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Higgs Lab

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October 2023
Hanover, New Hampshire

Henry N. Higgs, Ph.D.

THE BOSS

Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Henry.Higgs@dartmouth.edu 

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Curriculum Vitae

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Frieda Kage

POST-DOC

I am finding out new ways in which the actin cytoskeleton influences

organelle dynamics.

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Miriam Lee

POST-DOC

My research focuses on the functions of INF2-CAAX, as well as acetylated actin in regulating mitochnodrial dynamics.

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Sukrut Kamerkar

POST-DOC

My work investigates mitochondrial cristae architecture in humans, with an emphasis on an exciting but poorly understood protein of the mitochondrial intermembrane space-LACTB.

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Ao Liu

GRADUATE STUDENT

My research focuses on the mitochondrial fission protein, Drp1, and the effects of phosphorylation on its activity.
 

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Ziwei She

GRADUATE STUDENT

I am figuring out how actin polymerization contributes to metabolic switching between oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis.
 

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William King

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

My work focuses on measuring glycolytic capacity of different cancer cell lines and how ADA impacts cancer cell metabolism. My favorite organelle is the mitochondrion!
 

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Siddhi Bramhe

LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
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Julia Patterson

UNDERGRADUATE
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Rocky

LAB GUARD ROCK

COLLABORATIONS

The Higgs lab works closely with Martin Pollak at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Ed Usherwood at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, microbiology and immunology.

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Within the Dartmouth community, Harry is also a mentor for the interdisciplinary BioMT project, an NIH sponsored COBRE grant to support junior faculty. Harry is also a member of the Dartmouth Cancer Center.

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