
Guess what? Mitochondria are weirder than we thought
Catherine Bellissimo
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@cat_bellissimo
Postdoctoral Fellow @ecgoligher| PhD @ChrisPerryMito @MHRC_YorkU| Muscle Physiology | Duchenne muscular dystrophy| Mitochondria| Respiratory Muscle | Diaphragm

Guess what? Mitochondria are weirder than we thought










Congratulations to Professors Ali Abdul-Sater (Kine), Chris Perry (Kine), Tara Haas (Kine), Devin Phillips (Kine) and Richard Murray (Psyc) who are among 54 #YorkU researchers awarded more than $3.3 million combined from @NSERC_CRSNG. tinyurl.com/2c8zyfnc





We had wonderful week of scientific collaboration with this dream team studying muscles, mitochondria, and more! Thank you @cat_bellissimo @JeanPhilippeLG2 @KDesjardin44798 @JunPark1224 for all the planning and hard work! Now to figure out what it all means :)

Recent Advances in Pre-clinical Development of Adiponectin Receptor Agonist Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Shivam Gandhi in our lab outlines the anti-fibrotic and other effects of AdipoR agonists + future considerations. @Preprints_org preprints.org/manuscript/202…


Muscle weakness and mitochondrial stress occur before metastasis in a novel mouse model of ovarian cancer cachexia biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv




Published Christmas day! Fibrosis is thought to contribute to muscle weakness in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. @cat_bellissimo in our lab, et al, showed diaphragm fibrosis is prevented with a slow release adiponectin receptor agonist in d2.mdx mice. 1/2 journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…




We're hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Exercise Physiology! internal.careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/13420320-…