16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria | 2025

A review paper published by Prof. Weissig, president of the World Mitochondria Society

We are pleased to announce that the review paper of Prof. Weissig, president of WMS, about drug development for mitochondrial diseases, has been recently published online in Trends in Moleculaire Medicine.

Weissig Picture Review

We congratulate Prof. Weissig for his excellent review.

For more information and access to the review:
Drug Development for the Therapy of Mitochondrial Diseases
Weissig V.
Trends Mol Med. 2019, Nov 11
doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2019.09.002

News

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. ...

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...

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...

Targeting Giant Mitochondria (Megamitochondria) in Human Liver Disease: Potential Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventions

Targeting Giant Mitochondria (Megamitochondria) in Human Liver Disease: Potential Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventions

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Elena Palma, King's College London, United Kingdom, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. ...

Investigating Mitochondria as Age-Old Drivers of Inflammation

Investigating Mitochondria as Age-Old Drivers of Inflammation

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Stephen Tait, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, at Targeting Mitochondria 2024 this October in Berlin. ...

Mitochondria Function Evaluation: Workshop Highlights, Methods, Discrepancies, and Recommendations

Mitochondria Function Evaluation: Workshop Highlights, Methods, Discrepancies, and Recommendations

Dr. Naig Gueguen, CHU Angers, France, will join the 15th WMS Annual Congress on Targeting Mitochondria 2024. Dr. Gueguen will present the follo...

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...

Mitochondrial Dynamics: Updates and Perspectives

Mitochondrial Dynamics: Updates and Perspectives

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Ježek Petr, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, at Targeting Mitochondria ...

Evaluation and Quality Control of Mitochondrial Function: Where we are Now & What's Next?

Evaluation and Quality Control of Mitochondrial Function: Where we are Now & What's Next?

It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Egbert Mik, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands, and active member of the WMS scientific committee, at Targeting Mitocho...

The Power and Potential of Mitochondria Transfer

The Power and Potential of Mitochondria Transfer

Dr. Jonathan R. Brestoff, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, USA, will join the 15th WMS Annual Congress on Targeting Mitocho...

Venue & Room Booking

Venue & Room Booking

The 15th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria on October 29-31, 2024 in DoubleTree by Hilton Berlin Ku'dammLos-Angeles-Platz 110789 Berlin, Ger...

World Mitochondria Society Task Force: Call For Strategic Projects

We have the pleasure to announce the formation of the WMS Task Force, a groundbreaking initiative committed to driving innovation and reshaping the la...

Dr. James McCully will be invited by Dr. Marvin Edeas to highlight Mitochondrial Transplantation on March 22

Dr. James McCully will be invited by Dr. Marvin Edeas to highlight Mitochondrial Transplantation on March 22

Dr. Marvin Edeas, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Université Paris Cité, France, is pleased to invite Dr. James McCully of Harvard Medical Schoo...

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Mitochondria in the Press & Media

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…

HDL-C and Ferritin: Key Metabolic Indicators of Long COVID-19 Severity Revealed, Opening New Avenues for Treatment Strategies

HDL-C and Ferritin: Key Metabolic Indicators of Long COVID-1…

Transforming Transplantation: Real-Time Monitoring of Mitochondrial Health During Organ Perfusion

Transforming Transplantation: Real-Time Monitoring of Mitoch…

Mitochondria and Powering the Mind: Secrets of Synaptic Energy with VAP

Mitochondria and Powering the Mind: Secrets of Synaptic Ener…

Mitochondrial Dynamics Crucial in Determining Muscle Fiber Type, Study Finds

Mitochondrial Dynamics Crucial in Determining Muscle Fiber T…

The Secrets of Aging: Mitochondrial DNA Release and Cellular Senescence

The Secrets of Aging: Mitochondrial DNA Release and Cellular…

Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment: Enhancing Immune Response through Mitochondrial Manipulation

Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment: Enhancing Immune Response …

Non-Invasive Photobiomodulation Therapies for Diabetes Management and Complication Reduction

Non-Invasive Photobiomodulation Therapies for Diabetes Manag…

Intranasal Delivery of Mitochondria-Targeted Neuroprotective Drugs: A New Approach for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury

Intranasal Delivery of Mitochondria-Targeted Neuroprotective…

The Role of Mitochondria in Zika Virus Propagation & Immune Evasion

The Role of Mitochondria in Zika Virus Propagation & Imm…

How Obesity Dismantles Our Mitochondria

How Obesity Dismantles Our Mitochondria

Unlocking the Role of Mitochondria in Processing Dietary Fats

Unlocking the Role of Mitochondria in Processing Dietary Fat…

HKDC1 Ensures Mitochondrial and Lysosomal Balance, Safeguarding Against Cellular Senescence

HKDC1 Ensures Mitochondrial and Lysosomal Balance, Safeguar…

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