• Disease-specific phenotypes in iPSC-derived neural stem cells with POLG mutations 

      Liang, Xiao; Kristiansen, Cecilie Katrin; Mostafavi, Sepideh; Vatne, Guro H.; Zantingh, Gina; Kianian, Atefeh; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Høyland, Lena Elise; Ziegler, Mathias; Perez, Roberto Megias; Furriol, Jessica; Zhang, Zhuoyuan; Balafkan, Novin; Hong, Yu; Siller, Richard; Sullivan, Gareth; Bindoff, Laurence (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Mutations in POLG disrupt mtDNA replication and cause devastating diseases often with neurological phenotypes. Defining disease mechanisms has been hampered by limited access to human tissues, particularly neurons. Using ...
    • Distinct Mitochondrial Remodeling During Mesoderm Differentiation in a Human-Based Stem Cell Model 

      Mostafavi, Sepideh; Balafkan, Novin; Pettersen, Ina Katrine Nitschke; Nido, Gonzalo Sanchez; Siller, Richard; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Sullivan, Gareth John; Bindoff, Laurence Albert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-14)
      Given the considerable interest in using stem cells for modeling and treating disease, it is essential to understand what regulates self-renewal and differentiation. Remodeling of mitochondria and metabolism, with the shift ...
    • A method for dierentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells toward functional cardiomyocytes in 96‐well microplates 

      Balafkan, Novin; Mostafavi, Sepideh; Schubert, Manja; Siller, Richard; Liang, Xiao; Sullivan, Gareth; Bindoff, Laurence (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The capacity of pluripotent stem cells both for self-renewal and to differentiate into any cell type have made them a powerful tool for studying human disease. Protocols for efficient differentiation towards cardiomyocytes ...