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Investigators
Benedict C. Albensi, PhD, BCMAS, CRQM
Benedict C. Albensi, PhD, BCMAS, CRQM
Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences NSU FloridaDr. Benedict C. Albensi, Ph.D., BCMAS, CRQM is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is best known for his work with factors involved in ageing, cognition, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), such as nuclear factor kappa…Read more…
Richard D. Boles, MD
Richard D. Boles, MD
Medical Geneticist NeurAbilities HealthcareDr. Richard G. Boles is a medical geneticist and a pediatrician who specializes in mitochondrial medicine, functional disease (including cyclic vomiting syndrome, other atypical forms of migraine, and chronic fatigue syndrome) and autism spectrum disorders. His expertise stems from decades…Read more…
Nav Chandel, PhD
Nav Chandel, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsNavdeep S. Chandel (Nav) is the David W. Cugell Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University. He was born in London (UK) and at the age of 1 moved to the town of Shimla (India) located in…Read more…
Patrick Chinnery, PhD, FRCP, FMedSci
Patrick Chinnery, PhD, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences University of CambridgeI am interested in the genetic basis of neurological disorders, and particularly mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondria are the main source of energy within neurons and glia. Mutations in genes responsible for mitochondrial biogenesis are a major cause of human disease, affecting…Read more…
Bruce H. Cohen, MD, FAAN
Bruce H. Cohen, MD, FAAN
Director, NeuroDevelopmental Science Center Akron Children's HospitalDr. Cohen is a pediatric neurologist and chair of the NeuroDevelopmental Science Center at Akron Children’s Hospital. He received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a…Read more…
Joshua Coon, PhD
Joshua Coon, PhD
Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry and Director, NIGMS National Center for Quantitative Biology of Complex System UW-MadisonI grew up in rural Michigan and during these formative years greatly enjoyed flyfishing and woodworking. Putting the latter interest to practical use, I constructed several riverboats (for fishing) while in high school and college. Chemistry interested me, especially Analytical…Read more…
Andrew Dillin, PhD
Andrew Dillin, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, and Co-Director of the Robinson Life Science and Business Entrepreneurship Program University of California, BerkeleyOur lab focuses on the questions of why an aging organism begins to lose control over the integrity of its proteome, and how this loss is communicated across its various tissues. To accomplish this, we have taken the approach of…Read more…
Antonietta Franco, PhD
Antonietta Franco, PhD
Instructor in Medicine Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisDr. Franco started her scientific carrier in Naples, (Italy). During her Ph.D training, her studies focused on G-Protein-Coupled receptor (GRK2) and its role in cardiovascular disease, whose molecular complexity and mechanistic implications in heart failure are well demonstrated and documented.…Read more…
Christian Frezza, PhD
Christian Frezza, PhD
Professor of Metabolomics in Ageing University of CologneProf. Dr. Frezza’s group seeks to understand the contribution of dysregulated metabolism to aging-associated disorders, in particular focusing on cancer. A part of the lab investigates how the loss of the mitochondrial enzyme and tumour suppressor Fumarate Hydratase causes renal…Read more…
Renata Gallagher, MD, PhD
Renata Gallagher, MD, PhD
Director, Biochemical Genetic Medicine and Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San FranciscoDr. Renata C. Gallagher is a doctor who specializes in genetics. She cares for children and adults with rare disorders that affect important biochemical pathways in the body, including those that help make energy, recycle body components and facilitate communication…Read more…
Jaya Ganesh, MD
Jaya Ganesh, MD
Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Pediatrics The Mount Sinai HospitalDr. Jaya Ganesh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is the Interim Program Director of the Medical Residency training program. Her clinical and research…Read more…
Carol Lynn Greene, MD
Carol Lynn Greene, MD
Professor of Pediatrics University of Maryland School of MedicineA geneticist, Dr. Greene specializes in clinical genetics and genomics. She has particular interests in inborn errors of metabolism (rare genetic condition in which the body cannot properly turn food into energy), newborn screening and public policy. Dr. Greene is…Read more…
Andrea Gropman, MD
Andrea Gropman, MD
Interim Director, Center for Genetic Medicine Research and Chief, Neurogenetics and Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics Children's National HospitalAndrea Gropman, M.D., specializes in neurogenetics, with a focus on mitochondrial disorders and Smith Magenis syndrome.
