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Dr. Shoubridge received a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1980 from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He did postdoctoral research in the United Kingdom at the University of Oxford. In 1997, he was named a MNI Killam Scholar. He worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal before assuming his current position as a professor in the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Human Genetics at McGill University. In 2002, he was made a senior investigator of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and, in 2003, he was awarded a James McGill Professorship. In 2004, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a high copy number genome that encodes a small number of proteins that have essential roles in cellular energy production. Mutations in mtDNA are an important cause of human disease. Using biochemical and genetic approaches, Eric Shoubridge and his colleagues are investigating the structural organization of mtDNA, the nature of the nuclear genetic factors that influence its transmission and segregation, and molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial disease.
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