Samantha Cleopatra Lewis

Bio

Samantha C. Lewis, Ph.D. is a molecular and cell biologist and Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Lewis’ research investigates how animal cells ensure the continual energy supply they need to survive, and how this goes awry in human disease. Her laboratory team focuses on mitochondria, the “powerhouse of the cell”, which harbor their own genomic blueprint called mitochondrial DNA. Dr. Lewis’ experimental approach leverages live microscopy at high spatial and temporal resolution, single-cell analyses of DNA replication and transcription, gene editing, proteomics, and genetics to reveal how cells replicate, segregate, and inherit this “neglected genome”.