Lawrence Grossman, PhD
Lawrence Grossman, PhD
Director, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Henry L. Brasza Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Professor of Internal Medicine Wayne State School of MedicineWe work on mitochondrial molecular genetics. Mitochondria are semi-autonomous organelles because they have their own DNA and genetic machinery but must cooperate with the nucleus to function. Mitochondria contain about 1500 proteins, most nucleus encoded, and carry out a number…Read more…
Michio Hirano, MD
Michio Hirano, MD
Chief, Division of Neuromuscular Disorders, Director, H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center, Medical Director, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics/Laboratory of Metabolic and Mitochondrial Disease, Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology Columbia University Irving Medical CenterDr. Hirano received his B.A. from Harvard College and M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. At the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), he did his neurology residency training and a post-doctoral fellowship in neuromuscular genetics under Drs. Salvatore…Read more…
Ian James Holt
Ian James Holt
Biogipuzkoa HRI. Ikerbasque Research ProfessorProf. Ian James Holt is a Ikerbasque Research Professor and Leader of the Mitochondria, Health and Longevity Group at the Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Neurosciences department, San Sebastián, Spain.
David James, PhD, FAA
David James, PhD, FAA
Leonard P. Ullmann Chair of Metabolic Systems Biology & ARC Laureate Fellow Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life & Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences The University of SydneyDavid James was awarded a PhD in 1985 in Physiology and Biochemistry from UNSW. During this period, together with colleagues at the Garvan Institute, he developed novel methodologies for studying in vivo glucose metabolism in small animals leading to a number of…Read more…
Amel Karaa, MD
Amel Karaa, MD
Director, Lysosomal Disorders Program and Mitochondrial Disease Program, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General HospitalAmel Karaa, MD is a Board-certified internist and medical geneticist, who dedicated her professional life to treating patients with complex medical conditions by providing excellent clinical care, and therapeutics opportunities for those with mitochondrial and lysosomal disorders. She has established a specialized program evaluating…Read more…
Amanda Klein, PharmD, CDCES
Amanda Klein, PharmD, CDCES
Executive Director for the Transplant Therapeutics Consortium Critical Path InstituteAmanda Klein, PharmD, serves as the Executive Director for the Critical Path for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (CPA-1) and the Critical Path for Lysosomal Diseases (CPLD) at the Critical Path Institute (C-Path). In her role, Dr. Klein leads pre-competitive collaboration among…Read more…
Nick Lane, PhD
Nick Lane, PhD
Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry Genetics, Evolution & Environment, Division of Biosciences University College LondonNick Lane is Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at UCL. He was a founding member of the UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research and is Co-Director of the UCL Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution. His research is about how energy flow…Read more…
Nils-Göran Larsson, MD, PhD
Nils-Göran Larsson, MD, PhD
Professor of Mitochondrial Genetics Karolinska InstituteMy interest in mitochondrial biology started in 1987 when I began my PhD studies of pathogenic mtDNA mutations causing mitochondrial disease in humans. I decided to get proper training in biochemistry and mouse genetics and went to Stanford University as…Read more…
Heidi McBride, PhD
Heidi McBride, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Cell Biology, Professor McGill UniversityAs a member of a multidisciplinary team, Heidi McBride contributes her expertise in the cell biology of mitochondrial dysfunction to the complex pathogenesis of motor neuron and other degenerative diseases. Her laboratory uses various complementary approaches to try to understand…Read more…
James McCully, PhD
James McCully, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolDr. McCully’s research focuses on the mechanisms and subcellular localization of the biochemical and molecular events contributing to myocardial cell death. In particular, his lab has investigated the discriminant and/or coordinate mechanisms leading to ischemia/reperfusion injury in the neonate, child,…Read more…
Michal Minczuk, PhD
Michal Minczuk, PhD
Professor of Mitochondrial Genetics University of CambridgeMichal obtained a Master’s degree in Biotechnology (1999) and PhD in Biological Sciences (2003) from the University of Warsaw, Poland, carrying out research in the Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology. From 2004–2007 he was an FEBS Postdoctoral Fellow in the…Read more…
Prashant Mishra, MD, PhD
Prashant Mishra, MD, PhD
Faculty at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT SouthwesternPrashant Mishra received his undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he studied the role of scaffolding in signaling pathways with Dr. Rama…Read more…
Divakar S. Mithal, MD, PhD
Divakar S. Mithal, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology and Epliepsy) Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineDivakar S. Mithal, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology and Epliepsy) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, USA). Dr. Mithal’s research focuses on the basic mechanisms whereby brain cells regulate their cellular metabolism and his…Read more…
Vamsi K. Mootha, MD
Vamsi K. Mootha, MD
Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professor of Medicine and Systems Biology Harvard Medical SchoolVamsi Mootha is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Systems Biology and of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His laboratory is based in the Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Genome Medicine at…Read more…
Mike Murphy, PhD
Mike Murphy, PhD
MRC Investigator, Wellcome Trust Investigator, and Professor of Mitochondrial Redox Biology University of CambridgeMike Murphy received his BA in chemistry at Trinity College, Dublin in 1984 and his PhD in Biochemistry at Cambridge University in 1987. After stints in the USA, Zimbabwe, and Ireland he took up a faculty position in the Biochemistry Department…Read more…
