The Future of Medicine will come through Mitochondria

Prof. Volkmar Weissig We are excited to invite you to the 16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria, happening from October 22–24, 2025, in Berlin.

Organized by the World Mitochondria Society, this annual event brings together top experts in mitochondrial research and medicine to share new discoveries and ideas in mitochondrial therapy, gene treatment, and mitochondrial transplantation.

Abstracts Submission 2025 Now Open

Short Oral Deadline: September 30, 2025

Poster Deadline: October 9, 2025

WMS Speakers 2025

Keynote Speech: Targeting Mitochondrial Channels: Update and StrategiesAdam Szewczyk, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland

Keynote Speech - Mitochondria and the Meaning of LifeNick Lane, University College of London, United Kingdom

Immune Evasion through Tumor-Derived Mitochondrial TransferYosuke Togashi, Okayama University, Japan

How Mitochondria Organize Their Powerhouse Machinery for Optimal PerformanceFlorent Waltz, University of Basel, Switzerland

Targeting Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier: Impact on Future Metabolic Therapies Edmund Kunji, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mitochondrial Dynamics: Steering the Future of Mitochondrial Remodeling in Health and DiseaseTatjana Kleele, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Nerve-to-Cancer Mitochondrial Transfer: A Key Driver of MetastasisSimon Grelet, Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama, USA

Drug Development for the Therapy of Mitochondrial DiseasesVolkmar Weissig, Midwestern University, College of Pharmacy Glendale, USA

Actin Dynamics In Mitochondrial Function: Implications For Cellular Homeostasis And Disease. Marc Germain, Université du Quebec, Canada

Fighting Fire with Fire: Boosting T Cell Therapy by Intercellular Mitochondrial TransferLuca Gattinoni, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Germany

Mitochondria Function Evaluation: Workshop Highlights, Methods, Discrepancies, and RecommendationsNaig Gueguen, CHU Angers, France

Workshop on Mitochondrial Transfer and Transplantation: From Bench to BedsideAndrés Caicedo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, School of Medicine, Ecuador

Development of Mitochondria-Based Therapeutic Strategies for Disease TreatmentKosuke Kusamori, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Brain Organoids for Drug Discovery of Mitochondrial Neurological DisordersAlessandro Prigione, Heinrich Heine University, Germany

Delocalisation of the Macromolecular Devices that carry out the Oxidative Phosphorylation to realize an Efficient ATP Synthesis in Extra-Mitochondrial DistrictsAlessandro M. Morelli, University of Genoa, Italy

Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis: A key on Health and Disease or Mitoribosomes and Disease: How Mitochondrial Translation Shapes Cellular FunctionJoanna Rorbach, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Mitochondria and Creatine: Perspectives and StrategiesDavid Rizo Roca, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Mitochondrial Cybrids: Advancing Precision OncologyAlberto Anel, University of Zaragoza, Spain

The Role of Mitochondrial-Derived Vesicles in Peroxisome biogenesisAyumu Sugiura, Juntendo University, Japan

Mitochondrial Transplantation: From Skeletal Muscle Atrophy to Human Clinical Advances and PerspectivesGökhan Burçin Kubat, Baskent University, Turkey

Industrial & Institutional Attendees Targeting Mitochondria 2025

Altos Labs UK, United Kingdom
Colossal Biosciences, USA
Crab Sinergy Srl, Italy
Kyowa Kirin, Japan
Labryo Fertility Center, Unknown
Lunella Biotech. Inc., USA
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, USA

Research Institutes & Universities
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Baskent University, Turkey
Charles University and the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic
City of Hope National Medical Center, USA
Deakin University, Australia
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Hacettepe University, Turkey
Heinrich Heine University, Germany
Hokkaido University, Japan
Institute of Crystallography, National Council of Research, Italy
Juntendo University, Japan
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Germany
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, India
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland
Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Okayama University, Japan
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Stanford University, USA
The Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies, United Kingdom

Tokyo University of Science, Japan
UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
University CEA MIRCen CNRS UMR 9199, France
University College London, United Kingdom
University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
University of Basel, Switzerland
University of Bath, United Kingdom
University of California, San Diego, USA
University of Californi,a San Francisco, USA
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
University of Genoa, Italy
University of Health Sciences, Turkey
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Maribor, Slovenia
University of Milan, Italy
University of Milan, Italy
University of Namur, Belgium
University of Oslo, Norway
University of Oviedo, Spain
University of Regensburg, Germany
University of South Dakota, USA
University of Turin, Italy
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Wayne State University, USA

Workshops of Targeting Mitochondria 2025

WMS 2025 SAVE THE DATE

Workshop 1: How to Evaluate Mitochondria Function?
Naïg Gueguen, Mitovasc Institute, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, France

Workshop 2: Mitochondria Transplantation: From Theoretical to Clinical Applications
Andrés Caicedo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

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WMS 2024 Best Mitochondria Image Nominations

Forever young: Unravelling the lights of the eternal youth
By Vanessa López Polo, Cellular Plasticity and Disease Laboratory, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain

WMS Annual Meeting 2024 Highlights

Thank You 2024

The 15th WMS Annual Meeting on Targeting Mitochondria, held on October 29-31, 2024, was a great success! Over 112 presentations showcased innovative research and advancements in mitochondrial science to more than 151 attendees from 41 countries.

