Bio
Kostas Tokatlidis, PhD is the Cathcart Chair of Biochemistry and Professor of Mitochondrial Biology at the University of Glasgow (UK). He leads the Mitochondria Biology group within the School of Molecular Biosciences and the Glasgow integrative mitochondria research network. He also serves as Director of Research and Innovation and leads the College Future Theme Fundamentals of Life. His laboratory focuses on understanding mitochondria biogenesis as a dynamic process linked to signaling and proteostasis hubs. A particular emphasis of his group has been on mitochondrial protein import pathways, redox folding and regulation, and the mitochondria responses to stress conditions. Tokatlidis has made seminal contributions to elucidating the mitochondrial IMS chaperone machineries assisting the sorting of mitochondrial metabolite transporters in the inner membrane, the oxidative protein folding and quality control mechanisms in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. His fundamental discovery work is developing towards the investigation of how these processes influence ageing, cancer, neurodegeneration, infection, and metabolic disease. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a member of Academia Europaea, and a member of EMBO, has received major international funding including from Welcome Trust and UKRI, and is an active scientific adviser to academia, industry, and patient‑focused mitochondrial research organizations.