Prof Benoit Kornmann

How mitochondria integrate with the rest of cellular activity

The Kornmann Lab studies interorganelle communication. The Kornmann Laboratory studies the ultrastructural organization of the cell and the biology of organelles. Organelles are separate yet interdependent units of the eukaryotic cells. They provide an appropriate milieu for the catalysis of specific biochemical reactions. On the other hand, the compartimentalization of the cell also creates the need for ultrastructural organization of the cell and communication routes that allow the exchange of metabolites and information across the cell. Our lab focuses mainly on mitochondria and on how mitochondria communicate with their neighboring environment in an integrated fashion. We study in particular how mitochondria integrate with the rest of cellular activity.

Lab website: http://www.kornmann.group