16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria | 2025

Speakers of WMS 2022 Congress

Keynote Speech - Mitochondrial Medicine : Present and Future
Douglas C. Wallace, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

Recent Advances in Mitochondrial Transplantation Therapy

James McCully, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA

Sonlicromanol in Primary Mitochondrial Disease MELAS Spectrum Disorders

Jan Smeitink, Khondrion B.V., the Netherlands

Folic Acid Supplementation Improves Drosophila Parkin Loss-of-Function Phenotype and Decreases Mitochondrial Hydrogen Peroxide Levels in Vulnerable Dopaminergic Neurons

Lori Buhlman, Midwestern University Glendale, USA

Mitochondrial and Photo-Medicine - Recent Clinical Applications
Michael Weber, President of European Laser Academy, Germany

The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Mitochondrial Quality Control Mechanisms

Marc Germain, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Mitochondrial, Exosomal miR137-COX6A2 in Schizophrenia

Ines Khadimallah, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

The Potential of Mitochondrial Genome Engineering

Pedro Silva-Pinheiro, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

GM1 oligosaccharide as mitochondrial modulator: implications in neurological diseases

Maria Fazzari, University of Milano, Italy

A Novel PTD-mediated IVT-mRNA delivery platform developed for Protein Replacement Therapy for genetic/metabolic disorders

Lefkothea C. Papadopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

EV-Mitochondria as a Promising Therapeutic for Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Devika S Manickam, Duquesne University, USA

Unlocking the potential of the mammalian electron transport chain

Jessica Spinelli, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, USA

Mitochondrial responses to a massive trauma-determinant of survival

Marc G. Jeschke, University of Toronto, Canada

2-Deoxy-D-glucose couples mitochondrial DNA replication with mitochondrial fitness

Ian J. Holt, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Spain

Mitochondrial Transfer via MitoPunch

Michael Teitell, University of California, USA

Mitochondrial targeting in aging and injury

Raghavan Pillai Raju, Medical College of Georgia, USA

The Multiple Facets of the Mitochondria Shaping Protein Opa1 in Adipocytes: From Epigenetic to Tissue Plasticity

Camilla Bean, University of Padova, Italy

Regulation of Mitochondrial Signaling in Cardiomyopathy During Sepsis

Qun Sophia Zang, Loyola University Chicago Health Science Campus, USA

Mitochondria Transplantation Between Living Cells

Julia A. Vorholt, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

A Non-canonical Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Underlies Cellular Identity

Paige Arnold, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Noninvasive treatment of brain ischemia-reperfusion injury with near infrared light: working toward clinical implementation

Maik Hüttemann, Wayne State University, USA

Autologous Mitochondrial Transplant for Cerebral Ischemia

Melanie Walker, University of Washington Medical School, USA

The Impact of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Extracellular Vesicles on Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Anna Krasnodembskaya, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

Mitochondrial DNA as Extracellular Vesicle Cargo in Aging and Age-related Conditions

Nicole Noren Hooten, National Institutes of Health, USA

Targeting the Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response in Prostate Cancer

Dhyan Chandra, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA

Mitochondria in Retinal Photoreceptors: More than Meets the Eye

John Ball, National Institutes of Health, USA

Mitochondria Workshop

How to Evaluate Mitochondria Function?
Naig Gueguen, Mitovasc Institute, Mitolab team, INSERM 1083, CNRS 6215, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Angers, France