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.
Research
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.
Congrats to our UCLA Class of 2024!
June, 2024
We want to wish a big congrats to our three undergraduate students who are graduating, Kaitlyn, Amy, and Beza! We are so thankful for all your hard work and dedication in lab and are excited to see what you accomplish next. We wish you the best of luck in your next adventures of graduate school and beyond!
