Post Doctoral Fellow
mvaleraalberni [at] hsph.harvard.edu
Fellowships:
- PhD funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship “ChroMe” – European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the Grant Agreement No 675610.
Area of Interest/Research Focus:
- Role of mitochondrial form and function in the progression of age-related diseases.
Publications:
- Crosstalk between Drp1 phosphorylations during mitochondrial remodeling and their impact on metabolic adaptation
Valera-Alberni M, Joffraud M, Miro-Blanch J, Capellades J, Junza A, Sanchez-Garcia JL, Valsesia A, Cercillieux A, Söllner F, Ladurner AG, Yanes O and Cantó C.
In revision.
- Endogenous nicotinamide riboside metabolism protects against diet-induced liver damage.
Sambeat A, Ratajczak J, Joffraud M, Sanchez-Garcia JL, Giner MP, Valsesia A, Giroud-Gerbetant J, Valera-Alberni M, Cercillieux A, Boutant M, Kulkarni SS, Moco S, Canto C.
Nat Communications. 2019 Sep 20;10(1):4291. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12262-x.
PMID: 31541116
- Mitochondrial stress management: a dynamic journey.
Valera-Alberni M, Canto C.
Cell Stress. 2018 Oct 8;2(10):253-274. doi: 10.15698/cst2018.10.158.
PMID: 31225450
- Circadian Rhythms and Mitochondria: Connecting the Dots.
Sardon Puig L*, Valera-Alberni M*, Cantó C, Pillon NJ.
Frontiers in Genetics. 2018 Oct 8; 9:452. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00452. eCollection 2018.
PMID: 30349557
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
- Mfn2 is critical for brown adipose tissue thermogenic function.
Boutant M, Kulkarni SS, Joffraud M, Ratajczak J, Valera-Alberni M, Combe R, Zorzano A, Cantó C.
EMBO J. 2017 Jun 1;36(11):1543-1558. doi: 10.15252/embj.201694914.
PMID: 28348166
- Histological factors predicting loco-regional lymph node metastasis in early invasive colorectal adenocarcinoma pT1.
Machado I*, Valera-Alberni M*, Martínez de Juan F, López-Guerrero JA, García Fadrique A, Cruz J, Martínez Lapiedra C, de Alcantara FM, Yaya R, Campos J, Fernández-Martos C, Estevan R.
Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Jan;39(1):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2015.04.006.
PMID: 26049903.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.