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The Figueiredo-Pereira Laboratory

Welcome to the Figueiredo-Pereira Laboratory in the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College of CUNY. The main focus of our laboratory is to investigate the relationship between impairment of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway and inflammation leading to neurodegeneration involved in disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease.

On this web site you will find a more detailed description of our research interests (click on RESEARCH), our publications (click on PUBLICATIONS) and who are the members of our laboratory (click on PEOPLE). You can also familiarize yourself with Hunter College of CUNY (click on the Hunter College LOGO) located in the heart of New York City. Our department (click on BIOLOGY at HUNTER) offers an ideal environment for graduate and undergraduate studies in Biological Sciences. You can also learn about the CUNY graduate program  (click on BIOLOGY at CUNY).