Do Mitochondria Talk to Each Other? A New Look at the Cell’s Powerhouse

线粒体能相互对话吗?对细胞动力之源的新视角

Science Quickly

2025-05-21

27 分钟
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Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell—but new research suggests they might be far more complex. Columbia University’s Martin Picard joins Scientific American’s Rachel Feltman to explore how these tiny organelles could be communicating and what that might mean for everything from metabolism to mental health. Check out Martin Picard’s full article in the June issue of Scientific American. Tell us what you think! Take our survey for the chance to win some SciAm swag! E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Hey listeners, Rachel here.

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  • For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.

  • Our guest today is Martin Picard,

  • an associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University.

  • He's here to tell us all about our mitochondria,

  • what they do for us, and how they can even talk to each other.

  • If you like to watch your pods instead of just listening,

  • you can check out a video version of my conversation with Martin over on our YouTube page.

  • Plus, you'll get to see some of the aligning mitochondria we're about to talk about in action.