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Our research recognises the fundamental role of mitochondria in the homeostasis of cells, tissues and organisms, and their key role in the development of major disease.
About our group
The Consortium for Mitochondrial Research brings together a wide range of basic and clinical scientists from a spectrum of scientific disciplines across the UCL campus, together with UK and overseas associates. Our broad goal is to generate innovative experimental approaches and applications to illuminate major questions ranging from fundamental mechanisms of mitochondrial biology and bioenergetics to the role of mitochondria in disease.
Our ambition is to train the next generation of scientists and clinicians and to transform the investigation and management of mitochondrial related disease.
Ageing
Bioenergetics
- Amandine Marechal
- Gyorgy Szabadkai
- Jan-Willem Taanman
- Michael Duchen
- Nick Lane
- Simon Heales
- Thomas Blacker
Cancer
Cell Biology and Cell Physiology
- Barbara Conradt
- Emily Eden
- Gyorgy Szabadkai
- John Labbadia
- Josef Kittler
- Kerry Kinghorn
- Michael Duchen
- Mike Cheetham
- Nick Lane
- Simon Heales
- Tom Burgoyne
Medicinal chemistry
Generation of Transgenic - Mouse models
Evolutionary Biology
Medical Physics
Mitochondrial DNA Replication and Mutations
- Antonella Spinazzola
- Jan-Willem Taanman
- Michael Duchen
- Michael Hanna
- Saul Purton
- Shamima Rahman
- Simon Heales
Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation and Neuromuscolar disease
- Andrey Abramov
- Anthony Schapira
- Elizabeth Fisher
- Francesco Muntoni
- Francesco Saverio Tedesco
- Gyorgy Szabadkai
- Helene Plun Favreau
- Henry Houlden
- John Hardy
- Jonathan Gale
- Josef Kittler
- Kenneth Smith
- Linda Greensmith
- Michael Devine
- Michael Duchen
- Nicholas Wood
- Rickie Patani
- Selina Wray
- Sonia Gandhi
- Teresa Niccoli
Septic shock syndrome
Graduate Training Opportunities
Consortium of Mitochondrial Research
UCL offers a diverse range of PhD research opportunities in mitochondrial biology, bioenergetics, and metabolism. Research projects cover various themes, including the molecular biology of mitochondrial proteins, cellular pathways to cell death, fundamental mitochondrial bioenergetics, and the role of mitochondria in neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and neuromuscular diseases, as well as in cancer. Clinical research also explores mitochondrial involvement in conditions such as sepsis, multiple organ failure, and neurological disorders.
Additionally, related fields such as chemical biology, medical physics, and nanotechnology offer interdisciplinary research opportunities, bridging mathematics, physics, and life sciences. Research within the Consortium of Mitochondrial Research (CfMR) is conducted across UCL’s biomedical and life sciences departments by leading experts in the field, employing state-of-the-art techniques to address fundamental and clinical research questions.
Prospective PhD students are encouraged to contact consortium members directly, as various departmental and interdepartmental funding opportunities are available.
