PEOPLE
XIN JIE CHEN
Principal Investigator
Ph.D (Université Paris-Sud)
(Molecular and Cellular Genetics)
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 triggers cell degeneration and the development of neural and muscular diseases.
Dr. Chen teaches mitochondrial genetics, stress signaling, redox biology, nutrition, metabolism, obesity, metabolic syndrome and the biology of aging.
LIAM P. COYNE
BSc (Cornell University)
MD/Ph.D candidate
NIA Predoctoral Fellow
Liam is a NIA (National Institute on Aging) predoctoral fellow. He studies the molecular mechanism by which mitochondrial stress causes neural and muscular degeneration.
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 metabolic remodeling and 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)
Rotation MD/Ph.D student
Gargi explores the the mechanisms of mitochondrial stress, cell degeneration, anti-degenerative pathways and human diseases, using yeast, cultured cells and mouse as model systems.
