Melissa Walker
@MWalkerMDPhD
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Neurologist and mitochondrial genomicist and molecular biologist. Opinions are my own.
Joined June 2020
RT @jourdainlab: New preprint from the lab! 🚨 🧫 New galactose #CRISPR screening strategy 🎯 481 genes required for #OXPHOS ⚙️ #FAM136A in…
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Single case > new insights. Increased perfusion BEFORE other MRI changes during a MELAS stroke-like episode + ictal-interictal continuum during symptomatic period. @AltenBaris @nsanar Cat Chu @MGHNeurology @MghPediNeuro
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RT @NIHDirector: #NIH supported the research of three 2024 @NobelPrize winners. Their research is a reminder of the importance of #BasicSci…
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RT @jourdainlab: New pre-print🚨 Great new story by @miriamlisci and the lab on metabolic flexibility in #cancermetabolism! 👉🏻A resource:…
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RT @OligoclonalBand: Proud to be part of this incredible all-woman group of pediatric neuro-immunologists: ...and i…
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RT @VamsiMootha: Introducing a resource of mtDNA copy number (mtCN) across ~10k human donor-tissues (GTEx), 20 murine tissues, and 173 canc…
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RT @UMDF: We were able to squeeze in one more #MitoMed LIVE on our very last day with Dr. Amy Goldstein from @ChildrensPhila. On her 24th M…
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@DrYasminKhakoo @GraceGombolayMD @pedneurojournal @AANmember @MassGenBrigham @ChildNeuroSoc @DrYasminKhakoo you are a wonderful mentor and far too kind, many thanks.
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Honored to be speaking to families affected by mitochondrial disease with the @UMDF this evening.
Don't forget! Join us for an Ask the Mito Doc webcast on Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00pm eastern for a "Mitochondrial Disease Primer" with Dr. Melissa Walker. We'll also provide a brief overview of What to Expect for #MitoMed 2024 in Cleveland. Register:
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RT @VamsiMootha: Delighted to share new work led by Josh Meisel w/Gary Ruvkun using forward genetics to discover a new mode of post-transcr…
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RT @VamsiMootha: mtDNA heteroplasmy dynamics are so complex, even paradoxical. To understand why, we combined precise mtDNA editing w/a new…
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RT @DrYasminKhakoo: 📣 Calling all 🧠 child neurologists: Apply 4 @ChildNeuroSoc PERF grants by today Monday April 15 at midnight! For young…
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Continuing our study of the somatic segregation of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA variants. T cell activation selects against the m.3243A>G variant in a manner that persists with time/age. @VamsiMootha @broadinstitute @MGHNeurology @MGHMolBio
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RT @VamsiMootha: Delighted to introduce PMF-seq: a new way to link genetic perturbations to detailed bioenergetic phenotypes. We use the me…
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Excited to be participating in the @MGHfC Medical Genetics #RareDiseaseDay 2024 Program next week!
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RT @MichaelOkun: Can you be diagnosed mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), a mitochondrial di…
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RT @DrYasminKhakoo: 📣One of several great review articles from the first Special Issue of @pedneurojournal “The Effect of Disease on the De…
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