Council Dates: October 2011 - May 2012
Independent Position: Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Kenneth M. Scaglione was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurology, School of Medicine at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Using mouse models, he aimed to understand how the ubiquitin and chaperone systems collaborate to determine the fate of misfolded proteins. The goal of this work was to understand how basic cellular pathways function to protect neurons from proteotoxic species, which could ultimately lead to novel drug targets. He earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and his B.S. in biology from the McKendree University, Lebanon, Illinois. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Neurotherapeutics at the Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.