1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 300 600 An iron hand controls endosome-mitochondria contacts In erythroid cells, endocytosed iron is directly transferred into mitochondria at dynamic endosome-mitochondria contacts.&amp;nbsp;Das et al.&amp;nbsp;reveal that this process also occurs in epithelial cells, and that the motility of endosomes, and the duration of their interactions with mitochondria, is modulated by intra-endosomal iron release from transferrin. This biosights episode presents the paper by Das et al. from the September 26th, 2016, issue of&amp;nbsp;The Journal of Cell Biology&amp;nbsp;and includes an interview with the paper’s senior author, Margarida Barroso (Albany Medical College, Albany, NY). Produced by Caitlin Sedwick and Ben Short. See the associated paper in&amp;nbsp;JCB&amp;nbsp;for details on the funding provided to support this original research. Subscribe to biosights via&amp;nbsp;iTunes&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;RSS View&amp;nbsp;biosights archive The Rockefeller University Press biosights@rockefeller.edu biosights http://www.jcb.org/biosights <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5957245/height/300/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="300" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/54510599