Oleh "Chuck" Khalimonchuk, Ph.D.
PhD, TU Dresden / Max Planck Insitute for Cell Biology & Genetics, Germany
Postdoctoral, University of Utah School of Medicine
Willa Cather Professor of Biochemistry
Research Interest:
I am interested in fundamental understanding of processes that underlie vital mitochondrial functions, and their contribution to complex maladies in humans.
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Iryna Bohovych, Ph.D.
PhD, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Senior Research Associate
Research Interest:
I am interested in functional crosstalk between proteases- and ubiquitin/proteasome-mediated mitochondrial quality control in yeast and human cells.
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Gunjan Purohit, Ph.D.
PhD, New Delhi Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, India
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Interest:
My research focus is to understand how failing mitochondrial fidelity contributes to aging and the development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Nataliya Zahayko
MS, Lviv National University, Ukraine
Research Technician
Research Interest:
I am interested in developing genetic tools in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans model that will allow us to study how mitochondrial dysfuntion contributes to aging-related neuromuscular diseases in humans.
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Alondra Torres-Gerena
BS, Interamerican University, Puerto Rico
Graduate Student
Research Interest:
I am interested in delineating molecular basis of redox regulation of mitochodnrial quality control factors to elucidate their role in mitochondrial stress remodeling and relevant disease states.
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Polash Ghosh
BS and MS, Mawlana Bhashani Science & Technology University, Bangladesh
Graduate Student
Research Interest:
I am interested in delineating the role of a conserved metalloprotease in the mitochondrial protein homeostasis and its contribution to human neuromuscular disorders.
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Emma Bergmeyer
BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Graduate Student
Research Interest:
I am interested in understanding the role of a novel mitochondrial AAA+ ATPase and its contribution to cellular protein homeostasis and aging.
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Saieeda Fabia Ali
MS, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan
Graduate Student
Research Interest:
I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of mitochondrial heme transport and associated pathological states.
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