University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
John D. Lueck PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and Department of Neurology at The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Lueck received his B.S. in Biology from Bradley University in 2001, with a focus on comparative physiology. He then received his Master's degree in pharmacology and PhD in physiology from The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2003 and 2007, respectively. His PhD under the mentorship of Dr. Robert T. Dirksen focused on impact of loss of the skeletal muscle chloride channel (ClC-1) on muscle function in the context of myotonic dystrophy. John then went on to perform a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Kevin P. Campbell, where he continued his research on muscular dystrophies and honed his skills in protein biochemistry, generation of antibodies, molecular genetics and animal models of disease. Performing a second post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Christopher A. Ahern, he started his research on suppression of premature termination codons as a tool in the field of genetic code expansion (GCE) and as a possible therapeutic for nonsense-associated diseases. John started his independent research in 2018 at the University of Rochester Medical Center where his lab focuses on understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration in myotonic dystrophy and developing anticodon engineered (ACE)-tRNAs for their possible use as cystic fibrosis therapeutics.
W05--Advances Along the Path to a Cure
Thursday, September 26, 2024
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET