
Mason Wheeler
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Mason Wheeler
@mace_whee
PhD Candidate in the laboratory of @Jess4genes studying all things cardiac metabolism 🫀🧬


MICU proteins facilitate calcium-dependent mitochondrial metabolon formation to regulate cellular energetics independently of MCU dlvr.it/TSWnG4








A @Zoom reunion of Zeta Beta Tau alumni led to the creation of a new fellowship for graduate student researchers. The first recipient will use the funding to study insulin resistance in cardiovascular disease. Read more: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

Ph.D. candidate Mason Wheeler received a Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship from the @nih_nhlbi! She’ll use the funds to study molecular pathways leading to diabetic heart disease. 📰 Full story on her research: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/….




Please check out Adrian’s paper out now in @jbiolchem, Circadian control of histone turnover during cardiac development and growth @AdrianA69807039 @UCLAAnes @ucla @dgsomucla @ManuelRosaGarr1 @Toddzillaroo sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



Mendoza et al found the balance between Ca2+ & #ROS concentrations can dictate which #necrotic cell death pathway (#mPTP vs. #ferroptosis) becomes initiated at the level of the #mitochondria during #I/R injury ahajrnls.org/4dQjst6 @Arielys_Mendoza @karchoptosis






