Miratul Muqit
Miratul Muqit's lab has centred on understanding how mutations in the PINK1 and Parkin genes lead to Parkinson's disease. His studies have contributed general understanding to how they function together in removing damaged mitochondria by autophagy or ‘mitophagy’. He studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University before completing a PhD at UCL. He is currently Director of the UKDRI Parkinson's Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Experimental Neurology and Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) Co-Investigator at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit at the University of Dundee. His work has been recognised by election to EMBO Young Investigator, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Fellow of Academy Medical Sciences.
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