What Jared Rutter has said about Mitochondria
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 7, 2026
Jared Rutter, American biochemist, professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator specializing in mitochondria and metabolism, has been quoted on Mitochondria 3 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on September 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rutter explains that because sperm cytoplasm does not enter the egg, mitochondrial DNA is inherited entirely from the mother.
“So the mitochondrial genome of you came completely from your mother. Mine came completely from my mother”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 16:23
Rutter says mitochondria congregate at the leading edge of a crawling cell where ATP demand is highest.
“mitochondria will congregate at that leading edge where that ATP is being consumed to make ATP right there so it can be used”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 19:10
Rutter cites work from Craig Thompson's group showing a single cell can contain two functionally distinct populations of mitochondria.
“in one cell, you can have two different kinds of mitochondria that have two different functions, and they're distinct in one cell”
Huberman Lab: How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared Rutter (Sep 7, 2026) · Listen from 23:32
Episodes
How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolism | Dr. Jared RutterHuberman Lab · Sep 7, 2026 · 2 h 4 min
Biochemist Jared Rutter explains to Andrew Huberman how mitochondria allocate cellular resources between energy and growth, shaping aging, heart failure, and cancer.
Jared Rutter on other topics
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- Reactive oxygen species · 1 quote
- Warburg effect · 1 quote
- Heart failure · 1 quote
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