Rob Taylor is Professor of Mitochondrial Pathology at Newcastle University, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of the NHS Highly Specialised Mitochondrial Laboratory at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is Scientific Director of the North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub, co-chairs the NHS England Rare Disease Test Evaluation Working Group and is Chair of the Association for Clinical Genomic Science. His research focuses on mitochondrial gene discovery and delineating disease mechanisms, translating genomic innovation and discovery into clinical practice through improved diagnosis and clinical management. His laboratory collaborates extensively both nationally and internationally, leading studies to identify ~40 disease genes associated with a range of mitochondrial and neurological disease phenotypes and contributing to >550 peer-reviewed scientific papers.