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Alexander M. van der Bliek is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 15 publications in this area.

Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, physiology, aging, biochemistry, and biophysics. Core research topics covered by van der Bliek include mitochondrial function and pathology, adipose tissue and metabolism, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, cell image analysis techniques, nuclear structure and function, and ATP synthase and ATPases research.

Van der Bliek has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with three publications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Life Science Alliance, and Science Advances.

Recent papers by van der Bliek include:

  • Exercise preserves physical fitness during aging through AMPK and mitochondrial dynamics (2023) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Quantification of cristae architecture reveals time-dependent characteristics of individual mitochondria (2020) published in Life Science Alliance
  • Drp1 controls complex II assembly and skeletal muscle metabolism by Sdhaf2 action on mitochondria (2024) published in Science Advances
  • Mfn2 induces NCLX-mediated calcium release from mitochondria (2024) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A small molecule probe elucidates the role of mitochondrial translocase TIMM44 in PINK1/Parkin regulated mitophagy (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Van der Bliek has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Orian S. Shirihai (3 joint publications)
  • Juliane C. Campos (2 joint publications)
  • Luiz H. M. Bozi (2 joint publications)
  • Annika Traa (2 joint publications)
  • Jeremy M. Van Raamsdonk (2 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial Fission, Fusion, and Stress

    Richard J. Youle;Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • Dynamin-related Protein Drp1 Is Required for Mitochondrial Division in Mammalian Cells

    Elena Smirnova;Lorena Griparic;Dixie-Lee Shurland;Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • A Human Dynamin-related Protein Controls the Distribution of Mitochondria

    Elena Smirnova;Dixie-Lee Shurland;Sergey N. Ryazantsev;Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • The novel tail-anchored membrane protein Mff controls mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission in mammalian cells.

    Shilpa Gandre-Babbe;Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • C. elegans dynamin-related protein DRP-1 controls severing of the mitochondrial outer membrane.

    Arnaud M. Labrousse;Mauro D. Zappaterra;Daniel A. Rube;Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • Mutations in human dynamin block an intermediate stage in coated vesicle formation

    Alexander M. Van Der Bliek;Alexander M. Van Der Bliek;Thomas E. Redelmeier;Hanna Damke;Ellen J. Tisdale

  • Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion

    Alexander M. van der Bliek;Qinfang Shen;Sumihiro Kawajiri

  • Inducible proteolytic inactivation of OPA1 mediated by the OMA1 protease in mammalian cells

    Brian Head;Lorena Griparic;Mandana Amiri;Shilpa Gandre-Babbe

  • Regulation of the mitochondrial dynamin-like protein Opa1 by proteolytic cleavage

    Lorena Griparic;Takayuki Kanazawa;Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • Loss of the intermembrane space protein Mgm1/OPA1 induces swelling and localized constrictions along the lengths of mitochondria.

    Lorena Griparic;Nicole N. van der Wel;Ian J. Orozco;Peter J. Peters

  • Composition and dynamics of human mitochondrial nucleoids

    Nuria Garrido;Lorena Griparic;Eija Jokitalo;Jorma Wartiovaara

  • Functional diversity in the dynamin family

    Alexander M. van der Bliek

  • Cell Biology of the Mitochondrion.

    Alexander M van der Bliek;Margaret M Sedensky;Phil G Morgan

  • Mitochondrial Rab GAPs govern autophagosome biogenesis during mitophagy

    Koji Yamano;Adam I Fogel;Chunxin Wang;Alexander M van der Bliek

  • Endophilin Is Required for Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis by Localizing Synaptojanin

    Kimberly R Schuske;Janet E Richmond;Dawn Signor Matthies;Warren S Davis

  • Localizing proteins in the cell from their phylogenetic profiles

    Edward M. Marcotte;Ioannis Xenarios;Alexander M. van der Bliek;David Eisenberg

  • Uniform nomenclature for the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system

    Nikolaus Pfanner;Martin van der Laan;Paolo Amati;Roderick A. Capaldi

  • Individual cristae within the same mitochondrion display different membrane potentials and are functionally independent.

    Dane M Wolf;Dane M Wolf;Mayuko Segawa;Arun Kumar Kondadi;Ruchika Anand

  • Mutations in Fis1 disrupt orderly disposal of defective mitochondria.

    Qinfang Shen;Koji Yamano;Brian P. Head;Sumihiro Kawajiri;Sumihiro Kawajiri

  • The many shapes of mitochondrial membranes.

    Lorena Griparic;Alexander M. van der bliek

Frequent Co-Authors

Orian S. Shirihai
Orian S. Shirihai University of California, Los Angeles
Richard J. Youle
Richard J. Youle National Institutes of Health
Andreas S. Reichert
Andreas S. Reichert Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Sushil K. Mahata
Sushil K. Mahata University of California, San Diego
Carla M. Koehler
Carla M. Koehler University of California, Los Angeles
M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe
M. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Northwestern University
Regis B. Kelly
Regis B. Kelly University of California, San Francisco
Uwe Schlattner
Uwe Schlattner Grenoble Alpes University
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Elliot M. Meyerowitz
Elliot M. Meyerowitz California Institute of Technology

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