In last week's WCMR Science Seminar, we heard two fantastic talks from Lucie Taylor and Dr Tiago Gomes who shared updates on their research projects.  Read on to find out…

In our first WCMR 'Research in Progress' meeting of the 2021-22 session, we heard from Dr Conor Lawless who talked about his research project that involves  identifying muscle cells with…

As part of our commitment to nurture and train future leaders in mitochondrial research, students from the WCMR at Newcastle University have recently completed an innovative and bespoke PhD workshop…

The Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) at Newcastle University is delighted to announce it has secured further funding from Wellcome to support its vision until 2024. The Centre, established…

Statement from the Euromit 2020 Organising Committee on the decision to postpone Euromit until 2023. We were looking forward with great pride and anticipation to hosting Euromit 2020 in Newcastle…

Monitoring Mitochondrial Function and Activity During Early Embryo Development. Over the past half a century there has been an increase in the average age of motherhood. Understanding the biology of…

The AIMM (Acipimox in Mitochondrial Myopathy) trial is a clinical trial to determine whether a drug, acipimox, can be used to improve muscle symptoms in patients with mitochondrial myopathy (muscle…

Cryo-EM Imaging Technology Captures Translation of the Mitochondrial Genome. Collaborative work of researchers from Finland, Sweden, USA and the UK has captured images of ribosomes translating messenger RNA (mRNA) expressed…

Identification of New Mutations Causing Mitochondrial Disease. By Dr Lyndsey Butterworth A multi-centre research study has revealed genetic changes in a gene that lead to mitochondrial disease. Researchers from across…

In this week's WCMR Science Seminar Series, we heard from PhD student Laura Smith about her research project that involves investigating neuronal vulnerability underlying seizure activity in Alpers’ syndrome. Read…