Academic lecture as part of the Honours Programme
Two mitochondria
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Until recently it was assumed that mitochondria in mammalian cells operated at approximately the standard body temperature of 37 degrees Celsius. However, our recent data using different types of fluorescent reporter indicates a mitochondrial temperature of 50 degrees or above. In this lecture I shall present the evidence for this finding, the possible counter-arguments, and the consequences of elevated mitochondrial temperature for cellular and organismal physiology.
Howy Jacobs
Image: Jukka LehtiniemiProf. Howard Jacobs has been a Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Tampere from 1996 to 2023. His research interests include mitochondria, mitochondrial disease and cellular energy metabolism. He received the EU Descartes Prize for outstanding trans-national research Descartes Prize in 2004 and has been chief editor of EMBO reports from (2009-2014). Since 2023 he is professor emeritus at the University of Tampere.
Evening talk on personal career paths in the natural and life sciences
