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Maria Elena Cardenas-Corona

Research Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke Box 3054, Durham, NC 27710
321 CARL, 213 Research Dr., Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors


Research Professor Emeritus

University Duke University Medical Center · September 2018

Elected Member of the National Investigator System, Level III

National National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) of Mexico · September 2017

Elected Fellow

National American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · January 2011 For groundbreaking contributions to: the elucidation of the mechanism of rapamycin drug-action, the dissection of the TORC1 signaling cascade and the characterization of its roles in cell growth control and metabolism.