A. Phillip West

Immediate Advocacy Action Needed! Ask Your House Member to Support #MitochondrialDisease Research Funding in FY26 Appropriations. The deadline is March 18 for representatives to sign on. igniteadvocacy.com/go/ask-your-ho…

We are hiring an Associate Research Scientist – Cellular Engineering (Cardiovascular Disease) in Farmington, CT. Our group is seeking a PhD-trained scientist with strong experience in human iPSC methodologies to support and lead projects. Read here -> lnkd.in/e3wMy9gB

Congratulations to @arunach43514816 in my lab and the other @KeystoneSymp Mitochondrial Signaling Scholarship awardees. Amazing posters and talks from these future leaders. Thanks to Nav and Sandra for organizing a great meeting! @JAX_Education @JAXcancercenter

@ZhenyuZhonglab @ScienceMagazine Very cool study, congratulations!

Why is obesity often associated with dysregulated, low-grade chronic inflammation? In our new paper in @ScienceMagazine, we show that obesity rewires nucleotide metabolism in immune cells, making inflammatory responses much easier to trigger. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@RyanLab_TCD Best of luck Dylan!

Not long out of a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award interview in London. Succeed or fail, always a valuable experience. I'm relaxing by attending a double bill showing of 28 years later & 28YL bone temple! How does everyone else unwind post interview?

Nature Biotechnology recently highlighted key take-aways from a JAX Genomic Education & Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative course. Learn more: bit.ly/4759lQ0

@MRSzymanskiLab @Fusion_Conf Thanks for coming Michal! Really enjoyed your talk on cardiolipin and mtDNA repair!

Many thanks to Katharina Schlacher & @WestLabMito for the opportunity to present our work at #IOSCD25 by @Fusion_Conf Fantastic meeting on organelle crosstalk and its impact on cancer, metabolism, neurodegeneration & aging. Great to reconnect with colleagues and meet new ones!

Just wrapped our @Fusion_Conf on Inter-organelle Communication in Inflammation and Disease. 4 days of outstanding science! Thanks to all speakers, poster presenters, and other attendees for making it a great meeting. (Photo of some of us on excursion to Marsaxlokk village).

@poholeklab @pitt_immunology Congrats Amanda!!

Thrilled to share my promotion to Associate Professor with tenure at @pitt_immunology! Huge thanks to my incredible lab, collaborators, department, colleagues, family & friends. Science is a team effort, and I'm so proud of our work & excited for what's next! Stay tuned!

@PilarAlcaidePhD Congratulations Pilar!

Online now!✨Gonzalez-Hurtado, Leveau et al characterize adipose resident macrophages over the mouse lifespan, revealing an age-related loss of nerve-associated macrophages which regulate inflammation and lipolysis @VishwaDeepDixi1 nature.com/articles/s4358… rdcu.be/eD4oS

About two months to go until the Fusion Inter-Organelle Communication in Inflammation and Disease Conference in Malta. Short talk slots and travel scholarships still available. We'd love to see you at #IOSCD25 so please apply! @Fusion_Conf

Chairs Katharina Schlacher (MDACC) & @WestLabMito have pulled together leading researchers across various fields, to develop a wholistic understanding of organelle crosstalk and it's impacts on cancer, metabolic & neurologic diseases, as well as aging. 🎙️Talk submission closes 07 August 💰Grants available for ALL career levels See the programme and more details➡️ bit.ly/3ItqIQm

Despite their small size, mutations in the mitochondrial genome can cause a number of rare genetic disorders and may even affect tumor growth in certain cancers. At JAX, researchers are studying the big impact of these tiny mutations. 🧬 jax.org/news-and-insig…

And here is 1st author Jordyn Van Portfliet presenting her thesis defense seminar on this work!

And the link to our paper: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Link to a @mitoworld_org blog post on our recent paper in @NatureComms revealing caspase-11 as a driver of inflammation in PolG-related mitochondrial disease. mitoworld.org/innate-immune-…

⏰Register & Submit by 02 June 2025⏰ Join discussions around organelle stress communication mechanisms in homeostatic & pathological settings including cancer, metabolic & neurologic diseases, & aging at #IOSCD25! Find out more: bit.ly/42VGAmD @WestLabMito @MDAndersonNews

If you're interested in mito-nuclear communication and organelle crosstalk, stress responses, and inflammatory signaling, the #IOSCD25 Fusion Conference is for you! Short talk and early-bird deadline is June 2nd. Travel awards available. Check it out: fusion-conferences.com/conference/182

Excited to alert you to a new Fusion Conference this October in Malta. #IOSCD25 will cover: • Organelle Crosstalk • DNA Damage & Inflammation • Organelles in Innate Immune Signaling • Organelle Communication in Disease & Aging fusion-conferences.com/conference/182… @Fusion_Conf