title: Introduction: Focus on mitochondria.
abstract: This is a series of papers (three reviews and five regular papers) focused on Mitochondria from authors contributing to two FEBS courses on Mitochondria held in 2012. These papers focus on: (i) mitochondrial biogenesis (regulation by phosphorylation, import of SOD1 and Mia40, mitophagy and tRNA variants) or (ii) mitochondrial pathology (ischaemia, obesity and Parkinson's disease).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokatlidis
authors.forename: Guy C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*