We study how genetic information flows through mitochondrial networks.

  • Mitochondrial genome synthesis

  • Neuronal mitostasis

  • Spatial organization of gene expression

Recent work

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Lewis Lab News

  • Cassie's preprint on mtDNA maintenance during lipid stress is up on bioRxiv!

    07/29/25

  • Congratulations to our M.S. in Biotechnology graduates: Sophie, Vita, and Caitlin!

    05/23/2025

  • We're proud of a new preprint with the Hurley lab, on bioRxiv now!

    04/25/2025

  • Camryn and Eve have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy!

    04/23/2025

  • Congratulations to first Ph.D. graduate from the Lewis Lab, Dr. Adam Begeman!

    12/20/2024

  • Tejashree, Eve, Casadora, and Adam presented their work at ASCB!

    12/16/2024

  • Welcome new Masters degree students, Vita, Caitlyn, and Sophie!

    10/1/2024

  • The Lewis Lab has joined Team Hurley in the Aligning Science Against Parkinsons research consortium. Thank you Michael J. Fox Foundation!

    09/27/2024

  • Welcome new PhD student, Cam!

    7/10/2024

  • Sam received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award 2024-29!

    5/30/2024

  • Sam is a guest editor for PLoS Genetics!

    5/23/2024

  • Sam won a 2024 MCB Department Outstanding Faculty Award!

    5/7/2024

  • Adam has received the Nucleate Venture Fellowship Award! Congrats!

    3/1/2024

  • Alexandra has received the CREA Undergraduate Fellowship for research on Aging! Way to go!

    1/3/2024

  • Congrats to postdoc Tejashree, on her election to the Early Career Review Board at J Biological Chemistry!

    12/22/23

  • Eve is now a Rare Disease Diversity Coalition Predoctoral Fellow!

    12/19/23

  • Sam has won the 2023 Prytanean Faculty Award!

    11/01/23

  • We are thrilled to be funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: 'Metabolism Across Scales' program!

    10/26/23

  • Casadora, Adam, Yomn, and Beza are headed to ASCB in Boston, this December

    9/30/23

  • We've been awarded an NIH Diversity Supplement to our R35 grant to support Cassie's work!

    06/16/23

  • Welcome to UC LEADS student, Beza!

    06/12/23

  • Tejashree is a finalist for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation postdoc Accelerator Award!

    05/22/23

  • Adam's paper is in print at mSystems <3

    05/18/23

  • Welcome, new Ph.D. student Eve!

    04/28/23

  • Casadora passed her QE!

    04/26/23

  • The Lewis lab has been awarded funding from the IGI Center for CRISPR Target Discovery!

    04/20/23

  • Casadora has received a Mentored Graduate Research Fellowship!

    04/19/23

  • Jackie has been selected to speak at the Bay Area Aging Meeting!

    04/14/23

  • Sam is a 2023 Whitman Fellow of the Marine Biological Laboratory

    03/28/23

  • Sam has won the 2023 American Association for Anatomy R.R. Bensley Award in Cell and Molecular Biology!

    02/17/23

  • Sam is a 2023 Sloan Research Fellow!

    02/15/23

  • The Lewis Lab enjoyed our retreat at Pt. Reyes National Seashore! Two days of board games, trivia and hiking

    12/9/22-12/11/22

  • The Lewis lab has received a generous gift from the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation 'Unstoppable Nina Hall Research Fund'. Thank you.

    11/30/22

  • PhD student Casadora awarded a $70k grant from the Stanford Diabetes Research Center!

    11/14/22

  • Welcome to new undergrads Yomn and Clara!

    10/27/22

  • John's abstract has been selected for a talk at ASCB! Check out the Special Interest SubGroup on Subcellular Localization of RNA

    09/19/22

  • The Lewis Lab awarded $1.9 Million NIH MIRA grant!

    09/09/22

  • Casadora selected for the ASCB PAIR-UP Symposium at Rockefeller University!

    08/28/22

  • Jackie's abstract selected for a talk at the C.elegans Development, Cell Biology, and Gene Expression Topic Meeting! Way to go!

    07/11/22

  • Sam has won the 2022 Rennie Fund for the Study of Epilepsy!

    06/24/22

  • Sam has been selected as a Hellman Fellow by the Society of Hellman Fellows Fund!

    05/30/22

  • Welcome to new PhD student Cassie, from the Metabolic Biology Graduate Program :)

    05/12/22

  • Welcome high school student Maryam, joining us through the Summer Student Research Program! Thanks CIRM for support!

    05/01/22

  • Congrats to Ph.D. candidate Adam Begeman on his NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

    04/05/22

  • Congrats to Lewis lab undergrad Ryan Quan on his Rose Hills/SURF Summer Research Fellowship!

    03/30/22

We are grateful for the support of current and previous sponsors