Maria Simarro

University of Valladolid (Spain)

Her major focus of research is the study of the mechanisms controlling mitochondrial gene expression and physiology. She has described a new family of mitochondrial proteins, the so called FASTK (Fas-activated serine threonine kinase) family, and elucidated the role of some of its members in mitochondrial gene expression, OXPHOS enzymes activities and disease.