Kasturi Mitra

This study shows that light-dark and dietary cues regulate Drosophila ovarian stem cells by modulating Drp1 on mitochondria to enhance egg production.

This study shows that mitochondrial-containing sEVs from MDRCs activate and polarize Th17 and Th2 cells in asthma, contributing to airway inflammation.

The paper quantifies mitochondrial structure-function heterogeneity, identifying redox-tuned small-mitochondrial-networks that specify stemness and are detectable in patient transcriptomes.

This study shows that mitochondrial fission is essential for embryonic heart development by regulating ribosomal protein gene transcription through an AMPK-SIRT7-GABPB axis.

The paper develops and validates mito-SinCe2, an approach to quantify the relationship between mitochondrial dynamics and energetics, revealing distinct states and linear relationships in ovarian tumor initiating cells.