Miratul Muqit FRSE[1] FMedSci is a British neurologist and a Programme Lead at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRCPPU) in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee.
[6] His interest in neurodegeneration led him to study for a PhD in University College London’s Institute of Neurology, awarded to him in 2007.
[7][10][12] PINK1 is a kinase which normally senses damaged mitochondria and targets them for destruction, and mutations which interrupt its function will induce Parkinson's disease.
Much of his research focuses on characterising PINK1 to understand its signalling pathway and the effects of it and its mutations on the cell, in order to help find treatments for Parkinson's Disease.
[2][10][13] His research team at the university of Dundee has already discovered substrates of PINK1 such as Parkin and Ubiquitin, which have helped to clarify the function of this kinase.