Vamsi Mootha
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Professor @HarvardMed @MGH_RI @BroadInstitute @HHMINEWS interested in mitochondria, oxygen, bioenergetics. Tweets = my own.
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Happy 40th birthday to the human mtDNA genome sequence, reported in this classic
@Nature
paper in 1981, by Fred Sanger and co-authors (listed alphabetically, including pioneers in computer biology). The 16,569 bp mtDNA sequence has aged so gracefully.
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Breakthrough for mtDNA biology: precise editing via a bacterial dsDNA deaminase engineered it to operate within mitochondria. Led by inter-microbial warfare expert Joseph Mougous
@UW
and DNA base editor-in-chief
@davidrliu
@BroadInstitute
@HHMINEWS
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Where would any of us be without our mtDNA? With special gratitude to all of the amazing moms out there.
#HappyMothersDay
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Introducing MitoCarta3.0, an updated inventory of mito proteins, now w/ MitoPathway annotations and sub-compartment localization, freely available at:
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Such good news for our country -- the senate unanimously confirms
@eric_lander
as the first ever cabinet-level science advisor. Congrats Eric, and congrats
@POTUS
for having the vision to elevate this position to cabinet level. Go science!
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Today, we and
@ganetzky1
report
@NEJM
a remarkable case of twin boys with euthyroid hyper-metabolism (low body weight despite high caloric intake), due to a de novo mutation in mito CV that uncouples respiration from ATP synthesis.
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Fascinating paper showing that anti-oxidant vitamins (GSH, NAC) *accelerate* aging in worms, mechanistically by suppressing the endogenous anti-oxidant stress response. Reminder of the value of randomized trials even for agents we assume “do no harm”
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Feel very honored to receive this distinction - I’m so grateful to my many mentors and past and current lab members that have joined me on this quest to study mitochondria.
Congratulations to HHMI Investigator Vamsi Mootha (
@VamsiMootha
) of
@HarvardMed
and Navdeep Chandel of
@NUFeinbergMed
on being named recipients of the 2023 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences by
@FNIH_Org
!
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These images are gorgeous, how can you NOT want to study mitochondria?!
Here's our contribution to the
#mitoawarenessweek
!
#Superresolution
imaging of cellular membranes (preferentially mitos) in U2OS cells using lipophilic dyes. Reveals
#mitochondria
morphology and
#cristae
. We hope that this is useful to study mitochondria in health and disease
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Can two wrongs make a right? When it comes to mitochondrial dysfunction, the answer can be yes.
See our new CRISPR compendium with
@broadinstitute
@ScottVafai
@SchreiberStuart
@JohnDoench
.
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Today we report
@Nature
a biobank-scale analysis of
#mitonuclear
interactions, showing how our nuclear genotype impacts mtDNA copy number and even heteroplasmy! Led by
@rahulg603
collab w/
@bmneale
@broadinstitute
@MassGeneralNews
@harvardmed
@HHMINEWS
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Delighted to introduce SNORCL, a genetic tool for on-demand generation of localized oxygen inside living cells. We harness the power of genetics to express a xporter (NIS) and enzyme (Cld) that together yield SupplemeNtal Oxygen Released from ChLorite.
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Our lab turned 15, so we commemorated the event with a socially distanced photograph at the Hatch Shell. Grateful to all current + past lab members, collaborators, mentors for making the journey so inspiring. Thanks to Glenn Wong for the photo!
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Delighted to introduce PMF-seq: a new way to link genetic perturbations to detailed bioenergetic phenotypes. We use the method to dissect genetics of mitochondrial ETC branching and acute tBID action. Led by
@broadinstitute
.
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The mtDNA has long been known to express a non-coding 7S RNA whose function has been mysterious. This elegant paper now shows it inhibits mtDNA transcription by directly sequestering the mitochondrial RNA polymerase.
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Look mom, no mtDNA! Fascinating discovery of an animal (metazoa) lacking a mitochondrial genome.
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A truly historic moment, first CRISPR therapy approved!
