Elma Zaganjor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- : elma.zaganjor@vanderbilt.edu
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754 Robinson Research Building
My research interests are in the role of mitochondrial metabolism in disease. My lab focuses on identifying the molecular mechanisms by which mitochondrial sirtuins protect from age-related disease, cancer, and diabetes.
I performed graduate training at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the laboratory of Dr. Melanie Cobb, studying the mechanisms of cancer metastasis. As a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Marcia Haigis at Harvard Medical School I studied the role of mitochondrial metabolism in cell fate decisions in the context of cancer biology and normal development.