Professor
Molecular basis of Muscular Dystrophy; Role of actin in cell polarity
Research Type
IBP PhD Graduate Program
UMN CBS Bio
Dr. James Ervasti is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics.
Research Summary
Our objective is to fully define the function of dystrophin in striated muscle to understand how its absence or abnormality leads to the pathologies observed in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies.