16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria | 2025

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.

Targeting Mitochondria 2017 Awards

Scientific Contribution Award

Prof. Vladimir Gogvadze, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

"Mitochondria: A Switchboard Between Various Cell Death Modalities"

Best Short Oral Presentation Award

Prof. Maik Hüttemann, Wayne State University, USA

"Modulation of Cytochrome C Oxidase Activity with Specific Near-Infrared Light Wavelengths Attenuates Brain Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury"

Best Poster Pesentation Award

Anne-Marie Heckel, CNRS-University of Strasbourg, France

"Development of a Crispr-Cas9 Tool Targeting Mitochondria DNA"

News

Understanding Horizontal Mitochondrial Transfer: The Good and the Bad

Understanding Horizontal Mitochondrial Transfer: The Good and the Bad

The World Mitochondria Society (WMS) is organizing a new online free webinar on the latest evidence on Horizontal Mitochondrial Transfer (HMT) ...

"How Hot Are Mitochondria? Implications for Biology and Medicine” - Webinar by Howy Jacobs

"How Hot Are Mitochondria? Implications for Biology and Medicine” - Webinar by Howy Jacobs

The World Mitochondria Society is pleased to invite you to an exclusive online webinar featuring Professor Howy Jacobs from Tampere University, Finl...

Targeting Mitochondria 2025 will be held in Berlin

Targeting Mitochondria 2025 will be held in Berlin

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

Fighting Fire with Fire: Boosting T Cell Therapy by Intercellular Mitochondrial Transfer

Fighting Fire with Fire: Boosting T Cell Therapy by Intercellular Mitochondrial Transfer

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

Mitochondria and Creatine: Perspectives and Strategies

Mitochondria and Creatine: Perspectives and Strategies

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

Brain Organoids for drug discovery of Mitochondrial Neurological Disorders

Brain Organoids for drug discovery of Mitochondrial Neurological Disorders

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

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"

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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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Submit your image and win a Free Registration

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

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

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 ...

Stem Cell Educator Therapy: A New Era in Mitochondrial Transfer and Regeneration

Stem Cell Educator Therapy: A New Era in Mitochondrial Transfer and Regeneration

Dr. Yong Zhao, Throne Biotechnologies, will be joining Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. Dr. Zhao will be sharing his latest ...

Cellular Dynamics: The Synergistic Interplay of Iron, Mitochondria, and Ferroptosis in Health and Disease

Cellular Dynamics: The Synergistic Interplay of Iron, Mitochondria, and Ferroptosis in Health and Disease

Prof. Carsten Culmsee, University of Marburg, Germany, and active member of the WMS Scientific Committee will be joining Targeting Mitochondria...

Mitochondrial Extracellular Vesicles: Orchestrating Brain Plasticity and Recovery

Mitochondrial Extracellular Vesicles: Orchestrating Brain Plasticity and Recovery

Prof. Stefano Pluchino, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, will be joining Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. Prof. Pluc...

Mitochondria Delivery via Extracellular Vesicles to the Blood-Brain Barrier

Mitochondria Delivery via Extracellular Vesicles to the Blood-Brain Barrier

Dr. Devika S Manickam, Duquesne University, USA, and active member of the WMS Scientific Committee will be joining Targeting Mitochondria 2024 th...

Mitochondrial Transplantation Mediates Improved Cellular Energy Metabolism, Restoration of Mitochondrial Function and Prevention of Cell Death

Mitochondrial Transplantation Mediates Improved Cellular Energy Metabolism, Restoration of Mitochondrial Function and Prevention of Cell Death

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Mark Kindy, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs James A. Haley VA Hospital and University of South Florida...

Cracking the Code of Aging: Exploring Mitochondrial Dynamics and Organelle Connections

Cracking the Code of Aging: Exploring Mitochondrial Dynamics and Organelle Connections

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Antentor Hinton, Vanderbilt University, USA, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. P...

Blood-Based Marker: Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Parkinson’s Disease

Blood-Based Marker: Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Laurie Sanders, Duke University School of Medicine, USA, will be joining Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. Presentation t...

The Role of Mitochondria in Zika Virus Propagation: Mechanisms of Immune Evasion and Inter-Cellular Transmission

The Role of Mitochondria in Zika Virus Propagation: Mechanisms of Immune Evasion and Inter-Cellular Transmission

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Indira Mysorekar, Baylor College of Medicine, USA, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin.&n...

Dynamics of Mitochondria: Regulation of Nucleoid Morphology to Protect Mitochondrial Function

Dynamics of Mitochondria: Regulation of Nucleoid Morphology to Protect Mitochondrial Function

Prof. Naotada Ishihara, Osaka University, Japan, will be joining Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. Presentation title:&n...

New Biosensing Solutions and Optimized Pharmacological Inhibitors to Counteract Mitophagy in Cancer Cells

New Biosensing Solutions and Optimized Pharmacological Inhibitors to Counteract Mitophagy in Cancer Cells

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Giulia Bertolin, Université de Rennes, France, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. ...

