
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
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
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
Pearling mediates mitochondrial DNA & microdomain distribution

Autumn 2023
Tabitha Hees
Max Planck Institute
Insulin signaling regulates Pink1 mRNA localization via modulation of AMPK activity to support mitophagy in neurons

Autumn 2023
Xhoela Bame
Dartmouth College
Intravital mitochondrial dynamics during oligodendrocyte generation

Autumn 2023
Paula Rebelo
University of Padova
Mitochondria Fission Factor: Budd(y)ing mitochondria to melanosome function

Autumn 2023
Marta Szulik Ph.D.
University of Utah
SMYD1a Protects Heart from Ischemic Injury by Regulating OPA1-Mediated Cristae Remodeling and Supercomplex Formation

Autumn 2022
Cara Schiavon
Salk Institute
INF2 Regulates Organelle Mobility via ER-associated Actin

Spring 2022
Ximena Garcia Arceo
UCSD
Biophysical mechanisms of condition-dependent mRNA localization to the mitochondria

Spring 2022
Nicole Lake Ph.D.
Yale University
Assessment of mitochondrial genome constraint
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
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
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia

Autumn 2021
Laura DiGiovanni
University of Toronto
Peroxisomes maintain mitochondrial redox homeostasis via peroxisome-mitochondria contact

Autumn 2021
Maria Patron
Max Planck Institute
Regulation of mitochondrial proteostasis by the proton gradient

Autumn 2021
Ana Lima
Imperial College of London
Differences in mitochondrial activity trigger cell competition during early mouse development

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