Michael Ryan Hicks

Michael Ryan Hicks, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine. His research focuses on extracellular matrix (ECM) biology, muscle regeneration, and cell-ECM interactions.

Research Trends: His work utilizes on-slide decellularization to study fibrotic barriers in skeletal muscle regeneration, with emphasis on laminin remodeling, collagen crosslinking, and integrin α7 expression. Proteomics and biomechanical analysis reveal compensatory ECM mechanisms in dystrophic muscle.

Grants:

• R01 AR048179/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS
• S10 OD021641/OD/NIH HHS
• T32 AR065972/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS