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2023 Week 41

Oct- 09 Mo

Oct- 10 Tu

What is the best fluorophore and concentration thereof for measuring mt-membrane potential?

It depends on sample characteristics - test the concentration of different fluorophores (safranin, TMRM and rhodamine 123) with your specific model to evaluate for inhibitory or uncoupling effects on respiration.
- »mt-membrane potential measurement«
- communicated by »Grings Mateus« and »Cardoso Luiza«

Oct- 11 We

The abbreviation 'Dith' has been used previously for Dithionite and is stepwise replaced by the shorter 'Dit'.

- »Dithionite, Dit«

Oct- 12 Th - World Arthritis Day

“Mitochondrial dysfunction did not seem to be a major contributing factor for insulin resistance in RA [rheumatoid arthritis]”

Moellering DR, Smith-Johnston K, Kelley C, Sammy MJ, Benedict J, Brock G, Johnson J, Baskin KK, Jarjour WN, Belury MA, Reiser PJ, Nagareddy PR, Hanaoka BY (2023) Association between skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction and insulin resistance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a case-control study. »Bioblast link«

from the O2k-Network »US AL Birmingham Moellering_DR«

Oct- 13 Fr

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2023 Week 42

Oct- 16 Mo

»2nd Workshop on Mitochondrial Functional Diagnostics Innsbruck AT«

Oct- 17 Tu

Noticing higher values of J°1 when using the O2k sV-chamber (0.5 mL) compared to the O2k 2mL-chamber?

The instrumental oxygen background flux, J°O₂ is volume-dependent in the closed chamber; therefore, the values of J°1 are about four times higher in the sV chamber.
- »O2k-sV-Module«, »POS calibration-SOP«
- communicated by »Timon-Gomez Alba« and »Leo Elettra«

Oct- 18 We

Oct- 19 Th

"MDH2 is a metabolic switch rewiring [electron transfer system] and TCA fuelling"

Molinié T, Cougouilles E, David C, Cahoreau E, Portais JC, Mourier A (2022) MDH2 produced OAA is a metabolic switch rewiring the fuelling of respiratory chain and TCA cycle. »Bioblast link«

from the O2k-Network »FR Bordeaux Mourier A«

Oct- 20 Fr