About MitoMetabLab
MitoMetabLab is an academic mitochondrial biology research laboratory at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Directed by a Tier II Canada Research Chair and supported by CIHR, the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Banting Research Foundation - Mitacs, and Canada Foundation for Innovation - John Evans Leaders Fund, we are focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Our mission is to determine how mitochondrial structure, function, and genetics contribute to physiology and pathology.
Latest News
February 29th, 2024
Leap Day is always good for trivia night (when is it a leap year? when ISN'T it a leap year?), but Leap Day also marks the official Rare Disease Awareness Day. While held on the 28th in off-years, Rare Disease Awareness Day seeks to bring these very special patients into the light and generate support for everyone who is on a rare medical journey. While we are all trained to 'think horses' when we 'hear hoofbeats', today is the day to hug a zebra!
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February 4th, 2024
A very brief Bon Voyage to TMED MSc student Abhishek as he sets off on a mini-adventure to Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Abhi will be visiting the Emory Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory and seeing first-hand how our first-ever metabolomic data are collected from previously-shipped samples. Can't wait to see the data and we hope Abhi enjoys all the tasty eats that ATL has to offer!
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January 9th, 2024
Welcome back! Everyone has returned to campus after a pleasant holiday break. Dr. Dunham-Snary will be in the classroom this winter semester as both Co-ordinator and Instructor of the still very popular LISC 391 laboratory course. Graduate students are wrapping up course work, considering committee meetings, and many of our undergraduates are starting their LAST SEMESTER! Wishing everyone a productive, healthy term!
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Media
Dr. Dunham-Snary presents 'Mitochondrial-Nuclear Genetic Interaction in Health and Disease' as a keynote speaker at York University's 11th Muscle Health Awareness Day.
Queen's CardioPulmonary Unit (QCPU): established with funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, QCPU is home to translational research in heart, lung, blood, and vascular diseases.