
Jon Brestoff
@brestofflab
Associate Professor MD/PhD @WUSTLmed who studies #immunometabolism, intercellular #mitochondria transfer, and metabolic diseases like #obesity.
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A study in Nature Communications shows that Zika virus NS1 induces tunneling nanotubes in placental cells, which facilitate viral spread and transport of mitochondria in placental cells. go.nature.com/41iQooH



Abstract submission deadline for 2025 #Mitochondrial #Medicine United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation is March 31 umdf.smapply.org/prog/2025poste… SciMed Scholarships and talks available from abstracts June 18-21, 2025 in St Louis by the Arch One of the most inspiring conferences I have been to! Please RT




Mitochondria on the ALL IN podcast The All-In Podcast Thank you david friedberg for educating us about mitochondria. Covering our MitoBrainMap paper and Jon Brestoff's work on mitochondria transfer. @jason Chamath Palihapitiya David Sacks youtube.com/watch?v=rCrb4T…




Many thanks to Cell Metabolism for featuring part of my journey in their 20th Anniversary Voices series. It's humbling to share page space with scientists who’ve inspired me along the way. WashU Medicine WashU Medicine Pathology & Immunology #5: "Mitochondria on the Move" cell.com/cell-metabolis…

Thank you to the CureMITO Foundation for making a major gift to my lab WashU Medicine Pathology & Immunology WashU Medicine in support of our research on Leigh Syndrome. We will use these incredible resources to advance a new mitochondrial therapy that my lab developed for this fatal disease.


