PEOPLE
Xin Jie Chen
Principal Investigator
Ph.D (Université Paris-Sud)
(Molecular and Cellular Genetics)
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Dr. Chen was trained as a molecular biologist in Hiroshi Fukuhara's lab at Institut Curie in Paris. He then worked with Desmond Clark-Walker (The Australian National University) and Ronald Butow (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) on the mechanism of mitochondrial DNA inheritance. He has a long-standing interest in the understanding of how mitochondrial damage affects cell fitness and survival, and its implications for muscular, neural and heart diseases.
Dr. Chen teaches mitochondrial genetics, stress signaling, redox biology, nutrition, metabolism, obesity, metabolic syndrome and the biology of aging.
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Arnav Rana
BSc (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
MD/Ph.D candidate
Arnav is interested in the mechanism of mitochondrial stress signaling and its implications for cardiac function.
Xiaowen Wang
Research Scientist
MSc (University of Melbourne)
Xiaowen is experienced and multi-skilled, working with yeast, cultured human cells and mice.
Nicholas Brennan
BSc (SUNY Oneonta )
MD/Ph.D candidate
Nick is interested in the mechanism of mitochondrial stress signaling, cellular proteostasis and muscle aging
Gargi Mishra
BSc (Mount Holyoke College)
MD/Ph.D candidate
Gargi explores the mechanisms of mitochondrial protein import stress. She is interested in identifying cellular pathways that maintain the functional competency of mitochondria under stress conditions.
Joseph V. Mauro
BSc (Binghamton University)
MD/Ph.D candidate
Joe investigates how mitochondrial stress signaling affects cardiac and metabolic health.
Sanaea Bhagwagar
BSc (University of Pennsylvania)
MD/Ph.D candidate
Sanaea studies the mechanism of mPOS and its implications for neurodegenerative diseases
