Maria Broering

A big day for the lab! Huge congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Jerry Wei @lianjiejerrywei.bsky.social for successfully defending his thesis! 🎓🥳🎉

Thrilled to share our latest work "Recessive PPTC7 deficiency triggers excessive mitophagy to cause a severe inborn error of metabolism with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy" - a collaborative effort documenting the first cases of PPTC7 mutations in humans. 1/n
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

Student Award Alert! 🗣️

@mariabroering.bsky.social from the lab @nieminm.bsky.social earned the 2025 BMB Science Communication Award! This award is in recognition of her excellent scientific communication and reasoning during her first year as a rotation student. Congratulations, Maria!

Really thrilled to have our work on mitochondrial presequence strength out today @jcb.org. We establish quantitative parameters to better define "strong" and "weak" presequences both in vitro and in vivo. This work was spearheaded by the ever talented Youmian Yan, a BBSB graduate student in my lab.

Happy Halloween from the Niemi lab, dressed as the scariest lab technique, western blots. 😂

More exciting news from the lab - congratulations to grad student @mariabroering.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Science Communication award from our department!! This award recognizes her clarity in scientific reasoning and communication during her rotation. Congrats, Maria!! 🥳 #ProudPI

Thank you!!!😁

What’s Your Story? 2025 Contest Winners The Scientist is excited to announce the winners of our 2025 science writing contest!

Super excited for Niemi lab grad student Hannah Pletcher, who placed second in the recent "What's Your Story" Sci-comm writing contest put on by The Scientist! Read more about the contest, as well as Hannah's winning entry, here: www.the-scientist.com/what-s-your-...
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Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function Hundreds of mitochondrial-destined proteins rely on N-terminal presequences for organellar targeting and import. While generally described as positively charged amphipathic helices, presequences lack ...

Very excited to share our latest work, “Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function,” led by the fantastically talented @washubbsb.bsky.social graduate student Youmian Yan. A 🧵

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thank you!!😊 I am so grateful and excited to have officially joined the Niemi Lab and begun diving into the world of mitochondrial metabolism!