'Alexander_Galkin', 'reverse electron transfer', 'mitochondrial complex I', 'mitochondria', 'ischemia-reperfusion', 'brain'

Alexander Galkin, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Alexander is Associate Professor in Neuroscience at Brain and Mind Research Institute Weill Cornell Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Moscow State University, Russia for the study of mechanisms of proton translocation by mitochondria. As a postdoctoral fellow, he worked at Uli Brandt’s Molecular Bioenergetics group in Frankfurt and at Sir Salvador Moncada’s Cardiovascular Pharmacology lab in Wolfson Institute, University College London. Currently, the main focus of his work is the characterization of the role of mitochondria metabolism and redox regulations in the development of tissue injury during ischemia/reperfusion. 

alg2057 AT med.cornell.edu

'Csaba Konrad', 'Alexander_Galkin', 'reverse electron transfer', 'mitochondrial complex I', 'mitochondria', 'ischemia-reperfusion', 'brain'

Csaba Konrad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Csaba received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Semmelweis University, Hungary. He continued his work at Weill Cornell College in Brain and Mind Research Institute focusing on neurodegeneration using bioenergetic, molecular biology, and cellular morphometry coupled with statistical machine learning techniques.

csk2001AT med.cornell.edu

'Alexander_Galkin', 'reverse electron transfer', 'mitochondrial complex I', 'mitochondria', 'ischemia-reperfusion', 'brain'

Belem Yoval-Sanchez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher

Belem received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Science at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, studying the reactivity of human aldehyde dehydrogenase. She continued her postdoctoral studies focusing on the tissue antioxidant response in neurodegenerative processes.

bey7006 AT med.cornell.edu

'Ivan Guerrero', 'Alexander_Galkin', 'reverse electron transfer', 'mitochondrial complex I', 'mitochondria', 'ischemia-reperfusion', 'brain'

Ivan Guerrero, BA, Research Assistant

Ivan graduated from New York University in 2023 with a Bachelor’s in Biology. While studying Ivan worked in the Christine Vogel lab at NYU analyzing post-translational modifications of proteins in neurons.  His project is aimed at understanding mitochondrial metabolic shifts in brain ischemia/reperfusion.

ifg4001 AT med.cornell

'Max Siragusa','Alexander_Galkin', 'reverse electron transfer', 'mitochondrial complex I', 'mitochondria', 'ischemia-reperfusion', 'brain'

Max Siragusa, BA, Research Assistant

Max is a Cornell Univeristy graduate Bachelor in Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell University aspiring to perform research to prepare for Graduate School. His work is focused on the characterization of mitochondria Complex I flavin interactions with apoenzyme.

mas4005 AT med.cornell.edu

Alumni

Marion Babot, PhD (now @ Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, Paris)
Anna Stepanova, PhD (now @ Cornell Medicine, NYC)
Michael Hammer (now @ Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies)
Michael Hall
Alba Valls (now @ Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain)
Amanda Birch