June 26, 2014 ~ Clearwater Beach, FL

Mitochondrial Lipids

Rancid radical talk: Music of mitochondrial cardiolipins
Valerian Kagan, PhD, DSc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Deletion of the cardiolipin-specific phospholipase rescues growth defects in the yeast tafazzin mutant
Miriam Greenberg, PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Could other tafazzin products contribute to heart and muscle pathology in Barth syndrome?
Matthew Gillum, PhD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Unremodeled and remodeled cardiolipin are functionally indistinguishable in yeast
Matthew Baile, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Detection of cardiolipin abnormalities in white blood cells of patients with Barth syndrome by MALDI-TOTOF/MS
Angela Corcelli, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Regulation of cardiomyopathy in Barth syndrome by ALCAT1
Jun Zhang, PhD Candidate, Penn State College of Medicine, State College, PA