

Murphy RM, Dutka TL, Lamb GD. (2008). Hydroxyl radical and glutathione interactions alter calcium sensitivity and maximum force of the contractile apparatus in rat skeletal muscle fibres. J Physiol. Apr 15;586(8):2203-16.

Dutka TL, Murphy RM, Stephenson DG & Lamb GD. (2008).Chloride Conductance in the Transverse Tubular System of Rat Skeletal Muscle Fibres: Importance in Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Fatigue. J Physiol.  Feb 1;586(3):875-87.

Dutka TL & Lamb GD (2007). Transverse tubular system depolarization reduces tetanic force in rat skeletal muscle fibers by impairing action potential repriming. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 292, C2112-2121.  

Dutka TL & Lamb GD. (2007). Preferential ATP usage by T-system Na+/K+-ATPase of mammalian skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 293, C967-77.

Verburg E, Dutka TL & Lamb GD. (2006). Long-lasting muscle fatigue: partial disruption of excitation-contraction coupling by elevated cytosolic Ca2+ concentration during contractions. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. Apr;290(4):C1199-208.  

Dutka TL, Cole L and Lamb GD. (2005). Calcium-phosphate precipitation in the sarcoplasmic reticulum reduces action potential-mediated Ca2+ release in mammalian skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology, 289, C1502-1512  

Dutka TL and Lamb,GD. (2004). Effect of carnosine on excitation-contraction coupling in mechanically-skinned rat skeletal muscle. J Mus Res Cell Motil, 25, 203-213,  

Dutka TL and Lamb GD. (2004). Effect of low cytoplasmic [ATP] on excitation-contraction coupling in fast-twitch muscle fibres of the rat. J Physiol.  Oct 15;560(Pt 2):451-68.

Posterino GS, Dutka TL, Lamb GD. (2001). L(+)-lactate does not affect twitch and tetanic responses in mechanically skinned mammalian muscle fibres. Pflugers Arch. May;442(2):197-203.

Dutka TL, Lamb GD. (2001). Effect of lactate on depolarization-induced Ca(2+) release in mechanically skinned skeletal muscle fibers. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. Mar;278(3):C517-25.

Conference presentations

  • Gage conference, Canberra (2012). Invited Speaker
  • AuPS Perth (2011). Poster
  • Gage conference, Canberra (2010). Speaker
  • AuPS Adelaide (2010). Invited speaker 
  • Exercise, Metabolism & Muscle Conference, Melbourne (2009). Invited Speaker
  • Biennial Internatonal MyoNaK Conference, Palm Cove (2009). Speaker
  • AuPS, Conference, Melbourne (2008) Speaker
  • AuPS/ASB Conference, Newcastle (2007) Poster
  • ComBio2006, Brisbane (2006) Poster
  • MEG, Melbourne VUT (2006) Speaker
  • AuPS/ASB Conference, Canberra (2005). Invited Speaker
  • NHMRC International Congress in Sydney (2004). Speaker
  • APPS, University of Sydney, Sydney (2003). Speaker
  • NHMRC International Congress in Melbourne (2002). Poster (CEPP best poster award)
  • IUPS 34th International congress, Christchurch (2001). Poster
  • IUPS satellite conference, Heron Island, QLD (2001). Poster
  • AuPS Melbourne, RMIT (2000). Speaker
  • Curtain conference, Canberra (2000). Speaker