Postdoctoral Fellows

I am interested in the role of metabolism in cellular response to stress. Specifically, I am interested in how mitochondrial sirtuins regulate fat metabolism and contribute to pathology. I am supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association.

I am interested in studying the mechanism by which SIRT4 regulates fatty acid oxidation and how the reprogramming of this metabolic pathway contributes to tumor development and progression. I am supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Cancer Society.

I am examining a mitochondrial sirtuin network. This study will reveal new functions of those sirtuins. I am also interested in the role of SIRT3 in response to cellular stresses. I am supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program.

Sarika is investigating the potential effects of sirtuins and calorie restriction on mitochondrial bioenergetics and function in human cells and mice harboring mitochondrial defects. Sarika is supported by a fellowship from the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation.

Postdoctoral research grant award ($90,804) received at UMDF Annual Symposium, Washington DC, June 2009.

Noga's main focus is studying the possible function of mitochondrial sirtuins as regulators of the adaptive immune response. Noga was awarded the Weizmann Institute Women in Science Award and is supported by the European Molecular Biology Organization long-term fellowship.

Gaëlle is interested in understanding the role of the mitochondrial Sirtuin SIRT4 on mitochondrial function and in the regulation of metabolism. Gaëlle is supported by the Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship.

My projects focus on the function of SIRT4 in DNA damage and finding the novel targets of mitochondria sirtuins. I am supported by the NRF Post-doctoral Fellowship (National Research Foundation of Korea).

My hobbies are swimming and skiing.