Laboratory on Somatic Mitochondrial Genetics of Aging
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