Newcastle Mitochondrial Research Group
Mitochondrial Research Group @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Working together to improve our understanding of mitochondrial function in health and disease
#Mitochondria #MitoResearch #Science #Genetics #BiomedicalResearch #TranslationalMedicine #MedicalScience
- Reposted by Newcastle Mitochondrial Research GroupBest of luck to Newcastle graduate Yasmin Proctor-Kent (PhD, 2021) who is competing in this year's The Great British Sewing Bee 📺 The second episode of the series airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One. Join us in cheering on Yasmin! 🙌 #GreatBritishSewingBee #WeAreNCL
- A journey, with challenges but ultimately complete triumph, has gracefully reached its conclusion, opening new windows to the world. Congrats again to our PhD graduates and their supervisors.
- We are delighted to share the news about eight babies born after Mitochondrial donation. Congratulations to Prof McFarland and everyone involved for all the great work through the years! Here the article from @newcastleuni.bsky.social press office ➡️ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
- And if you missed the BBC news yesterday, here their today’s article ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Newcastle Mitochondrial Research GroupWe're proud to announce our work developing a ground-breaking mitochondrial donation IVF treatment has now seen eight healthy babies born 👶 Find out more 👇 www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL #Health #News #Mitochondria
- Reposted by Newcastle Mitochondrial Research GroupCongratulations to Prof Bobby McFarland & teams @mitonewcastle.bsky.social and #NewcastleFertilityCentre And most of all very best wishes to all the families benefitting at last from #mitochondrialdonation
- 10 years ago, The Lily Foundation stood at the heart of the campaign to legalise #mitochondrialdonation. Today, research confirms it’s working, giving families the chance to have healthy, genetically related children 💗 Read more and please share! www.thelilyfoundation.org.uk/news/breakth...
- 📢 Exciting 3-year funded PhD opportunity 🧠 Prof Bobby McFarland and Dr Laura Smith are advertising for a PhD student to join their lab at the Newcastle Mitochondrial Research Group. 📅 Closing date: 16th July 2025 ⏰ Start date: 15th September 2025 To apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- The PhD project will involve studying the mechanisms underlying Alpers’ syndrome, a devastating early-onset form of mitochondrial disease and will be funded by The Noah Jordan Foundation 💚🦕
- Please share with interested students, and feel free to get in touch with Dr Laura Smith to find out more about this exciting opportunity! @laurasmithncl.bsky.social @neuroncl.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social @lilyfoundation.bsky.social @mymitomission.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
- Dr Laura Smith had a great time presenting at the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) North East Meeting yesterday and was delighted to be awarded a prize for her talk on characterising neuroinflammatory pathology in POLG-related epilepsy. @britishneuro.bsky.social
- Jane Zhuk, a PhD student working in our lab also did an excellent job presenting a poster on their Epilepsy Research Institute funded PhD project on mitochondrial epilepsy. @newcastleuni.bsky.social
- New blood test developed to rapidly diagnose rare genetic disorders 🧬🩸 Prof Rob Taylor talks about this exciting approach here ➡️ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... @taylorlabncl.bsky.social
- You can find the paper published in Genome Medicine (Hock et al., 2025) here ➡️ genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
- Further coverage of this important work from our colleagues in Melbourne that we are working on with @lifearc.bsky.social to implement in the UK NHS @newcastleuni.bsky.social @daniellahock.bsky.social
- We are excited to share with you some details behind our new project to transform the mitochondrial research landscape ➡️ LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases 💚
- Meet the minds behind the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases Hear the excitement from the project leads as they hope to transform the mitochondrial research landscape, and meet mito patient Harry, who reminds us why this work matters www.thelilyfoundation.org.uk/affected-by-...
- Good evening read www.the-scientist.com/mitochondria...
- What an amazing day for the launch of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Disease!
- We’re proud that the @lifearc.bsky.social Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases has officially launched at a prestigious House of Lords event – a significant milestone in transforming the UK’s rare disease research landscape Stay tuned to meet the lead minds behind the centre on our Research Zone!
- We are excited to join friends and colleagues from @lilyfoundation.bsky.social , @mdukcharity.bsky.social , @uniofcam.bsky.social and @ucl.ac.uk at the House of Lords to launch the new LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Disease #mitodisease
- What to find the Bluesky acount for one of our researchers? Here' a handy-dandy starter pack for you. go.bsky.app/98NSnmpat://did:plc:rxah5amapjg76klo4p652mnz/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lp4yb7i5r42l
- Mitochondrial Patient Information Day ⬇️🔝💚
- Today I attended with some of my colleagues from the @mitonewcastle.bsky.social in @newcastleuni.bsky.social the Mitochondrial Patient Information Day. It was lovely to chat to so many patients and talk about some of the amazing research we are doing 💪🏻💚
- Last week, members of the Mitochondrial Research Group attended the #18thNeuromuscularTranslationalResearchConference in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was an amazing time 💚✨ Thanks to everyone who presented their research! @newcastleuni.bsky.social
- Dr Valeria Di Leo, and Professor Robert Taylor (who gave an amazing update on the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases).
- This is an amazing opportunity to translate mitochondrial research into clinical practice. We are delighted to be involved and look forward to continuing to work together.
- Yesterday we were proud to join the launch of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases - a major step forward in mito research We led a workshop on making complex science clear – because involving patients is key to success #mitochondrialdisease #mitoresearch #patientvoice #raredisease
- This #InternationalWomensDay, @newcastleuni.bsky.social is celebrating all the incredible women in our community and their achievements #AccelerateAction #IWD2025 eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
- As part of this, Newcastle University is highlighting two women from the Mitochondrial Research Group, who are accelerating action towards equity in their fields, embodying this year’s theme: @joannaelson.bsky.social and @vdileo.bsky.social Congratulations! #WeAreNCL 💜
- Congratulations to Dr Lu who successfully defended her PhD thesis last week! 🥳 Thanks to Dr joannaelson.bsky.social and Dr Ilse Pienaar (supervisors).
- Congratulations to Dr Tiago Gomes who has defended his thesis and passed with no corrections, becoming now Dr PhD 😉 The MRG is very proud to have you ✨💚 @vdileo.bsky.social & #Charlotte Warren, the MRG
- Reposted by Newcastle Mitochondrial Research Group🍾Bursting with pride and joy! Watching you grow as a scientist and individual has been incredible. Congrats, Jon, on truly earning your 🎓PhD! Thanks to all the amazing support @taylorlabncl.bsky.social @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social @mitonewcastle.bsky.social and examiners Ray O’Keefe and Tom Nicholls!
