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Dr Valeria Di Leo

Research Associate

  • Email: valeria.di-leo@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research
    Translational and Clinical Research Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Newcastle University
    4th Floor Cookson Building
    Framlington Place
    NE2 4HH
Background

I joined the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research in 2018 to undertake my PhD project under the supervision of Dr Amy Vincent, Dr Oliver Russell, Dr Helen Tuppen and Professor Gráinne Gorman to understand the effects of resistance exercise training on mitochondrial dysfunction in neuromuscular patients.

 

WCMR: http://www.newcastle-mitochondria.com/valeria-di-leo/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valeria_Di_Leo

Research

I work as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research under the supervision of Dr Amy Vincent and Professor Gráinne Gorman. I am continuing my research on the effects of resistance exercise training on mitochondrial dysfunction on both mitochondrial myopathy and myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients, aiming to identify some key signature targets for the future development of exercise mimetic drugs for the cure of mitochondrial dysfunction.