Webinar Details

Title: Autophagy and it’s Role in Pompe Disease

Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Speaker:
Nina Raben, MD, PhD – Staff Scientist, Arthritis + Rheumatism Branch, National Institute of Arthritis + Musculoskeletal + Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.]

Speaker Biography

Nina Raben, MD, PhD

Staff Scientist, Arthritis + Rheumatism Branch, National Institute of Arthritis + Musculoskeltal + Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Raben was born in Moscow, Russia (the former Soviet Union). Received medical degree from the Moscow Medical Institute, and Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the National Academy of Medical Science, Moscow. Joined NIAMS in 1990. The major focus of research in recent years is Pompe disease. The studies include development of several knockout and transgenic mouse models of the disease, extensive pre-clinical studies with recombinant human enzyme, and investigation of the role of autophagy in the pathogenesis of Pompe disease.