| Maria Cardenas-Corona | |
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| Alma mater | University of North Texas |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular genetics, microbiology |
| Institutions | Duke University School of Medicine Center for Scientific Review |
Maria Elena Cárdenas-Corona is an American geneticist and microbiologist specialized in cell signaling. She is a scientific review officer in the Center for Scientific Review. Cardenas-Corona is a research professor emeritus of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University School of Medicine.
Career
Cardenas-Corona completed a Ph.D. at University of North Texas in 1988.
Cardenas-Corona was a faculty member of the Duke Cancer Institute and several Duke University graduate programs. She served on NIH study sections and review panels. She was a research professor emeritus of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University School of Medicine. During her academic career, her studies focused on the elucidation of the mechanism of action of the anti-cancer, immunosuppressive and anti-aging drug rapamycin, the dissection of its target in the mTORC1 signaling cascade, and the characterization of mTORC1 roles in cell fitness and growth control. Simultaneously, she conducted studies to elucidate the roles of the calcineurin pathway in stress responses and fungal virulence.
After retirement, Cardenas-Corona joined the Center for Scientific Review as a scientific review officer in the division of translational and clinical sciences.
Cardenas-Corona was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguish scientific contributions to the cell signaling field.
References
- "Maria Elena Cardenas-Corona | Duke School of Medicine". medschool.duke.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "Dr. Maria Cardenas-Corona". NIH Center for Scientific Review. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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External links
- Maria Cardenas-Corona's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- Living people
- University of North Texas alumni
- Duke University School of Medicine faculty
- National Institutes of Health people
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 21st-century American biologists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- American geneticists
- American women geneticists
- American microbiologists
- American women microbiologists
- American women medical researchers
- American medical researchers
- 21st-century American women civil servants