Key ingredients: astute clinical observation on HbF and SS (Janet Watson ca 1948), basic developmental biology, human genetics including GWAS for target ID, and of course CRISPR
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Really big news as FDA approves $REAT drug for Friedreich’s ataxia. First FDA approved medicine for a monogenic mitochondrial disease.
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How can we track severity in mitochondrial disease?
We report
@jclinicalinvest
the discovery + validation of circulating markers of severity, most linked to elevated NADH/NAD+.
Collab w/
@Columbia
@MayoClinic
@MGH_RI
@broadinstitute
led by
@rosharma1
.
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This is really ingenious - proteomics for the masses without the mass spectrometry!
Our new paper describing in vivo mRNA display is out in PNAS. A new technology developed by our brilliant Panos Oikonomou to perform whole-cell proteomics without mass-spectrometry!
@s_tavazoie
lab
@pnasNews
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Albert Szent-Gyorgi said "Life is nothing but an electron looking for a place to rest.”
But what if there are too many electrons?
New work by liver doc
@russpgoodman
shows how it is possible to engineer new ways to park those electrons.
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Our brand new therapeutic concept led by
@apatgir
. We directly target circulating lactate with an engineered enzyme (LOXCAT) to catalytically restore intracellular redox balance. Still preclinical, but potential for injectable therapy (think streptokinase).
@NatureBiotech
Researchers have developed a new way to alleviate problems caused by dysfunctional mitochondria, which normally produce energy in cells (via
@medical_xpress
)
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Bringing the power of single cell genomics to mtDNA disease: mutant mtDNA accumulates in some lineages, but is purged in others, with important implications for prognostics, pathogenesis. Collaboration led by
@MWalkerMDPhD
@CalebLareau
@LeifLudwig
, with Aviv Regev and
@bloodgenes
Most mitochondrial diseases are caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA. A new type of genomic analysis provides evidence of selection against mutant mitochondria DNA in human T cells.
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30 yrs ago (1988): Harding, Holt, Morgan-Hughes, Wallace reported
@sciencemagazine
@Nature
pathogenic mutations in
#mtDNA
, launching the field of molecular mito medicine. Today: ~290 disease genes (mtDNA+nuclear), 0 proven therapies. Time for
#PrecisionMedicine
for
#mito
disease.
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What a story: (1) the quest of a father-scientist, (2) deep basic science, (3) masterful clinical development, culminating in (4) real promise for patients.
A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.
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Our MGH Department of Molecular Biology is recruiting! This is a basic science department nestled within a great hospital with strong ties to HMS. If you want to pursue curiosity driven research within a diverse environment please apply:
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Very elegant (and clarifying) paper
@Nature
reporting two mechanistically distinct forms of mitochondrial fission with distinct outcomes: in the midzone (--> biogenesis) and periphery (--> degradation), important implications for physiology and disease.
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Hypoxia rescue (& hyperoxia sensitivity) of mito CI mutants is evolutionary conserved! Harnessing the power of worm genetics, Josh Meisel w/
@gary_ruvkun
discovers “hypoxia mimetic” and “hypoxia resistant” mutants, yielding key mechanisms.
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CRISPR is just different — it towers so large, transcends science, so important for all of society and our future. Rarely does such a new discovery feel so long overdue. Hearty congratulations
@doudna_lab
@e__charpentier
!
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020
#NobelPrize
in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
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If you're interested in mitochondria, mtDNA, or mitochondrial dysfunction, please come to this
@KeystoneSymp
where we'll explore the organelle from ultra-rare diseases to
#aging
.
#KSMitochondria23
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A heartwarming story about George Berzsenyi, the mathematician that inspired thousands of high school students (including me)
#mentor
@joesbigidea
@NPR
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Are you interested in mtDNA variation across 56K people?
