MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
AbbreviationMBU
Formation1927
TypeResearch institute
Legal statusUniversity Unit
PurposeMitochondrial research
HeadquartersThe Keith Peters Building
Location
  • Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY
Director
Professor Judy Hirst
Parent organization
Medical Research Council
WebsiteMBU

The MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (formerly the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit) is a department of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge, funded through a strategic partnership between the Medical Research Council and the University. It is located at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital / Cambridge Biomedical Campus site in Cambridge, England. The unit is concerned with the study of the mitochondrion, as this organelle has a varied and critical role in many aspects of eukaryotic metabolism and is implicated in many metabolic, degenerative, and age-related human diseases.