Mitochondrial Function in Yeast: Studies with a New Assay Technology

The metabolism of mitochondria generates energy and essential nutrients for its host cell and many human disorders are due to mitochondrial malfunction.

Yeasts, as a system, offer a big advantage due to the simplicity of making mutants to model human mitochondrial disorders.

This webinar will describe the novel yeast mitochondrial function assay technology developed by our research team and demonstrate the power as well as the potential pitfalls of using yeast as models.