Kristen Laricchia and Sarah Calvo have led the charge with
@gatk_dev
to call mtDNA variants in
@gnomad_project
:
Special thanks to
@theFourier2k
@dgmacarthur
@HeidiRehm
@broadinstitute
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Breaking news:
@eric_lander
will be the new
@WhiteHouse
science advisor. Congrats
@JoeBiden
@KamalaHarris
on an inspired choice, not only will U.S. science be stronger, the U.S. will be stronger!
via
@nbcnews
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We know the protein components of the
#mitochondria
calcium uniporter, but are specific lipids required? Vishal Gohil
@TAMU
finds out by reconstituting the human uniporter in yeast mutants that are defective in phospholipid biosynthesis.
#cardiolipin
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Are organelles enriched in GWAS for diseases of aging?
We see striking lack of enrichment for most organelles, including mitochondria. The nucleus, however, consistently scores.
Led by
@rahulg603
w/
@konradjk
@howrigan
@bmneale
@MGH_RI
@broadinstitute
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How inspiring -- genomic medicine is beginning to happen -- what a great way to mark 20 years since the sequencing of the human genome.
@skathire
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Gene therapy for
#mitochondria
disease: two papers showcasing the the power of mitoTALEN and mitoZFN technology to target
#mtDNA
mutations in vivo in mice.
@NatureMedicine
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In case you weren't already a mitochondriac... Keshav Singh and colleagues report reversal of wrinkled skin and hair loss by restoring mitochondrial function
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Thank you
@Addgene
for helping us to share our genetic tools for “causal metabolism”
#OpenScience
@Denis_V_Titov
@VFCracan
Congrats to
@VamsiMootha
and his team
@MGHMolBio
@broadinstitute
#HHMI
for earning a Blue Flame Award for sharing their molecular tools to study metabolism. Find the tools here:
#HappyDepositor
#SharingSpeedsScience
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We’re recruiting! We’re seeking an analytical chemist to direct our lab’s metabolomics efforts. If you’re adept with LC-MS / GC-MS, love biochemistry, and enjoy collaborating closely with students and fellows, please reach out. More info here:
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Delighted to share new study by Tslil Ast now
@WeizmannScience
w/ Y. Itoh, D. Suess,
@A_Amunts
showing (1) the Fe-S proteome is destabilized w/frataxin loss, (2) mitoribosome assembly factor METTL17 harbors a 4Fe-4S cluster, serving as an Fe-S checkpoint for mito translation.
Online Now: METTL17 is an Fe-S cluster checkpoint for mitochondrial translation
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See our new pre-print linking frataxin, Fe-S clusters & mito translation!
We discovered a stabilizing 4Fe-4S within METTL17 of the mitoribosome, which ensures mito translation proceeds only when Fe-S levels are replete.
Great collab w/D Suess
@A_Amunts
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Very excited to be talking about mitochondria and human disease at the next
#BroadSFAS
!
Join us on Monday, October 25 from 5 - 6 pm EDT for a virtual Science for All Seasons talk!
@VamsiMootha
will present "More than just a powerhouse: Your mitochondria, oxygen, and you." Register at: .
#BroadSFAS
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Did you know that uridine (or even RNA!) can be salvaged for its ribose to support growth in the complete absence of glucose? See new work by
@alexisAjourdain
describing this UPP1/2 mechanism and pathway.
Happy to introduce
#uridinolysis
- a metabolic pathway that supports growth on
#uridine
or
#RNA
, replacing glucose as a
#carbon_source
Last piece of my work with
@VamsiMootha
@broadinstitute
@MGH_RI
@MGHMolBio
@HHMINEWS
@Harvardmed
A 🧵 please RT (1/9)
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The recipe for modern breakthrough medicines: strong human genetics, deep biology, precise therapeutic modality; mix well with vision, rigor, and persistence
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180,000 mitochondria - wow! Beautiful connectomics study reporting reconstruction of a tiny, tiny piece of mouse visual cortex. So many gems here, including a compartment-specific correlation between synaptic density and mitochondria content.