You can now access Targeting Mitochondria 2024 captured moments: Photo Gallery.

News

Short Orals & Poster Communications Accepted

Short Orals Accepted Quantitative Cellular Characterization of Extracellular Mitochondria Uptake and Delivery Gregory LAVIEU, INSERM, Unive...

The World Mitochondria Society is proud to announce its partnership with Nanolive for the 16th World Mitochondria Congress, to be held ...

The World Mitochondria Society officially welcomes Lucid Scientific as a supporter of the 16th World Mitochondria Society Congre...

Targeting Mitochondria 2025 Best Image Submissions

Lighting Up Mitochondrial Stress: SNX9 Dynamics in Parkinson’s disease By Jimna Mohamed Ameer, PhD student, Inter University Centre for Biome...

Mitochondria & Organelle Crosstalk - Rethinking Organelle Crosstalk: Mitochondrial-Derived Vesicles in Peroxisome Biogenesis Presented by Dr. Ayumu Sugiura

At the heart of cellular metabolism, mitochondria and peroxisomes play tightly interconnected roles in lipid regulation, redox homeostasis, and ener...

The 16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria on October 22-24, 2025, at DoubleTree by Hilton Berlin Ku'dammLos-Angeles-Platz 110789 Berlin, Ge...

Prof. Edmund Kunji from the University of Cambridge will give a major talk entitled Targeting mitochondrial pyruvate carrier: impact on future metab...

Keynote Speech: Targeting Mitochondrial Channels: Update and Strategies Adam Szewczyk, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland In his key...

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Kosuke Kusamori from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, will be presenting his pioneering research on "Developm...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Florent Waltz from the University of Basel, Switzerland, will be presenting at the Targeting Mitochondria 2025 c...

Prof. Yosuke Togashi to Present Groundbreaking Insights on Mitochondrial Transfer and Immune Evasion in Cancer

Prof. Togashi’s upcoming lecture follows his landmark publication in Nature (February 2025), where his team uncovered a novel immune evasion mechani...

It is a great pleasure to announce that Prof. Luca Gattinoni, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Germany, will join Targeting Mitochondria 2025 as a...

Dr. David Rizo Roca, Karolisnka Institutet, Sweden, will join the 16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria 2025 to tal about "Mitochondria and Cr...

It is a great pleasure to announce that Prof. Alessandro Prigione, active member or WMS scientific committee, Heinrich Heine University, Germany, will...

New Workshop on Mitochondrial Transfer and Transplantation: From Bench to Bedside

The World Mitochondria Society is pleased to announce a hands-on workshop, “Mitochondrial Transfer and Transplantation: From Bench to Bedside,” led ...

Abstracts of Targeting Mitochondria 2024 are Published in the "Journal of Mitochondria, Plastids and Endosymbiosis"

It is a great pleasure to announce that all abstracts accepted at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 are now published in the journal by Taylor &...

WMS Best Short Oral Presentation: GPCR Agonist CAP-1902 Enhances Mitophagy to Improve Mitochondrial Function in Complex III Deficiency

Congratulations to Cristiane Beninca, the scientific director of the Metabolism and Mitochondria Imaging Core at UCLA. for receiving the Best ...

Exploring Mitochondria-Containing Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer’s Disease Wins WMS Best Poster Presentation (2)

Congratulations to Tingting Chen from the University of Groningen, Netherlands, for receiving the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 15th...

Gallbladder Mitochondrial Function as a Predictor of Liver Transplantation Outcomes Wins WMS Best Poster (2)

The World Mitochondria Society is excited to announce that Danielius Umbrasas from the Lithuanian University of Health Sci...

Nominations for Best Mitochondria Image 2024

1. Never Tear Us Apart By Una Rastovic, The Roger Williams Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London & Foundation for Liver...

Report Book & Replay of the Workshop are Now Available

Workshop Access - How to Evaluate Mitochondria Function? If you couldn't join the workshop, the materials are now available for purchase. Benefi...

Posters List of Targeting Mitochondria 2024

More than 112 communications were presented during Targeting Mitochondria 2024, including more than 70 posters. Access full posters list. ...

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WMS 2024 Best Mitochondria Image Nominations Forever young: Unravelling the lights of the eternal youthBy Vanessa López Polo, Cellular Plastic...

World Mitochondria Society 2024 Keynote Speaker Day 1: Prof. Eric Schon

WMS is happy to welcome Prof. Eric Schon from Columbia University, USA, as a keynote speaker on Day 1 of Targeting Mitochondria 2024 in Berlin this Oc...

World Mitochondria Society 2024 Keynote Speaker Day 2: Prof. Howy Jacobs

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Prof. Howy Jacobs from Tampere University, Finland, as a keynote speaker on Day 2 at Targeting Mitochondria ...