Students
Nick Brennan
Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Advisor: Xin Jie Chen, PhD
Student Profile:
In 2015, I graduated from SUNY Oneonta with a degree in Chemistry. After graduation, I conducted full-time biomedical research at the National Institute on Aging, NIH for two years. My research investigated the clinical manifestations of mitochondrial dysfunction in the aging population. More specifically, I studied the effects of perturbed mitochondrial bioenergetics on aging skeletal muscle. I joined the SUNY Upstate MD/PhD program in 2018. Under the supervision of Dr. Xin Jie Chen, I am completing my dissertation in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Using a mouse model with severe muscle wasting, my thesis work focuses on the investigation of a novel, bioenergetic-independent mechanism of mitochondria-induced muscle atrophy during aging.
Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-7686
Fellowship/Awards
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) Medical Student Summer Fellowship Program, NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Trainee Award, NIH Ruth Kirschstein Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (F30), SUNY GREAT Award
Membership
American Physician Scientist Association (APSA), American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)