@SebastianSeung
Our newest preprint! EM and neural activity images from three million cubic microns of mouse visual cortex. Four scientific vignettes from organelles to synapses to circuit structure and function
@BCMHouston
@PrincetonNeuro
@AllenInstitute
@IARPAnews
1/20
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Leveraging our discovery of markers of mitochondrial disease, our collaborative team
@MassGenBrigham
now reports plasma N-lactoyl amino acids and f-MET as markers of sepsis severity and mortality in the ICU.
@metabolomics
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A classic for all metabolism enthusiasts, showcasing the awesome power of metabolomics.
Today, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our landmark
@Nature
paper showing IDH mutations drive the proliferation of blood & solid tumors, which led to the development of 3 medicines that help cancer patients with IDH mutations every day
#HeritageinHeme
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We are so inspired and humbled by Team Abby Mac (=Abby and her father Greg MacCurtain) -- who ran the virtual
@BostonMarathon
this morning to raise funds and awareness for Leigh syndrome, a rare genetic disease that impacts mitochondria.
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Leigh syndrome @ 70. It’s a joy to re-read this classic paper on subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy -reporting in exquisite detail the neuropathology of this eponymous dz. Today we consider it the most common pediatric mitochondrial dz, >80 genes, but still no proven Rx.
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Impressive population-scale analysis of mtDNA heteroplasmy: the female germline allows transmission of some mtDNA variants, but prevents others => important medical and population genetic implications
#mitochondria
@GenomicsEngland
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Read about the ATAD3 locus, a hotspot for deletions, duplications, and fusions, now emerging as one of the most "common" genetic causes of ultra-rare mitochondrial disease. Led by David Thorburn
@MCRI_for_kids
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So exhilarated by this news - such strong leaders that will unleash the power of science on some of our greatest problems: disease, climate, energy, security
For the first time, the Presidential Science Advisor has been raised to cabinet level.
@PresElectBiden
has appointed
@eric_lander
to the post. And chemical engineer
@francesarnold
& geophysicist
@maria_zuber
will the cochair the council of advisors:
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Congrats to these three model physician-scientists, seamlessly blending basic science and disease biology
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2019
#NobelPrize
in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
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Very excited to follow this space as it matures. The ultra rare, Mendelian mitochondrial diseases may benefit from this “bespoke” approach: >300 nuclear disease genes, most of which impact 10-100 individuals.
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Congratulations
@LabYoule
, honored for his fundamental work on mitochondria, mitophagy and Parkinson's disease.
NIH researcher Richard J. Youle receives the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Dr. Youle has led groundbreaking research into Parkinson’s disease.
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This method may have really "deep" impact: it's one thing to predict protein function by first using a multiple sequence alignment; it's an entirely different ballgame if your protein is so unusual or diverged you can't even find sequence homologs. Hope it works!
A
@NatureBiotech
paper reports of a deep learning model that predicts protein functional annotations for unaligned amino acid sequences.
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Congrats
@rahulg603
who shows how the nuclear haplotype can shape mtDNA heteroplasmy in humans.
He treats mtDNA heteroplasmy as a quantitative trait, performs GWAS in >250K people, and finds dozens of QTLs.
Rich
#mitonuclear
biology, with implications for dz + evolution.
Mitochondrial DNA mutations can lead to rare disease and accrue with age. But how does nuclear genome variation influence mtDNA variation?
Here in >250k people, we find that nuclear variants can impact variation in the levels of mtDNA mutations. (1/5)
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Very impressive, 2/2 with your predictions
That time of year!
#NobelPrize
I'm going to guess hepatitis C for medicine (in the Year Of The Virus) and CRISPR for chemistry... but who knows? 🙂 via
@statnews
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Delighted to share this new story in collaboration with
@BenGewurz
reporting that shortly after infection,
#SARSCoV2
hijacks host folate / one-carbon metabolism to support rapid viral replication. See Ben's Tweetorial to learn more!
When coronaviruses infect cells, they make hundreds of new RNA virus genomes and produce vast amounts of RNA encoding viral proteins. Ever wonder where all the RNA nucleotides come from?? See our new paper in
@naturecomms
.
