Prof. Francesco Bruni is a molecular biologist and his expertise lie in the field of mitochondrial gene expression. After earning his PhD, he held the position of Scientific Officer at the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (Newcastle University, UK) from 2010 to 2017. Currently, he works at the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Italy. His research keywords include mitochondrial biology, mt-RNA metabolism and mitochondrial translation.