Education

B.S., Molecular Biology, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, 1999
M.S., Biology, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, 2001
M.Ph., Biology, City University of New York Graduate Center, Hunter College, 2004
Ph.D., Biology, City University of New York Graduate Center, Hunter College, 2007
2ndyear FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008 - present

Research Statement

The mechanisms underlying the assembly and function of muscle contraction remains to be well understood.  We currently investigate the role of sarcomeric proteins and how they are assembled and maintained during muscle contraction.  Specifically, we study the proteins UNC-98, UNC-96, and UNC-97, which are essential for the linkage between the transmembrane protein integrin and the myobribrils.

Publications

Duran, M.B., Rahman, A., Colten, M., Brazill, D. (2009) Dictyostelium discoideum paxillin regulates actin-based processes. Protist.160(2):221-32.

Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
615 Michael Street
Atlanta, GA 30322
Tel:
Email: mduran@emory.edu