#COVID19
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Delighted to share a new Perspective on the dynamic nature of Leigh syndrome.
@MWalkerMDPhD
and
@mpilarmirandav
synthesize observations from case reports, brain imaging, mouse models => important implications for clinical trial design and drug discovery.
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The awesome power of collaboration -- a host:virus interactome for deciphering COVID pathogenesis. Basic research with huge translational potential that should be explored thoughtfully and responsibly.
@KroganLab
@UCSF
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Exciting new paper that mechanistically connects mitochondrial complex I and the uniporter - could have important disease implications. Congrats
@ChaudhuriLab
Presenting✨CLIPT✨(Complex I induced protein turnover), a novel form of
#mitochondria
protein regulation! Thru CLIPT, Complex I impairment stabilizes the mitochondrial calcium uniporter to compensate & preserve bioenergetics. Out now
@NatureComms
A🧵 1/10
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Great news for
#mitochondria
#RareDisease
. Will bring needed visibility to this large class of rare conditions. Congratulations
@PerlaraPBC
@mcuban
.
Wow! Exciting to see the bold vision of
@eperlste
&
@PerlaraPBC
#PerlQuests
for rare disease Rx capturing the imagination of more and more investors, now
@mcuban
in pursuit of Leigh Syndrome cc
@VamsiMootha
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Was
#MLK
also a systems biologist? "All life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be"
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Congratulations
@Pagliarini_Lab
@Coon_Labs
on generating this very valuable resource for the mitochondria community!
I am very pleased to share our new 'MITOMICS' work exploring mitochondrial protein function and pathogenesis published today in
@Nature
. A great collaborative effort with
@Coon_Labs
, and the groups of Rob Taylor, Nurten Akarsu, and Mark Craven.
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What a wonderful resource, I anticipate this will be extremely useful for many fields
Online now! Guidelines for measuring reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage in cells and in vivo
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Please see our updated agenda, now with >20 short talks. Should be a great Keystone Symposium for anyone interested in the intersection of
#mitochondria
,
#aging
, and
#RareDisease
! Not too late to register!
If you're interested in mitochondria, mtDNA, or mitochondrial dysfunction, please come to this
@KeystoneSymp
where we'll explore the organelle from ultra-rare diseases to
#aging
.
#KSMitochondria23
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Honored to be chairing
@UMDF
Symposium in 2 wks! A unique
#RareDisease
mtg bringing together scientists+clinicians+patients. This year’s theme:
#mitochondrial
chemical biology!
@christhechang
@eperlste
@Pagliarini_Lab
@AWartiovaara
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Thanks
@PeterAttiaMD
for the opportunity to participate in the Drive -- really fun (and deep!) discussion spanning mitochondrial evolution, oxygen and disease.
Podcast is live:
#66
– Vamsi Mootha, M.D.: Aging, T2DM, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease – do all roads lead to mitochondria? -
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Wow, the mother of all NUMTs!
So how did >600kb of mtDNA get jammed into the middle of Arabidopsis chromosome 2? That’s almost 2x the size of the entire mitogenome! Check out our assembly of this complex region 20+ yrs after it was first identified.
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This is so inventive -- if it really works it could be so life-saving.
(A prize should be given for the best title for the N&V)
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Tremendous lab-wide effort led by
#SnehaRath
#SarahCalvo
#RohitSharma
@rahulg603
, builds on early work from
#SarahCalvo
+
@Pagliarini_Lab
@broadinstitute
@NAR_Open
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Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful paper, showcasing the awesome power of gnomAD. Our one and only tryst with uORFs and polymorphic uORFs is now some 10 years old:
@Pagliarini_Lab
This fantastic
@biorxivpreprint
on upstream open reading frames from
@nickywhiffin
is the first taste of using gnomAD data to quantify natural selection in non-coding regions of the human genome. Must read! cc
@vamsimootha
,
@giraldezlab
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Congratulations Isha! UCSF is lucky to have recruited you, good luck at this next stage in your career!
