We designed and constructed a mobile laboratory to measure respiration rates in isolated mitochondria of wild animals captured at field locations. Here, we describe the design and outfitting of a mobile mitochondrial laboratory and the associated laboratory protocols.
Parry, H. A., Yap, K. N., Hill, G. E., Hood, W. R., Gladden, L. B., Eddy, M., Kavazis, A. N. Development of a Mobile Mitochondrial Physiology Laboratory for Measuring Mitochondrial Energetics in the Field. J. Vis. Exp. (174), e62956, doi:10.3791/62956 (2021).