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Jodi Nunnari is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemical and molecular biological aspects of mitochondrial function and pathology, with significant contributions spanning related subfields such as molecular biology, cell biology, clinical biochemistry, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their published work covers various topics including mitochondrial function and pathology, ATP synthase and ATPases research, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, metabolism and genetic disorders, cellular transport and secretion, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases.

Recent publications by Jodi Nunnari include the following:

  • Mitochondria at the crossroads of health and disease, 2024, Cell
  • PDZD8 interacts with Protrudin and Rab7 at ER-late endosome membrane contact sites associated with mitochondria, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The modified mitochondrial outer membrane carrier MTCH2 links mitochondrial fusion to lipogenesis, 2021, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Structural analysis of a trimeric assembly of the mitochondrial dynamin-like GTPase Mgm1, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome-wide CRISPRi screening identifies OCIAD1 as a prohibitin client and regulatory determinant of mitochondrial Complex III assembly in human cells, 2021, eLife

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jodi Nunnari include:

  • Maxence Le Vasseur
  • Kelly Subramanian
  • Karinder K. Brar
  • Daniel T. Hughes
  • Jordan L. Morris

The scientist has published multiple articles in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell, Nature Communications, The Journal of Cell Biology, and Science. Notably, bioRxiv is the most common venue among their publications.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondria: In Sickness and in Health

    Jodi Nunnari;Anu Suomalainen;Anu Suomalainen

  • ER Tubules Mark Sites of Mitochondrial Division

    Jonathan R. Friedman;Laura L. Lackner;Matthew West;Jared R. DiBenedetto

  • Mitochondrial form and function

    Jonathan R. Friedman;Jodi Nunnari

  • An ER-Mitochondria Tethering Complex Revealed by a Synthetic Biology Screen

    Benoît Kornmann;Erin Currie;Sean R. Collins;Maya Schuldiner

  • Chemical inhibition of the mitochondrial division dynamin reveals its role in Bax/Bak-dependent mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization.

    Ann Cassidy-Stone;Jerry E. Chipuk;Elena Ingerman;Cheng Song

  • The dynamin-related GTPase Dnm1 regulates mitochondrial fission in yeast

    William Bleazard;J. Michael McCaffery;Edward J. King;Susan Bale

  • The Machines that Divide and Fuse Mitochondria

    Suzanne Hoppins;Laura Lackner;Jodi Nunnari

  • Dnm1 forms spirals that are structurally tailored to fit mitochondria

    Elena Ingerman;Edward M. Perkins;Michael Marino;Jason A. Mears

  • Mitochondrial fusion in yeast requires the transmembrane GTPase Fzo1p

    Greg J. Hermann;John W. Thatcher;John P. Mills;Karen G. Hales

  • Mitochondrial transmission during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is determined by mitochondrial fusion and fission and the intramitochondrial segregation of mitochondrial DNA.

    Jodi Nunnari;Wallace F. Marshall;Aaron Straight;Andrew Murray

  • ER-mitochondria contacts couple mtDNA synthesis with mitochondrial division in human cells

    Samantha C. Lewis;Lauren F. Uchiyama;Jodi Nunnari

  • Mitochondrial Fusion Intermediates Revealed in Vitro

    Shelly Meeusen;J. Michael McCaffery;Jodi Nunnari

  • Mitochondrial Inner-Membrane Fusion and Crista Maintenance Requires the Dynamin-Related GTPase Mgm1

    Shelly Meeusen;Rachel DeVay;Jennifer Block;Ann Cassidy-Stone

  • A mitochondrial-focused genetic interaction map reveals a scaffold-like complex required for inner membrane organization in mitochondria.

    Suzanne Hoppins;Sean R. Collins;Ann Cassidy-Stone;Eric Hummel

  • Conformational changes in Dnm1 support a contractile mechanism for mitochondrial fission.

    Jason A Mears;Laura L Lackner;Shunming Fang;Elena Ingerman;Elena Ingerman

  • Mitochondrial dynamics and division in budding yeast

    Janet M Shaw;Jodi Nunnari

  • Mdv1p is a WD repeat protein that interacts with the dynamin-related GTPase, Dnm1p, to trigger mitochondrial division.

    Quinton Tieu;Jodi Nunnari

  • The Dynamin-Related Gtpase, Mgm1p, Is an Intermembrane Space Protein Required for Maintenance of Fusion Competent Mitochondria

    Edith D. Wong;Jennifer A. Wagner;Steven W. Gorsich;J. Michael McCaffery

  • Determinants and functions of mitochondrial behavior

    Katherine Labbé;Andrew Murley;Jodi Nunnari

  • ER exit sites are physical and functional core autophagosome biogenesis components

    Martin Graef;Jonathan R. Friedman;Christopher Graham;Mohan Babu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Walter
Peter Walter University of California, San Francisco
J. Michael McCaffery
J. Michael McCaffery Johns Hopkins University
Benedikt Westermann
Benedikt Westermann University of Bayreuth
Zihe Rao
Zihe Rao Tsinghua University
William A. Prinz
William A. Prinz The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lee E. Limbird
Lee E. Limbird Fisk University
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Johan Auwerx
Johan Auwerx École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Anu Suomalainen
Anu Suomalainen University of Helsinki

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