We are thrilled to announce that Fatimah Imam successfully defended her doctoral thesis last week 🎓! Fatima conducted her research under the supervision of SFB 1381 PI Chris Meisinger in project A06. Congrats, Fatimah! @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @meisingermitolab.bsky.social

Hugh congratulations to Aaditya Jonnalagadda, who successfully defended his doctoral thesis last week. 🎓 Aaditya, a SFB 1381 / SGBM fellow, studied under the supervision of Chris Meisinger (Project A06). @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @sgbmfreiburg.bsky.social @meisingermitolab.bsky.social

MitoWorld's Dr. Kostas Tokatlidis shows up for the #mitochondria community during #MitochondrialDiseaseAwarenessWeek2026! Read about his important work on #mitochondrialdiseases from @euromit-2026.bsky.social lnkd.in/p/gBWJSp4w Where can #mitoscientists get that fantastic T-shirt?

#mitochondrialdiseaseawarenessweek2026 #worldmitochondrialdiseaseweek | European Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine

As we mark #MitochondrialDiseaseAwarenessWeek2026 (14-20 September), I would like to recognise the extraordinary global community of patients, families, clinicians, researchers, healthcare professiona...

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After a quite medical talk on human cell lines I was attending, somebody was asking the question: What is the relevance for C. elegans?

Pedro Santamaria@p-santamaria.bsky.social · last mo.

- All studies on fruit flies can be extrapolated to humans. But we don't give a damn ! - We become scientists to understand the world, not to cure a insignificant, conspecific, primate. - (The playful mindset of research). www.psypost.org/disrupting-s...

A single amino acid can determine the stability of an entire protein machinery - check out this new publication by SFB 1381 PIs Nora Vögtle and Pitter Huesgen, revealing how precise protein trimming by ICP55 safeguards mitochondrial protein complexes. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A single-amino-acid cleavage controls global mitochondrial complex integrity - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Kücükköse, Luzarowski and colleagues show that removing a single N-terminal amino acid during the maturation of newly imported mitochondrial proteins globally stabilizes mitochondrial protein complexe...

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Uncovering the initial response: Intra-mitochondrial surveillance activates the UPRmt: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Uncovering the initial response: Intra-mitochondrial surveillance activates the UPRmt

Taskin, Shankar, Peselj, et al. demonstrate that mitochondria possess an intrinsic surveillance system that senses mild oxidative stress and activates the UPRmt before damage signals reach the cytosol...

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Congratulations to our SFB 1381 PIs Claudine Kraft and Carola Hunte and their teams - great story on the link between the mitochondrial fission and autophagy machinery!

Claudine Kraft's Lab @kraftlabfr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Paper Alert! In this new work published in @jcellsci.bsky.social we shift our focus on MTFR1L and the feedback loop linking mitochondrial fission, mitophagy and apoptosis. MTFR1L emerges as a critical coordinator of the fission and autophagy machinery. 🔗Find the paper here: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

👋 It’s been four weeks since our fantastic SFB 131 symposium, which featured an amazing line up and great participants. 🎬 Watch the video to relive the vibe!

Getting ready for our upcoming symposium! We are excited to welcome our international speakers and all other participants to Freiburg next week for what promises to be an unforgettable SFB 1381 Symposium.

The Meisinger Lab wishes all mito friends and colleagues a Merry Christmas and a peaceful 2026!

Interested in how to clarify a fundamental clash in mitochondrial signalling ? Check it out at www.nature.com/articles/s41...

DYRK1A signalling synchronizes the mitochondrial import pathways for metabolic rewiring - Nature Communications

Most mitochondrial proteins are imported from the cytosol via the TOM complex. Here, Marada et al. identify DYRK1A as a surveillance kinase that synchronizes the different import routes to shape the o...

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