News
2021-Meredith publishes a new paper on yeast models of neurodegenerative proteotoxicity
We have a new manuscript published in Human Molecular Genetics showing that several NAD+ biosynthetic enzymes moonlight as molecular chaperones to combat proteotoxicity. The links below will take you to the University of Miami announcement page: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphysician-news.umiamihealth.org%2Fnervous-yeast-helps-identify-targets-for-fighting-neurodegeneration%2F&data=04%7C01%7CABarrientos%40med.miami.edu%7Cc5770afc1bb04ccfa6c008d953810576%7C2a144b72f23942d48c0e6f0f17c48e33%7C0%7C0%7C637632635888236167%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=8QkBA%2Fqca6vtyOvNL6nxV7neewxA7V4muJcYLId4vAo%3D&reserved=0 and to the Human Molecular Genetics page: https://watermark.silverchair.com/ddab080.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAuAwggLcBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggLNMIICyQIBADCCAsIGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM6Qbd6NTMR8uZSEzAAgEQgIICkyNstTwC9A7Rgzxfjd-xORifTsnqDJSv8HDveAvQb62fyVoNtfk3MWyPSEufyEszPbg2lt62-wmqdbtptaf2jlRZOKK-pkLcGSbiM5j4rpLVL-sp5NiaT7hZ3qVLcyREYvpE4NSs-2MA91h2go1m5CswmHZ3sI3JAiM2uxQdbKyo2LPkYc-MHQ9J_idfF2CwEAmCeCgYaXtmks_G-w9ZYcDKTaRBod_D7vuTCQboV6do9YngvD0yBxIZHw40UpATWFClnYnVRQhSctZYtKNEoIG_hDM1tWKeQmCOx5mn605OiQua61Fv9veQp3-BpkHEajoGINSTQ3ZjqKh8qKr2QmNXQgGwxkN5FMuclep2uP16Q118tWSEIcRZSEJ08R0GMHNAM0Vo1tQZRg1lt1oO5A2H-N0s36RCzBype07gmq6z3tMYowBiZTJ2Pq_2XPEpSBobaYuP0OzaYII3QN0Kz1Bldi6z_xyFeXAdDfWp4-LFfAlT3_HKBjPbKaNJTU07qk2CqD_UWSXa02gPB7ZT71PiSf5PmCItPCzjWdSLP8LcE4E7h_A9Yqy2Yh5szr4BRkseZvPf_WyXRTvuXiUdM7r_bbjdgJSG_IGlus47XOg777DXWjv8hv1WfPHfSVq5qAcQI2wQB-mnMVXrhSb8_CSZSui3ETc3OH7_LF6rzhEXu-jpjMPrS6wpqVdiX5UyMlnldYJoMzr-A2W4wVUquzDU4QCrp9I2o-kzjzT0jLV7ZeNsgN7-dxeY4M-Ou-kIlpxf8At5zKqkANCWCoMismwBMDNcCaQ2vhtY5gh22WxpBuj_VZZn1FRs5Oalmf8V8y-b18BjGJp3IcQwPfI5hU9A2NhbyYc1vEDy7A6ZweYx8SzI
2021-Protein delivery by the mitoribosome: a great story by an international team of collaborators
Follow the link to the note in the UM magazine: https://physician-news.umiamihealth.org/dissecting-our-cellular-power-plants/
Meredith Pinkerton presents at the SfN Global Connectome 2021
January 11-13, 2021, Meredith attended the SfN Global Connectome Meeting, where she presented a poster entitled “NAD+ biosynthetic pathway enzymes: Potential therapeutic targets for age-related neurodegeneration”.
2020-Conor Moran, M.D./Ph.D. student, visits Silvi Rouskin at the Whitehead as part of the CZI collaboration
Conor is being instrumental for the project and the collaboration with Silvi’s lab
2020-Antoni Barrientos and Silvi Rouskin awarded CZI funding to tackle questions regarding mitochondrial encephalomyopathies
Visit:https://chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/neurodegeneration-challenge/projects/the-mitochondrial-rna-structurome-as-mediator-of-neurological-disease/
Alba publishes in Cell Reports on the role of HIGD1A and HIGD2A on mitochondrial respiratory chain complex and supercomplex biogenesis
Read the News is posted on InventUM. https://physician-news.umiamihealth.org/protein-complex-assembly-mechanisms-shed-light-on-cellular-energy-plants/
Hyun-Jung received a 2020 U.M. Medical Faculty Association Award for Best Research
Hyun-Jung is currently a postdoctoral Associate at Stanford University
Dr. Flavia Fontanesi publishes in NAR
Flavia Fontanesi directed the work of Jeffri-Noelle Mays and led a three-lab collaborative effort that resulted in the publication on a paper in Nucleic Acids Research. The paper, entitled “The mitoribosome-specific protein mS38 is preferentially required for synthesis of cytochrome c oxidase subunits” can be found at https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkz266/5436776 Authors: Jeffri-Noelle Mays, Yolanda Camacho-Villasana, Rodolfo Garcia-Villegas, Xochitl Perez-Martinez, Antoni […]
Tania Perez receives the ASB Meeting Oral Presentation Award
Tania Perez recently attended the 2019 Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) where she completed an oral presentation titled “Investigating the Assembly Pathway for the Yeast Mitoribosomal Small Subunit” in the Cell and Molecular Biology category. She was awarded the Lafayette Frederick Underrepresented Minorities Scholarship–which supported her attendance of the conference. Furthermore, Tania […]
Priyanka and Eva received AHA postdoctoral fellowship awards
Congrats to Dr. Eva Nyvltova and Dr. Priyanka Maiti, who received postdoctoral fellowships from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Tania wins the Best poster presentation award at the ABRCMS 2018 Symposium
Congratulations to Tania Perez, who did an outstanding job presenting her work on the assembly pathway of the small ribosomal subunit in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.