Welcome

Welcome to our laboratory, where we are dedicated to advancing research for muscular dystrophies. Our laboratory has a strong focus on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a progressive muscle wasting disease caused by out-of-frame mutations in the dystrophin gene, resulting in the complete absence of dystrophin protein. The dystrophin protein is a muscle membrane (termed sarcolemma)-associated protein that is necessary to prevent contraction-induced injury.  We also study the allelic genetic disorder, Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD), which is caused by in-frame mutations in the dystrophin gene leading to a truncated and semi-functional dystrophin protein product.

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