News

March 18, 2026 - Our R35 grant was renewed!

Thanks to everyone in the lab for all their hard work! The grant is titled "Mechanisms of mitochondrial subpopulation formation and maintenance" from NIGMS (2R35GM137921-06). https://omrf.org/with-2-3-million-grant-omrf-will-study-cells-powerhouse-with-an-eye-to-alzheimers/

February 17, 2026 - Congrats to Parker on his F30 Award!

Parker received the NoA for his F30 (F30NS143384) titled "Determining the Role of Mitochondrial Hydrogen Peroxide in the Regulation of Neuronal Mitochondrial Networks" from NINDS today! Congrats!!

January 21, 2026 - Welcome Orion!

Orion joins the lab as a postdoc to work on the role of mitoAMPK in AD.

December 23, 2025 - Our paper on Fis1 in dendritic development was accepted in Scientific Reports!

Congrats to Klaudia, Parker, Travis, Kasia, Patrycja, Abbi and Josh!

December 2, 2025 - Welcome Brigitte!

Brigitte is joining the lab as a research technician. She recently received her BS from the University of Central Oklahoma in Biomedical Science.

October 1, 2025 - Congrats to Travis for being selected to the Geroscience T32!

September 15, 2025 - Our R01 application was funded!!

Our R01 (RF1AG090599) was awarded by NIA! Thanks to all the current and past lab members who worked so hard to make this application possible. https://omrf.org/omrf-receives-2-6-million-to-study-early-effects-of-alzheimers/

June 18, 2025 - Our collaborative paper with the Zhao lab on mitochondrial differences in T cells is published!

Congrats to Klaudia as a co-author!

May 3, 2025 - Our collaborative paper with the Sathyaseelan lab on a non-canonical role for MLKL is up on bioRxiv!

Congrats to Travis as a co-author! Here is the link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651782v1

May 1, 2025 - Our paper on in vivo mitochondrial dynamics in skeletal muscle was published in MSSE!

Congrats to Kasia as a co-author on our collaborative paper with the Miller Lab!

January 7, 2025 - Our manuscript on Fis1 and dendritic mitochondria is up on bioRxiv

Congrats to Klaudia, Parker, Travis, Kasia, Patrycja, Abbi and Josh! Thanks to everyone in the lab for their hard work on this project. Here is the link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.07.631801v1

December 16, 2024 - Our manuscript on in vivo mitochondrial dynamics in skeletal muscle is on bioRxiv

Our collaborative manuscript showing very low mitochondrial dynamics in skeletal muscle in vivo with the Miller lab is up on bioRxiv. Congrats to Kasia as a co-author! Here is the link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.10.627796v1

March 8, 2024 - Our paper on CA1 mitochondria compartmentalization is out in Nature Communications!

Congrats to Bertha, Abbi and Parker as co-authors on our collaborative paper with the Polleux lab.

February 15, 2024 - Our paper on compartmentalized mtDNA is up on bioRxiv!

Our collaborative paper with the Hirabayashi and Polleux labs looking at mtDNA levels in axonal and dendritic mitochondria is up on bioRxiv. Here is the link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.12.579972v1. Congrats to Parker as a co-author

July 3, 2023 - Welcome to the lab Zuzanna

June 7, 2023 - Welcome to the lab Travis

March 26, 2023 - Our paper on CA1 mitochondria subpopulations is up on bioRxiv

Our paper on dendritic mitochondria subpopulations in CA1 neurons with the Polleux lab is up on bioRxiv. Here is the link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.25.534233v1. Congrats to Bertha and Abbi as co-authors on the manuscript.

March 1, 2023 - Welcome to the lab Kasia

January 9, 2023 - Welcome to the lab Josh

November 2, 2022 - Our paper on mitochondrial fixation is out

Our paper on mitochondrial fixation with the Kwon lab at KIST is out in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. Congrats to Bertha and Klaudia as co-first authors

February 28, 2022 - Welcome to the lab Abbi

July 2, 2021 - Welcome to the lab Patrycja

June 7, 2021 - Welcome to the lab Parker and Laura

November 18, 2020 - Our Nikon Live imaging system is here

Our Nikon wide field imaging system with multi-color high speed imaging and photo-activation is up and running

July 14, 2020 - Our R35 MIRA grant was funded!!

Our R35 (GM137921) was awarded by NIGMS! Thanks to the whole lab for all their efforts