Dr. Julian Prudent

I obtained a Master’s degree in Biochemistry (2007) and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology (2011) from the University Claude Bernard Lyon I (Lyon, France). During my Ph.D in the Professor Germain Gillet’s lab, I was investigating the roles of Bcl-2 proteins in calcium signalling during zebrafish embryonic development. 

I moved to Professor Heidi McBride’s lab at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) as postdoctoral fellow in 2013 to study the interplay between mitochondrial dynamics, membrane contacts sites and cellular homeostasis. 

I established my independent research group at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), as MRC investigator, in 2016. 

Project/study information

Mitochondrial cell biology: Understanding the molecular mechanisms and functions of mitochondrial dynamics and membrane contact sites.