Publications

Salinas TM, Tornes L, Solís C (2026) Laboratory Inventory Management Engine (LIME): A free tool for managing laboratory inventories via barcode scanning and automatic cloud-based spreadsheet integration. PLoS One 21(5): e0336412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336412

🍋‍🟩LIME is available on GitHub | 📰 News article from FSU | 🗞️ Kudos article

Tigro H, Childers MC, Regnier M, Solís C. In silico conformational dynamics of the α-actinin-2 actin-binding domain upon phosphorylation. Biophys J. 2026 Feb 25:S0006-3495(26)00155-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2026.02.035. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41755424. https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(26)00155-4

Coscarella, I. L., Usman, O. H., Wang, L., Landim-Vieira, M., Wirstiuk, L., Brown, A. N., Zorio, D. A. R., Washburn, B. K., Vied, C., Knollmann, B. C., Solís, C., Galkin, V. E., Chase, P. B., Hinson, J. T., Irianto, J., & Pinto, J. R. (2025). Phenotype specific nuclear lamina remodeling in hiPSC derived cardiomyocytes bearing TNNT2 sarcomeric variants. iScience, 28(12), 113901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113901

Crawford, R. Q., Tigro, H., & Solís, C. (2025). What frozen human hearts can tell us about treating heart failure. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 328(1), H1–H2. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00758.2024

Munoz, M., Solis, C., McCann, M., Park, J., Rafael-Clyke, K., Chowdhury, S. A. K., Jiang, Y., & Rosas, P. C. (2025). P21-activated kinase-1 signaling is required to preserve adipose tissue homeostasis and cardiac function. Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 480(1), 249–263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-024-04968-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-024-04968-4

Rawat, V., DeLear, P., Prashanth, P., Ozgurses, M. E., Tebeje, A., Burns, P. A., Conger, K. O., Solís, C., Hasnain, Y., Novikova, A., Endress, J. E., González-Sánchez, P., Dong, W., Stephanopoulos, G., DeNicola, G. M., Harris, I., Sept, D., Mason, F. M., & Coloff, J. L. (2024). Drug screening in human physiologic medium identifies uric acid as an inhibitor of rigosertib efficacy. JCI insight, e174329. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.174329

Chaves, G., Rodríguez-Corrales, J. Á., & Solís, C. (2022). Editorial for ‘Issue focus on 2nd Costa Rica biophysics symposium – March 11th-12th, 2021’. Biophysical reviews, 14(2), 545–548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-022-00947-5

Dittloff, K. T., Spanghero, E., Solís, C., Banach, K., & Russell, B. (2022). Transthyretin deposition alters cardiomyocyte sarcomeric architecture, calcium transients, and contractile force. Physiological reports, 10(5), e15207. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15207

Solís, C., Thompson, W. C., Peña, J. R., McDermott-Roe, C., Langa, P., Warren, C. M., Chrzanowska, M., Wolska, B. M., Solaro, R. J., Pieter Detombe, & Goldspink, P. H. (2022). Mechano-growth factor E-domain modulates cardiac contractile function through 14-3-3 protein interactomes. Frontiers in physiology, 13, 1028345. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1028345

Solís, C., & Russell, B. (2021). Striated muscle proteins are regulated both by mechanical deformation and by chemical post-translational modification. Biophysical reviews, 13(5), 679–695. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00835-4

Solís, C., Chaves, G., & Rodriguez-Corrales, J. Á. (2021). Announcing the call for the Issue Focus on the 2nd Costa Rican Biophysics Symposium-virtual meeting, March 2021. Biophysical reviews, 13(4), 487–488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00816-7

Solís, C., & Solaro, R. J. (2021). Novel insights into sarcomere regulatory systems control of cardiac thin filament activation. The Journal of general physiology, 153(7), e202012777. https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202012777

Russell, B., & Solís, C. (2021). Mechanosignaling pathways alter muscle structure and function by post-translational modification of existing sarcomeric proteins to optimize energy usage. Journal of muscle research and cell motility, 42(2), 367–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-021-09596-9

Solís, C., & Robinson, J. M. (2020). Cardiac troponin and tropomyosin bind to F-actin cooperatively, as revealed by fluorescence microscopy. FEBS open bio, 10(7), 1362–1372. https://doi.org/10.1002/2211-5463.12876

Johnson, D., Landim-Vieira, M., Solís S, C., Zhu, L., Robinson, J. M., Pinto, J. R., & Chalovich, J. M. (2020). Eliminating the First Inactive State and Stabilizing the Active State of the Cardiac Regulatory System Alters Behavior in Solution and in Ordered Systems. Biochemistry, 59(37), 3487–3497. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00430

Christopher Solís, José Á. Rodríguez-Corrales, Francisco J. Alvarado; Lessons Learned from Organizing a Biophysics Symposium in a Developing Country. The Biophysicist 1 August 2020; 1 (2): 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.35459/tbp.2019.000144

Solís, C., Kim, G. H., Moutsoglou, M. E., & Robinson, J. M. (2018). Ca²⁺ and Myosin Cycle States Work as Allosteric Effectors of Troponin Activation. Biophysical journal, 115(9), 1762–1769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2018.08.033

Mkrtschjan, M. A., Solís, C., Wondmagegn, A. Y., Majithia, J., & Russell, B. (2018). PKC epsilon signaling effect on actin assembly is diminished in cardiomyocytes when challenged to additional work in a stiff microenvironment. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.), 75(8), 363–371. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21472

Le, L. V., Mohindra, P., Fang, Q., Sievers, R. E., Mkrtschjan, M. A., Solis, C., Safranek, C. W., Russell, B., Lee, R. J., & Desai, T. A. (2018). Injectable hyaluronic acid based microrods provide local micromechanical and biochemical cues to attenuate cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction. Biomaterials, 169, 11–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.03.042