Prof. Marek Michalak University of Alberta, Canada

Marek Michalak is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He received his undergraduate degree in cell biology from the University of Warsaw and a PhD from the Nencki Institute for Experimental Biology. He studied structure and function of muscle sarcoplasmic... read morereticulum. Marek's current area of interest is in endoplasmic reticulum chaperones and their role in congenital diseases and embryonic development.