The Transport of Mitochondria and Lysosomes During Synapse Formation and Plasticity
I am a 3rd year PhD student conducting my research in Dr. Sathyanarayanan Puthanveettil’s lab at Scripps Research, Florida. My research goal is to understand the significance and regulation of bidirectionally transported organelles within the axon during learning and memory. Specifically, I study the transport of mitochondria (that supplies energy) and lysosomes (that degrades and