So excited for the next chapter
@GladstoneInst
@UCSF
!! Thank you to all mentors and supporters over the years - Kathy Iovine,
@VamsiMootha
, Warren Zapol, Erin O'Shea,
@vikram0285
and many, many more. And most of all, to my amazing lab members. PS. We are still hiring, join us!!
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Congrats to Mike Murphy -- connecting the
#mitochondria
derived metabolite itaconate to inflammation
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My
@HMS_SysBio
department is recruiting! Seeking talented junior faculty who are bold, creative to join a very nurturing environment.
🎃 31 of October is not just Halloween...
...but also the deadline 🗓 to apply for the Asst. Prof. position in
#SystemsBiology
@HMS_SysBio
👇🏼
Please submit letters of recommendation before that date to facilitate evaluation.
#SysBioJobs
#ScienceJobs
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Generations of HST students (including me) will always be indebted to Patty Cunningham. She was always there, she listened, she cared, and provided a calming aplomb (especially during our breaks between classes). Thank you Patty we will miss you dearly.
We bid a bittersweet goodbye to our beloved Patricia Cunningham ,
@mit_hst
academic programs administrator, last night!
@MIT_IMES
@harvardmed
We wish her all the best in her retirement but we will miss her.
#bestperson
#glue
#heartandsoul
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From the Michael Jordan (literally and figuratively) of machine learning
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From Next Gen Sequencing to Next Gen Synthesis. Hearty congratulations to my former
@MIT
UROP Dan Arlow on his new technology, new paper, and new company
@AnsaBio
. Good luck Dan!
#DNAsynthesis
, which has remained virtually unchanged for more than 40 years, can be slow and unreliable. Researchers at
@jbei
have announced a new way to faster, cheaper, and better synthesize DNA via
@BerkeleyLab
#synbio
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Provocative new analysis on the evolutionary origins of
#mitochondria
-- time to update the Mito101 lecture.
Deep mitochondrial origin outside the sampled alphaproteobacteria
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@syshaw
@Primary_Immune
@amy_regnier1990
I'm sorry to hear this news Amy. If helpful, I am happy to discuss, you can find my email address online. (Thank you Stan)
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Congrats
@yasesancak
for deciphering how EMRE, her “baby,” keeps the human
#mitochondria
uniporter in check.
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Terrific funding opportunity if you're interested in mitochondrial diseases such as Friedreich's ataxia!
Calling all FA Researchers!
#FriedreichAtaxia
has been added to the
#CDMRP
areas eligible for $370M in funding within the
#PRMRP
. Application deadlines are rapidly approaching. Learn more at:
All organizations are eligible to apply.
#CureFA
!
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@hoy_Shen
in the opening session
#mitomed18
discovering fundamental biochemistry by studying healthy human CLYBL knockouts. Power of reverse human genomics.
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Visited the historic Eagle with esteemed colleagues from
@MRC
- few days before DNA’s 65th birthday - hard to believe the double helix is so young.
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Long-awaited excitement at Boston Marathon finish line on the day before the race via
@BostonGlobe
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Honored to be in Cambridge giving The 6th Annual Sir John Walker Lecture
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Remembering Irving London. Here's a 1972 article from
@TheCrimson
, announcing his joint appointment to the faculty of both
@HarvardMed
and
@MIT
. Evidently the first ever such dual appointment.
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Terrific piece by
@carlzimmer
on somatic mosaicism: from witch’s broom and pink grapefruit to human development and disease.
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Research on rare diseases can have widespread benefits. As Archibald Garrod (father of biochemical genetics) wrote, rare diseases are “merely extreme examples of variations … which are probably everywhere present in minor degrees.”
#RareDiseaseDay
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MitoCPR: a genetic program that resuscitates cells with clogged mitochondrial import.
@AngelikaAmon
#mitochondria
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@BabyBoomerWritr
@broadinstitute
@ScottVafai
@SchreiberStuart
@JohnDoench
Here's a link for the full paper:
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Really neat paper, underscores the malleability of metabolism
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