
Archive
Seminar Series for graduate students and postdocs from around the world to share their latest work in the field of mitochondria
Meet our past speakers

Spring 2024
Shiyu Bian
Graduate Student, Imperial College London
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Investigating the impact of mitochondrial DNA variability on human pluripotent stem cell metabolic state and fitness

Spring 2024
Zheng Wu Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Electron transport chain inhibition increases cellular dependence on purine transport and salvage
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Spring 2024
Juan C Landoni Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL, Switzerland
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Pearling mediates mitochondrial DNA & microdomain distribution
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Autumn 2023
Tabitha Hees
Max Planck Institute
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Insulin signaling regulates Pink1 mRNA localization via modulation of AMPK activity to support mitophagy in neurons
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Autumn 2023
Xhoela Bame
Dartmouth College
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​Intravital mitochondrial dynamics during oligodendrocyte generation​
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Autumn 2023
Paula Rebelo
University of Padova
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Mitochondria Fission Factor: Budd(y)ing mitochondria to melanosome function​
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Autumn 2023
Marta Szulik Ph.D.
University of Utah
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SMYD1a Protects Heart from Ischemic Injury by Regulating OPA1-Mediated Cristae Remodeling and Supercomplex Formation
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Autumn 2022
Cara Schiavon
Salk Institute
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INF2 Regulates Organelle Mobility via ER-associated Actin​
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Spring 2022
Ximena Garcia Arceo
UCSD
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Biophysical mechanisms of condition-dependent mRNA localization to the mitochondria
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Spring 2022
Nicole Lake Ph.D.
Yale University
​Assessment of mitochondrial genome constraint
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Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Yale Center of Genomic Health and Department of Genetics​​

Autumn 2021
Joel Riley Ph.D.
University of Glasgow
​Mitochondrial dynamics regulate genome stability via control of caspase-dependent DNA damage
Current position: Assistant Professor Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria​

Autumn 2021
Hanna Salmonowicz Ph.D.
Newcastle University & Mayo Clinic
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Sub-lethal apoptotic stress enables mtDNA release and drives the senescence-associated secretory phenotype

Autumn 2021
Laura Newman Ph.D.
Salk Institute
​Mitochondrial DNA replication stress stimulates mtDNA release from mitochondria and activation of innate immune signaling
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Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia​

Autumn 2021
Laura DiGiovanni
University of Toronto
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Peroxisomes maintain mitochondrial redox homeostasis via peroxisome-mitochondria contact
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Autumn 2021
Maria Patron
Max Planck Institute
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Regulation of mitochondrial proteostasis by the proton gradient
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Autumn 2021
Ana Lima
Imperial College of London
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Differences in mitochondrial activity trigger cell competition during early mouse development
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