Mitochondria – the powerhouses of the cell – are vital communication and regulatory entities for cellular health, and their misregulation is associated directly with aging, and consequential diseases including cancer and neurodegeneration. Futuristic medical interventions demand discovering ways to restore healthy cellular function, particularly in brain neurons. At Krea University, the Mitochondrial Networks and Disease (MiND) laboratory will achieve this through the following focused research areas:

Mitochondrial membrane proteins, mito-dysregulation in brain aging and neurodegeneration.

Membrane protein interactome, molecular failures in cancer.

Pioneering peptidomimetics design and engineering as targeted long-term bio-therapeutics.

AI- and experimental membrane protein thermodynamics, interdisciplinary synthetic biology.

Membrane proteins as interventions for novel antibacterials for ESKAPEE pathogens (tangential project).