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The strategic mission of the MBU is to understand mitochondrial biology in health and disease, and to exploit this understanding to develop new therapies and improve human health.

MBU at the Cambridge Festival 2024: Biomedical Campus Day

20 March 2024

On Saturday, 16 March the MBU participated in the Cambridge Festival's Biomedical Campus Day at the Cambridge Academy of Science and Technology (CAST). Ten members of the Unit showcased our research through poster demonstrations, activitiies including our MITOTrumps card game, Mitochondrial Pinball and two versions of our...

Visit by delegates from Henan University of Chinese Medicine

20 March 2024

On 13 March we hosted 15 delegates from Henan University of Chinese Medicine. Our visitors received an overview of our research, and were escorted on a tour of the Mitochondrial Neurodegeneration laboratory and the Mass Spectrometry Facility.

ISAC/M 2024: Inspiring Scientists at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

5 March 2024

This free, widening participation programme for Cambridgeshire-based Year 12 students (16+) took place from 20-22 February (half-term) at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MBU), in association with St Catharine's College , Cambridge. This was our second year of...

Whitworth group research identifies an important PINK1/Parkin mitophagy regulator

20 February 2024

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key pathogenic driver of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Extensive research has established that the PD-linked genes, PINK1 and Parkin, are important factors mediating the degradation of dysfunctional mitochondria via mitophagy. Hence, there is intense interest in...

Display on "Mitochondrial Energy" at the Irish Patchwork Society Exhibition

14 February 2024

Mary Heseltine is a retired data analyst who now concentrates her interests in textiles. Mary contributed to a textile exhibition in connection with the celebration of the 1500 th anniversary of the birth of St Brigid, which opened in Dublin on 1 February 2024, in conjunction with the (new) early Spring Festival Bank...

A break in mitochondrial endosymbiosis as a basis for inflammatory diseases

8 February 2024

A review co-authored by Professor Mike Murphy has been published in Nature . Mitochondria retain bacterial traits due to their endosymbiotic origin, but host cells do not recognize them as foreign because the organelles are sequestered. However, the regulated release of mitochondrial factors into the cytosol can trigger...

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

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mrc_mbu_cambridge_rgb.png

The strategic mission of the MBU is to understand mitochondrial biology in health and disease, and to exploit this understanding to develop new therapies and improve human health.

MBU at the Cambridge Festival 2024: Biomedical Campus Day

Visit by delegates from Henan University of Chinese Medicine

ISAC/M 2024: Inspiring Scientists at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Whitworth group research identifies an important PINK1/Parkin mitophagy regulator

Display on "Mitochondrial Energy" at the Irish Patchwork Society Exhibition

A break in mitochondrial endosymbiosis as a basis for inflammatory diseases

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