Grant Budas
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology
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Honors and Awards
- Young Investigator Award, International Society for Heart Research (2009)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association (2008-2010)
- Young Investigator Award, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (2008)
Professional Education
| Doctor of Philosophy: | University of Dundee, (2005) |
| PhD: | University of Dundee, Molecular Physiology (2005) |
| BSc: | University of Dundee, Pharmacology (1999) |
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Research Interests
Grant Budas completed his PhD in cardiac physiology at the University of Dundee, UK before joining the Mochly-Rosen lab in 2006. Grant’s research is focused on the role of protein kinase C epsilon and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) in myocardial ischemia and other oxidative-stress related diseases. Grant is also designing peptide regulators of intra and inter-molecular protein-protein interactions.
Publications
- PKC isozymes in chronic cardiac disease: possible therapeutic targets? Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2008: 569-99
- Activation of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 reduces ischemic damage to the heart. Science. 2008; (5895): 1493-5
- Cardioprotective mechanisms of PKC isozyme-selective activators and inhibitors in the treatment of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Pharmacol Res. 2007; (6): 523-36
- Competitive inhibitors and allosteric activators of protein kinase C isoenzymes: a personal account and progress report on transferring academic discoveries to the clinic. Biochem Soc Trans. 2007; (Pt 5): 1021-6
- Mitochondrial protein kinase Cepsilon (PKCepsilon): emerging role in cardiac protection from ischaemic damage. Biochem Soc Trans. 2007; (Pt 5): 1052-4
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