• General areas of interest: Biochemistry, biophysics and physiology of striated muscle contraction.

• Specific areas of interest: The role of myosin, and myosin light chains, regulatory (RLC) and essential (ELC) in the heart in health and disease.

Visit our laboratory webpage for specific research projects:

http://lab.szczesna-cordary.miami

 

 

 

• Publications
• PubMed Publications Before 2013
• Since 2013 PubMed Publications

Academic:

 

- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Research Associate/Adjunct (1983-1990)

- Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Visiting Research Fellow (1984-1985)

- Institute of Molecular Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Salzburg, Austria
Visiting Research Fellow (1986-1987)

- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow (1990-1992)

- Florida State University, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Tallahassee, FL
Postdoctoral Associate (1993-1994)

- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (MCP), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

 

• Sr. Postdoctoral Associate (1994-1995)
• Instructor (1995-1997)
• Research Assistant Professor (1997-2003)
• Research Associate Professor (2003-2006)
• Associate Professor Tenure track (2006-2012), tenured (June 2010)
• Professor with tenure (2012-present)

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Director, Training Program in Cardiovascular Signaling (2011-2013)
Member of the Vascular Biology Institute (2012-present)
Member, Scientific Awards Committee (2011-2014)
Member, Graduate Program Committee (2009-present)
Member, Graduate Faculty (2003-present)