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
Congrats PhD Candidate, Marisa!
October, 2023
Congrats Marisa on passing your qualifying exams in October 2023 and advancing to candidacy! We are excited to see all you will continue to accomplish these next few years in lab.
Introducing Dr. Aracely Acevedo!
August, 2023
Congratulations to Aracely on presenting her thesis defense titled “The BCKDK inhibitor BT2 is a chemical uncoupler that lowers mitochondrial ROS production and de novo lipogenesis.” We wish Aracely the best of luck in her next chapter of life!
