Prof Bobby McFarland, Dr Laura Smith and Dr Daniel Erskine from the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) have recently been awarded a project grant (£230,359) from the Great Ormond…

Mitochondrial research is crucial to improve our understanding of many medical conditions due to the important role of mitochondria within the body. This was highlighted in a recent WCMR Science…

Following a recent presentation as part of our WCMR Science Seminar Series, Dr Iffath Ghouri provides an update on her research project that is aiming to identify small molecule therapeutics…

In a recent WCMR Science Seminar, the team were delighted to be given research updates from Dr Chun Chen and Dr Roisin Boggan. Their talks reflect the breadth of mitochondrial…

In a recent WCMR Science Seminar, we heard from Dr Katja Menger who's research focus is investigating the role of new proteins involved in mitochondrial DNA replication and distribution. Here,…

As we continue our Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) science seminar series for 2022-23, we were delighted to hear from Dr Valeria Di Leo and PhD student John Meyrick…

Rare Disease Day 2023 has been a hectic yet hugely rewarding time for the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) team who have been busy raising awareness of mitochondrial disease…

The WCMR team from Newcastle University and the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust would like to offer their sincere thanks to Liz Twist MP who, as chair of the…

Dr Shane Bell, who has been part of the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) team at Newcastle University for 6 years, was recently offered the exciting opportunity to spend…

Dr Elizaveta Olkhova recently presented at our WCMR science seminar series about her research that involves investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in brain cells (neurons) as part of a human neuropathological study…