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Lena Pernas

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US
Area of research
Parasitology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, and interferon and immune responses.
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14
citations
1,660
works
38
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Pathogen-induced formation of a nascent organelle derived from mitochondria
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2026cited by 1position: firstdoi
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate
Science 2025cited by 14position: lastdoi
Toxoplasma effector TgROP1 establishes membrane contact sites with the endoplasmic reticulum during infection
Nature Microbiology 2025cited by 4position: lastdoi
Glutamine sensing licenses cholesterol synthesis
The EMBO Journal 2024cited by 10position: lastdoi
Mitochondria as sensors of intracellular pathogens
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism 2024cited by 5position: lastdoi
Division of labour: mitochondria split to meet energy demands
Nature 2024cited by 3position: firstdoi
Metabolic immunity against microbes
Trends in Cell Biology 2023cited by 37position: lastdoi
Mitochondria shed their outer membrane in response to infection-induced stress
Science 2022cited by 102position: lastdoi
The mitochondrial protein Opa1 promotes adipocyte browning that is dependent on urea cycle metabolites
Nature Metabolism 2021cited by 99position: middledoi
Mitochondria Restrict Growth of the Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma gondii by Limiting Its Uptake of Fatty Acids
Cell Metabolism 2018cited by 140position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 4 papers (2022–2025)Luca Scorrano · University of Padua3 papers (2018–2024) · 2 papers (2024–2025)Camilla Bean · University of Padua2 papers (2018–2021)Xianhe Li · UCLA Health2 papers (2022–2025)Chahat Mehra · McGill University Health Centre2 papers (2022–2025) · 2 papers (2024–2025)Julian Straub · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2025)Gabriella Milan · University of Padua1 papers (2021–2021)Stéphanie Herkenne · University of Padua1 papers (2021–2021)Christian Münch · Universität Ulm1 papers (2022–2022) · 1 papers (2021–2021) · 1 papers (2022–2022) · 1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2022–2022)Marta Giacomello · University of Padua1 papers (2021–2021) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Roberto Vettor · Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova1 papers (2021–2021)Jana Ovciarikova · University of Glasgow1 papers (2025–2025) · 1 papers (2022–2022)