Biography
Dr. Ponomarova joined the UNM Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2023 after a postdoc at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Before that, she received a PhD from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany.
Personal Statement
In the Ponomarova Lab, we investigate how metabolic pathways interact to support physiological functions. How does an organism stay healthy when a metabolic enzyme is mutated? What diet will improve or worsen the disease? Why are metabolic networks connected the way they are? We use nematode C. elegans and its bacterial diet to investigate metabolism from organellar to inter-organism levels.
http://ponomarovalab.com
Areas of Specialty
Metabolic pathways; Metabolomics; Systems-level understanding of metabolic disease; Diet-genotype interactions; Host-microbiome interactions