Welcome to the Mitochondrial Metabolism and Bioenergetics Laboratory! Our group studies how energy metabolism and metabolic flexibility – the ability to switch between sugar, amino acid, and fatty acid oxidation in response to biological cues – can control cell function and fate. Ultimately, we aim to discover novel regulatory points of metabolism and develop mitochondrial proteins and pathways as therapeutic drug targets.
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Wishing Anthony luck with his next adventure!
July, 2024
We want to wish congratulations to Anthony as he begins his next chapter as a medical student at UCLA! We are so proud of Anthony for being awarded a full-ride medical school scholarship through L.A. Care’s Elevating the Safety Net Scholarship Program. While he will be greatly missed in lab, we are excited to see him begin his journey towards improving patients’ lives.
Welcome to our summer trainees!
June, 2024
We want to extend a big welcome to our three summer trainees. We welcome Taraneh Beikbaghban from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, supported by the Austrian Marshall Fellowship. We also welcome an Amgen Scholar, Caroline Ceravolo from Western Washington University, and lastly we want to welcome Ayanna Higgins from Clark Atlanta University, supported by the Pathways Program in the UCLA Dept. of Pharmacology.
