Laboratory on Somatic Mitochondrial Genetics of Aging: Research
Mitochondrial Function
Konstatin Khrapko, PhD is investigating the roles, if any, that accumulating somatic mitochondrial DNA mutations are playing in the aging process and age-associated degenerative diseases.
People
Konstantin Khrapko, PhD
Yevgenia Kraytsberg, PhD
Alexander Nicholas, PhD
Projects
mtDNA mutations in brain aging: a single-cell approach
02/01/07-01/31/12 NIA/NIH R01 PI
Oxidative Stress, α-Synuclein, and Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Parkinson Disease
09/30/07-03/31/12 NIH R01 Investigator
Development of high throughput mtDNA sequencing for mutation detection and heteroplasmy assessment.
09/01/07-08/31/09 United Mitochondrial disease foundation
