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Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Keun Woo Ryu
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2
Ipsita Mohanty
University of California San Diego
3
Laura F. DiGiovanni
University of Toronto
4
Patrick Forny
Washington University in St. Louis
5
Xin Cai
Shanghai Ocean University
6
Brenita C. Jenkins
Pennsylvania State University
7
Jacob Lam
University of Iowa
8
Angelica P. Ahrens
University of Florida
9
Brenda Morant-Ferrando
Universidad de Salamanca
10
Jennifer Ngo
University of California, Los Angeles

Papers

1
Cellular ATP demand creates metabolically distinct subpopulations of mitochondria
Nature|2024
245 cit.
2
The underappreciated diversity of bile acid modifications
Cell|2024
190 cit.
3
Mitochondria in disease: changes in shapes and dynamics
Trends in Biochemical Sciences|2024
146 cit.
4
Infant microbes and metabolites point to childhood neurodevelopmental disorders
Cell|2024
120 cit.
5
Publication in Science (2025) [94 citations, W4412165109]
Science|2025
94 cit.
6
The inflammatory path toward type 1 diabetes begins during pregnancy
Nature Communications|2026
3 cit.
7
Characterization of adaptive expression regulation of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) leptin, receptor, and receptor overlapping transcript genes in response to fasting and re-feeding strategies
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry|2024
1 cit.
8
Recombinant leptins affect lipid metabolism in hepatocytes of Cynoglossus semilaevis
Aquaculture Reports|2024
1 cit.
9
Cooperative Architecture of Mitochondrial Proteome Homeostasis
medRxiv|2026
1 cit.
10
The role of functional assays and multiomics for diagnosis and discovery in methylmalonic acidemia
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Amy Price
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
2
Antentor Hinton
Vanderbilt University
3
Valentin Cracan
Scripps Research Institute
4
Terri L. Russell
Emergency Nurses Association
5
Sven F. Garbade
Heidelberg University
6
Weihui Yan
XinHua Hospital
7
Nathaniel W. Snyder
Temple University
8
Saadet Mercimek‐Andrews
University of Alberta
9
Sarah J. Pickett
Newcastle University
10
Qiulun Lu
Nanjing Medical University

Papers

1
Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation
PEDIATRICS|2022
507 cit.
2
Mitochondrial Structure and Function in Human Heart Failure
Circulation Research|2024
175 cit.
3
Mitochondria in disease: changes in shapes and dynamics
Trends in Biochemical Sciences|2024
146 cit.
4
MitoTracker: A useful tool in need of better alternatives
European Journal of Cell Biology|2023
132 cit.
5
Systematic Transmission Electron Microscopy‐Based Identification and 3D Reconstruction of Cellular Degradation Machinery
Advanced Biology|2023
71 cit.
6
<scp>3D</scp> reconstruction of murine mitochondria reveals changes in structure during aging linked to the <scp>MICOS</scp> complex
Aging Cell|2023
64 cit.
7
Three-dimensional mitochondria reconstructions of murine cardiac muscle changes in size across aging
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology|2023
57 cit.
8
A Comprehensive Approach to Sample Preparation for Electron Microscopy and the Assessment of Mitochondrial Morphology in Tissue and Cultured Cells
Advanced Biology|2023
55 cit.
9
A genetically encoded tool to increase cellular NADH/NAD+ ratio in living cells
Nature Chemical Biology|2023
52 cit.
10
Update on the Use of Pulse Wave Velocity to Measure Age-Related Vascular Changes
Current Hypertension Reports|2023
44 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Douglas C. Wallace
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2
Douglass M. Turnbull
Royal Victoria Infirmary
3
David C. Chan
California Institute of Technology
4
Nils‐Göran Larsson
Karolinska Institutet
5
David A. Clayton
University of Leicester
6
Ferdinando Palmieri
University of Bari Aldo Moro
7
Patrick F. Chinnery
Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research
8
Massimo Zeviani
IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo
9
Nenad Blau
University Children's Hospital Zurich
10
Luca Scorrano
University of Padua

Papers

1
Premature ageing in mice expressing defective mitochondrial DNA polymerase
Nature|2004
2.7k cit.
2
Mitofusins Mfn1 and Mfn2 coordinately regulate mitochondrial fusion and are essential for embryonic development
The Journal of Cell Biology|2003
2.6k cit.
3
Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Associated with Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Science|1988
2.4k cit.
4
Mitofusin 2 tethers endoplasmic reticulum to mitochondria
Nature|2008
2.4k cit.
5
Core Structure of gp41 from the HIV Envelope Glycoprotein
Cell|1997
1.9k cit.
6
Sequence and gene organization of mouse mitochondrial DNA
Cell|1981
1.7k cit.
7
During autophagy mitochondria elongate, are spared from degradation and sustain cell viability
Nature Cell Biology|2011
1.7k cit.
8
OPA1 Controls Apoptotic Cristae Remodeling Independently from Mitochondrial Fusion
Cell|2006
1.7k cit.
9
Mitochondrial transcription factor A is necessary for mtDNA maintance and embryogenesis in mice
Nature Genetics|1998
1.6k cit.
10
High levels of mitochondrial DNA deletions in substantia nigra neurons in aging and Parkinson disease
Nature Genetics|2006
1.6k cit.

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