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Carlos Vera, PhD, MBA
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University

Dr. Carlos Vera obtained his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Biotechnology from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. After college he worked at CDI Labs while obtaining an MBA in Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. He then obtained his doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder from the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department with a Certificate in Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology. His thesis focused on analyzing the effects on myosin's cross-bridge cycle from mutations associated to Hypertrophic (HCM) and Dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathies. As a postdoc in Alexander Dunn's lab he focuses on disease mechanisms that can influence severity

Research Area(s):

Biochemistry
Cardiovascular

Research Keywords:

# Therapeutic Discovery
# Cardiomyopathies
# Muscular Dystrophies
# Myosin

Mentor: Jessica Dunne, PhD

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