I am working at the Andalusian Centre for Development Biology (www.CABD.es), University of Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain. My major research interest is the study of the regulation of bioenergetics pathways, mainly during ageing, and inherited mitochondrial disorders. Both approaches are based on the translational analysis of the coenzyme Q biosynthesis pathway in cell and mouse models. The biochemistry and molecular analysis of coenzyme Q in patients’ fibroblasts are used for diagnosis of the mitochondrial disorder and the molecular mechanisms of the defect are studied in transgenic mouse models and dietary interventions in ageing mice.