Mika Jekabsons
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (662)915-3998
Email: jekabson@olemiss.edu
http://olemiss.edu/depts/biology/people/faculty/jekabsons/index.php

Key Words: Mitochondrial bioenergetics, Mitochondrial function within cells, The role of mitochondria in apoptotic and necrotic cell death

Research Description:

Honors Theses:

Thornton, Noah (2021) Serine and Glutathione Biosynthesis in Breast Cancer Subclones That Preferentially Metastasize to Lung and Bone (full text)

Skubiz, Anna G. (2020) glucose metabolism of breast cancer sub-clones that preferentially metastasize to the lungs and bone (full text)

Merrell, Mollie (2020) Breast Cancer Sub-Clones that Metastasize to Lung and Bone Exhibit Different Metabolic Preferences (full text)

Daniels, Marcus (2015) A Translational Study of the Correlation Between Low Birth Weight, Hypertension, and Kidney Function Using a Rat Model. (full text)

Aujla, Khush Singh (2012) "Angiotensin II: A Potential Link Between Inflammation and Hypertension in SLE" (full text)

Webb, Adrienne Lorraine (2010) “Investigating the Stability of Energy Metabolism in Cultured Neurons:  Do Cerebellar GranuleNeurons Maintain A Metabolic Steady State in the Early Stages of Apoptosis?”

Moran, Stephanie Olivia (2007) "Regulation of the Pro-Apoptotic Protein Bax in Cerebellar Granule Neuron Apoptosis"