Is space the final frontier for mitochondrial study?

Affiliations

Kit Neikirk: 1Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Dominique C Stephens: 1Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Heather K Beasley: 1Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Andrea G Marshall: 1Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Jennifer A Gaddy: 3Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Steven M Damo: 2Department of Life & Physical Sciences, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
Antentor Hinton: 1Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA

Abstract

Tweetable abstract This perspective considers several avenues for future research on mitochondrial dynamics, stress, and DNA in outer space.