The Intersection of Mitochondrial Function and Psychiatric Disorders: Biomarkers, Gene Variants, and Patient Stratification

The Intersection of Mitochondrial Function and Psychiatric Disorders: Biomarkers, Gene Variants, and Patient Stratification

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Ana Andreazza, University of Toronto, Canada at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. Prese...

Mitochondria and Photomedicine: Advances in Infrared Light Treatment

Mitochondria and Photomedicine: Advances in Infrared Light Treatment

Prof. Maik Hüttemann, Wayne State University, USA, and active member of the WMS Scientific Committee will be joining Targeting Mitoch...

Mitochondria Iron Metabolism: Its Role in Pathogenesis of Diseases

Mitochondria Iron Metabolism: Its Role in Pathogenesis of Diseases

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Sonia Levi, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berl...

Role of Light in Regulating Blood Glucose via Mitochondrial Stimulation

Role of Light in Regulating Blood Glucose via Mitochondrial Stimulation

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Michael B. Powner, City University of London, United Kingdom, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Ber...

State of the Science Mitochondria-specific Targets, Therapeutics and Biomarkers Investigation following Traumatic Brain Injury in the US Military

State of the Science Mitochondria-specific Targets, Therapeutics and Biomarkers Investigation following Traumatic Brain Injury in the US Military

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Jignesh D. Pandya, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in B...

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Mitochondria in the Press & Media

Mitochondria: The Key to Stem Cell Longevity and Anti-Aging Strategies

Mitochondria: The Key to Stem Cell Longevity and Anti-Aging …

How Brain Cell Powerhouses Shape Our Memories: New Research Breakthrough

How Brain Cell Powerhouses Shape Our Memories: New Research …

Mitochondria as a Reservoir of NAD⁺: Regulating Cellular Energy and Metabolic Stability

Mitochondria as a Reservoir of NAD⁺: Regulating Cellular Ene…

Tiny Messengers, Big Impact: Exosomes as Gatekeepers of Mitochondrial Function

Tiny Messengers, Big Impact: Exosomes as Gatekeepers of Mito…

Microglia Transfer Healthy Mitochondria to Rescue Neurons from Neurodegeneration

Microglia Transfer Healthy Mitochondria to Rescue Neurons f…

The future of cancer immunotherapy will come through mitochondria: Cancer cells hijack T cells

The future of cancer immunotherapy will come through mitocho…

Targeting Mitophagy in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Promising Therapeutic Avenue

Targeting Mitophagy in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Promisi…

Ketone Bodies: A New Approach to Brain Function and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Ketone Bodies: A New Approach to Brain Function and Neurodeg…

Pseudomonas Bacteria Disrupt Mitochondrial Energy Production to Evade Immune Response

Pseudomonas Bacteria Disrupt Mitochondrial Energy Production…

Bridge Over Troubled Cells: Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Transfer Mitochondria to Boost T Cells

Bridge Over Troubled Cells: Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Transf…

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Disrupts Gut Microbiome, Possible Trigger for Crohn's Disease

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Disrupts Gut Microbiome, Possible …

Study Shows Decreased Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Impairs Muscle Function Independently of Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes

Study Shows Decreased Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase Impairs …

Mitochondria’s Secret Strategy: How Cells Survive Starvation

Mitochondria’s Secret Strategy: How Cells Survive Starvatio…

Military Medicine and Mitochondria: A Strong Interest in Targeted Strategies and Therapeutics

Military Medicine and Mitochondria: A Strong Interest in Tar…

Enhancing T Cell Antitumor Activity through Mitochondrial Transfer

Enhancing T Cell Antitumor Activity through Mitochondrial Tr…

Mitochondria: Key Players in Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Mitochondria: Key Players in Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Mitochondrial DNA in Our Brains Could Be Shortening Lifespan, New Study Reveals

Mitochondrial DNA in Our Brains Could Be Shortening Lifespan…

Advances in Mitochondrial Modulation: How Infrared Light is Changing Brain Injury Recovery

Advances in Mitochondrial Modulation: How Infrared Light is …

New Treatment Shows Promise for POLG-Related Mitochondrial Disorders

New Treatment Shows Promise for POLG-Related Mitochondrial D…

Prof. Volkmar Weissig's Interview: Is it time for mitochondria to take centre stage?

Prof. Volkmar Weissig's Interview: Is it time for mitochondr…

Bridging In Vitro and In Vivo for Mitochondrial Transplantation in Acute Diseases

Bridging In Vitro and In Vivo for Mitochondrial Transplantat…

Mitochondrial DNA: A Key Player in Cell Death and Inflammation

Mitochondrial DNA: A Key Player in Cell Death and Inflammati…

Mitochondrial Extracellular Vesicles: Promising Therapeutic Strategy for Neurological Diseases

Mitochondrial Extracellular Vesicles: Promising Therapeutic …

Exploring Age-Related Changes in Mitochondrial Structure and Function

Exploring Age-Related Changes in Mitochondrial Structure and…

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