Steven Zuryn

Professor Steven Zuryn is a molecular geneticist within the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. After training as a PhD in genetics, he undertook postdoctoral reseach at the Institut Génétique Biologie Moléculaire Cellulaire (IGBMC) in Strasbourg, France. He now leads an international and diverse team of postdoctoral, PhD, Honours, and undergraduate investigators studying epigenetics and mitochondrial biology. His laboratory’s work focuses on the role and impact of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases and is particularly fascinated with mutations that accumulate within the mitochondria’s own genome during ageing. His research has been published in the high profile journals Science, Nature Cell Biology, and Cell Metabolism and has appeared in multiple mainstream media outlets. For his research, he has received multiple international prizes and fellowships (including an ARC Future Fellowship) and is generously supported as a fellow of the Stafford Fox Research Foundation. Steven is passionate about communicating the critical importance of fundamental scientific research as a long-term human endeavour. Biochemistry and cell biology, Biological Sciences, Genetics

[2026] Mitochondrial fission mediates an evolutionarily conserved antibacterial defense response [2025] The microRNA miR-71 suppresses maladaptive UPRmt signaling through both cell-autonomous and cell-non-autonomous mechanisms [2025] Histone deacetylase 7 mediates lipopolysaccharide-inducible mitochondrial fission in macrophages [2025] DDHD2 provides a flux of saturated fatty acids for neuronal energy and function [2024] Misregulation of mitochondrial 6mA promotes the propagation of mutant mtDNA and causes aging in C. elegans [2024] Protein kinase 2 of the giant sarcomeric protein UNC-89 regulates mitochondrial morphology and function [2024] SoMarker: a genetic marker searching tool for Caenorhabditis elegans [2024] The mechanisms and roles of mitochondrial dynamics in C. elegans [2024] C.