
The Shapes of Energy
Luke Chao
Massachusetts General Hospital
Published December 12, 2024
In Woods Hole, Mass., the Atlantic breeze mixes with the hum of microscopes and the chatter of biologists. There, in a summer neurobiology course, Luke Chao first became enthralled by mitochondria “whizzing” around the neurons in a mouse.
“It was just really cool,” he recalls, describing the tiny organelles as they traveled along the long projections of nerve cells (axons), in a model of neurological damage.
This inspirational moment has since grown into the focus of the Chao Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. There, the Chao team explores the dynamic and enigmatic architecture …
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