Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Duke University 1998
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Research Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2012 - 2017
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Studying the effect on HIV-1 Env structure and immune response to HIV-1 infection in mucosal fluids using Negative Stain Electron Microscopy awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 2018
  • Structural Dynamics of Stretch Activation in Muscle awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2018
  • Myofibrillar Structure of Striated Muscle awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Arakelian, C, Warrington, A, Winkler, H, Perz-Edwards, RJ, Reedy, MK, and Taylor, KA. "Myosin S2 origins track evolution of strong binding on actin by azimuthal rolling of motor domain." Biophysical journal 108, no. 6 (March 2015): 1495-1502.  Full Text
    • Wu, S, Liu, J, Reedy, MC, Perz-Edwards, RJ, Tregear, RT, Winkler, H, Franzini-Armstrong, C, Sasaki, H, Lucaveche, C, Goldman, YE, Reedy, MK, and Taylor, KA. "Structural changes in isometrically contracting insect flight muscle trapped following a mechanical perturbation." PLoS ONE 7, no. 6 (2012).  Full Text
    • Perz-Edwards, RJ, and Reedy, MK. "Erratum: Electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction evidence for two Z-band structural states (Biophysical Journal (2011) 101:(709-717))." Biophysical Journal 101, no. 5 (September 7, 2011): 1285-null.  Full Text
    • Perz-Edwards, RJ, and Reedy, MK. "Electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction evidence for two Z-band structural states." Biophysical Journal 101, no. 3 (August 2011): 709-717.  Full Text
    • Perz-Edwards, RJ, Irving, TC, Baumann, BAJ, Gore, D, Hutchinson, DC, Kržič, U, Porter, RL, Ward, AB, and Reedy, MK. "X-ray diffraction evidence for myosin-troponin connections and tropomyosin movement during stretch activation of insect flight muscle." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, no. 1 (January 2011): 120-125.  Full Text
    • Perz-Edwards, RJ. "The basketweave form of the Z-band is expanded relative to the small-square form." Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 31, no. 5-6 (2011): 307-308.  Full Text
    • Bekyarova, TI, Reedy, MC, Baumann, BAJ, Tregear, RT, Ward, A, Krzic, U, Prince, KM, Perz-Edwards, RJ, Reconditi, M, Gore, D, Irving, TC, and Reedy, MK. "Reverse actin sliding triggers strong myosin binding that moves tropomyosin." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, no. 30 (July 25, 2008): 10372-10377.  Full Text

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