David J. Pagliarini, PhD
David J. Pagliarini, PhD
Hugo F. & Ina C. Urbauer Professor and BJC Investigator Departments of Cell Biology & Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and Genetics Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisDave Pagliarini is a BJC Investigator and the Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and is a member of…Read more…
Shamima Rahman, PhD, FRCP, FRCPCH
Shamima Rahman, PhD, FRCP, FRCPCH
Professor of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthProfessor Shamima Rahman is Professor of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. Professor Rahman trained in Medicine at Oxford University, in Paediatrics…Read more…
Jared Rutter, PhD
Jared Rutter, PhD
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dee Glen and Ida Smith Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry University of UtahJared Rutter, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah and a member of the Nuclear Control of Cell Growth and Differentiation Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Rutter studies how cells sense and detect…Read more…
Dylan Ryan
Dylan Ryan
University of CambridgeI obtained a Bachelor of science (BSc) degree in Biochemistry (2015) from the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science (SBBS) in University College Dublin (UCD). Following my degree, I completed a PhD in Immunology (2019) from The University of Dublin,…Read more…
Gerald Shadel, PhD
Gerald Shadel, PhD
Director, San Diego-Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, Audrey Geisel Chair in Biomedical Science, Professor Molecular and Cell Biology Salk InstututeGerald Shadel studies the basic biology of mitochondria and mtDNA, and, in doing so, has identified novel ways that mitochondria contribute to disease, aging and the immunesystem. He is also interested in understanding how mitochondria are involved in cellular signaling…Read more…
Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD
Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD
Director of the UCLA Metabolism Research Theme, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los AngelesOur laboratory is studying organellar biology with a focus on mitochondria, lysosomes and autophagosomes in the context of obesity and diabetes. In the past fifteen years the lab has focused on the study of the roles of mitochondrial dynamics in…Read more…
Keshav Singh, PhD
Keshav Singh, PhD
Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair and Director of Cancer Genetics Program, Professor of Genetics, Pathology and Environmental Health Heersink School of Medicine, the University of Alabama at BirminghamKeshav K. Singh is one of the global leaders in the field of mitochondria research and medicine. He is the Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair, Professor of Genetics, Pathology and Environmental Health and the Director of the Cancer Genetics…Read more…
David Thorburn, PhD
David Thorburn, PhD
Co-Group Leader of Brain & Mitochondrial Research, Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne Murcdoch Children's Research InstituteProfessor David Thorburn is co-Group Leader of Brain & Mitochondrial Research at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. He is also a National Health & Medical…Read more…
Aleksandra Trifunovic, PhD
Aleksandra Trifunovic, PhD
Professor at the Medical Faculty University of CologneProf. Dr. Aleksandra Trifunovic and her research group are investigating mitochondrial stress responses and the cell’s corresponding adaptive reactions. By deciphering the signaling cascades, they are seeking to understand the pathomechanisms of mitochondrial diseases and develop new therapeutic approaches. The…Read more…
Hilary Joyce Vernon, MD, PhD
Hilary Joyce Vernon, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine Johns Hopkins MedicineDr. Hilary Vernon is an Associate Professor of pediatrics at the McKusick Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is also an attending physician at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Hilary Vernon is an associate…Read more…
Douglas Wallace, PhD
Douglas Wallace, PhD
Director of the Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaMore than 35 years ago, Dr. Wallace and his colleagues founded the field of human mitochondrial genetics. The mitochondria are the cellular power plants, organelles that generate most of the cell’s energy. The mitochondria also contain their own DNA, the…Read more…
Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, MD, PhD
Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Academy Professor in Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki University of HelsinkiAnu Suomalainen is Professor of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Academy Professor in the University of Helsinki. She received her MD PhD degree from University of Helsinki, and has worked as a visiting scientist/ postdoc /visiting professor in Columbia University, Montreal Neurological…Read more…
Volkmar Weissig, Sc.D.., Ph.D.,
Volkmar Weissig, Sc.D.., Ph.D.,
President World Mitochondria Society, Professor of Pharmacology Midwestern UniversityVolkmar Weissig is a Tenured Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has a second non-tenured appointment as Professor of Biomedical Sciences. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry and his postdoctoral Sc.D. degree (“habilitation”) in Biochemistry…Read more…
Research Institutes
The Biodesign Center for Bioenergetics focuses on improved diagnosis and treatment for diseases caused by mitochondrial defects. The majority of these diseases are degenerative and affect children and young adults. Characteristics include suboptimal heart and muscle function, speech problems and developmental delays. Dysfunctional mitochondria are associated with Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ataxias, diabetes and cancer.
MITO2i’s mission is to advance mitochondria research and innovation. Through our graduate student scholarships, MITO2i is promoting interdisciplinary collaboration to transform and innovate the field of mitochondrial medicine.
Primarily involved in researching the genetic basis of mitochondrial energy generation disorders.
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