The Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center
200 W. Arbor Drive # 8467
San Diego, CA 92103-8467

Mission:

Basic research in the lab is focused on mitochondrial DNA replication and its developmental regulation, metabolic controls of differentiation and development, non-invasive methods for measuring mitochondrial dysfunction, novel methods for improving mitochondrial function in injured cells, metagenomics, and gene discovery in marine environments.

Director:

Robert K. Naviaux, MD, PhD

Background of Director:

Dr. Naviaux is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with specialty training in biochemical genetics and virology.

Major Accomplishments:

Founder of the Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center (MMDC) at the University of California, San Diego. Co-founder and current President of the Mitochondrial Medicine Society. Discoverer of the molecular basis of the classic mitochondrial disease known as Alpers Syndrome.

Current Projects:

Control of mitochondrial DNA replication during development. Metabolic controls of mammalian wound healing and tissue regeneration.