UCL Food, Metabolism & Society Domain – Early Career Researcher Network Launch and Poster Competition
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6th Annual Sir John Walker Lecture
The 6th Annual Sir John Walker lecture on the ‘Genomics approaches to mitochondrial physiology and disease’ will be taking place on February 22nd. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Vamsi Mootha, a Professor of Systems Biology and of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and leader of a research…
MitoPorto 2018
On July 13th, 2018 the University of Porto will be hosting the MitoPorto International Symposium which will address mitochondrial evolution, metabolism and disease. The day will offer keynote lectures from speakers such as Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers (Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, UK), Paulo J. Oliveira (CNC.IBILI, Biocant, U.Coimbra, PT), Célia Nogueira (National Institute of…
Multifaceted Mitochondria – Mitochondria Cell Symposium 2018
The ‘Multifaceted Mitochondria‘ Mitochondria Cell Symposium will take place in Paradise Point, San Diego, CA, USA from the 4th-6th June 2018. Focusing on the many diverse and interlinked functions mitochondria play and therefore their significant implications on conditions such as metabolic disorders, cancer and neurodegeneration, this meeting will bring together a number of speakers…
Launch of the GEE Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution
The launch for the GEE centre for life’s origins and evolution this Thursday (November 2nd) at 4pm in the Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre (UCL Anatomy Building) will feature talks given by Profs Max Telford, Anjali Goswami, Nick Lane and Chris Thompson. The event will be followed by a drinks reception held in the JBS…
MitOx 2017 Meeting
MitOX 2017 The 2017 MitOx meeting, on the 1st of December will take place at the Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford. It will include various short talks on subjects relating to mitochondria such as cancer metabolism, neuroscience, diabetes, mitochondrial disorders and general mitochondrial biology. You can find the the current speaker line up…
Seminar: Biochemical and evolutionary peculiarities of the hyper-prevalent parasitic eukaryote Blastocystis
Mark van der Giezen (Biosciences, University of Exeter) will be speaking about the Biochemical and evolutionary peculiarities of the hyper-prevalent parasitic eukaryote Blastocystis in a seminar held next Wednesday (October 4th 2017) at 12:00 in the UCL Roberts Building, Room 106. Abstract for the seminar Mitochondria are the main sites of ATP generation in eukaryotes. These…
Mitochondria: Form and Function Meeting
The Consortium for Mitochondrial Research together with three UK societies (Physiological Society, Biochemical Society, British Pharmacological Society) will be holding a meeting: Mitochondria: Form and Function focusing on recent developments in mitochondrial research, with discussions on their implications in understanding health and disease, as well as potential physiological targets to fight disease. The meeting will have…
Open call for a Research Fellowship in Mitochondrial Biology
CfMR members awarded two grants
The CfMR is happy to announce that two of its steering members have been awarded two grants: Firstly, the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) is funding Michael Duchen, Gyorgy Szabadkai and Angus Bain for the development of novel approaches in the study of redox metabolism. Secondly, the Michael J. Fox foundation will be funding…