Cancelled: Biochemical Society-UCL Mitochondrial Lecture: Johan Auwerx: Cross-species genetic mapping of targets in metabolism and aging, Thursday November 24th 16.30

Unfortunately Johan Auwerx had to cancel this seminar. We will try to rearrange it at a later date. The next lecture of the Biochemical Society – UCL Mitochondrial Lecture Series Johan Auwerx Cross-species genetic mapping of targets in metabolism and aging Thursday, November 24th  at 16.30 pm  in the JZ Young Lecture theatre. followed by reception @ PhD…

Gyorgy Szabadkai’s team receives Wellcome Trust Pathfinder Award to study mitochondrial subtypes of breast cancer

Gyorgy Szabadkai (UCL Department of Cell and Developmental Biology) together with Robert Stein (UCLH, UCL Cancer Institute) and Mariia Yuneva (Francis Crick Institute) and Kevin Bryson (UCL Computer Sciences) as CoI, has received a Wellcome Trust Pathfinder Award to develop a mitochondrial gene expression based biomarker to inform on chemosensitivity of luminal breast tumours. The grant will…

Biochemical Society-UCL Mitochondrial Lecture: Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, Thursday October 20th 16.30

The next lecture of the Biochemical Society – UCL Mitochondrial Lecture Series by Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara: Building and burning: mitochondrial dysfunction remodels anabolic biosynthesis and stemness Thursday, October 20th  at 16.30 pm  in the AV Hill Lecture theatre. followed by reception @ PhD Common Room (Starling, Room 249) – to be confirmed See detailed program here…

International Symposium on: ‘Targeting Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Metabolism to Treat Human Disease’

A one day course organised by the National Heart and Lung Institute @ Imperial College addressing research questions around mitochondrial oxidative capacity and fibre-type plasticity of skeletal muscle in diseases such as type 2 diabetes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). You can find all information here, or contact directly Dr. Amanda Natanek. Speakers: Prof Stefano Schiaffino,…

MitOX 2016 – bookings now open

The Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology invites you to MitOX – an annual meeting in Oxford on Tuesday 6th December, 2016. A range of mitochondrial associated research areas will be discussed including; genetics, physiology, neurosciences and cancer. Speakers: Thomas McWilliams (Dundee ) – Illuminating mitochondrial turnover and architecture in vivo Edmund Kunji (Cambridge) –…