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16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria | 2025

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Targeting Mitochondria 2021 Speakers

Details: Published on 04 May 2021

Introduction Note Volkmar Weissig, President of the World Mitochondria Society, Midwestern University, USA	Optimization of Energy Homeostasis in old Age by SIRT6 Haim Cohen, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Big Change from Small Player - Mitochondria Alter Body Metabolism and Gene Expression Scott Ballinger, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA	A Potential Mitochondrial Link Between Life Stress and the Reversibility of Hair Greying in Humans Martin Picard, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
A Session Dedicated to Nuclear-Mitochondrial Interactions and Their Effect on Longevity and Health: Introduction Miria Ricchetti, Team Stability of Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA, Institut Pasteur, France	Mitochondrial Transplantation Therapy, the Recent Advances and Perspective James McCully, the Harvard Medical School Department of Cardiac Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Regulation of Physiological Mitophagy Thomas G. McWilliams, University of Helsinki, Finland	Deciphering Strategic Interactions between Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome José Antonio Enríquez from Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Spain
Circulating Mitochondrial DNA as an Early Indicator of Severe Lung Disease Andrew E. Gelman, Washington University School of Medicine, USA	Mitochondrial DNA in Cancer: The Overlooked Oncogenome Payam A. Gammage, CRUK Beatson Institute, United Kingdom
Mitochondrial Arginase-2 is Essential for IL-10 Metabolic Reprogramming of Inflammatory Macrophages Claire McCoy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland	Glucose Metabolism Control of T Cell Immunity Ming Li, Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Exercise-Induced, Mitochondrial-Mediated Cell Death in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Stephen Chelko, Florida State University, USA	Patient-Specific Brain Organoids for Modeling Mitochondrial Diseases Alessandro Prigione, Heinrich Heine University (HHU), Germany
Nuclear Sensing of Breaks in Mitochondrial DNA Enhances Immune Surveillance Agnel Sfeir, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA	A Mitochondria-Targeted Caffeic Acid Derivative Reverts Cellular and Mitochondrial Defects in Human Skin Fibroblasts from Male Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease Patients Paulo J. Oliveira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
The Bioenergetics Consequences of Winter Cold in Small Birds Andreas Nord, Lund University, Sweden	Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mitochondrial Health as Modulators of COVID-19 Johannes Burtscher, University of Lausanne, Suisse
Mechanism of Membrane-Tethered Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis Antoni Barrientos, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA	Extracellular Mitochondria for Therapy and Diagnosis in Stroke Kazuhide Hayakawa, Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Clinical Application of Antioxidants to Improve Human Oocyte Mitochondrial Function: Advances and Perspective Cristina Rodríguez-Varela, Medical Research Institute Hospital La Fe, Spain	Age-Related Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Key Factor in COVID-19 Disease Guillermo López-Lluch, Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC, Spain
Impact of Mitochondrial Dynamics on Stem Cell Function: Insights from Physiology, Diseases and Aging Mireille Khacho, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada	Introduction Remarks: Past, Present and Future *Egbert Mik, University* Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dysregulation of Mitochondria-Lysosome Contacts by GBA1 Dysfunction in Dopaminergic Neuronal Models of Parkinson’s Disease Dimitri Krainc, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA	MitoE10, MitoQ10 and decylTPP Lower Mitochondrial Supercomplex Levels and Stimulate Glycolysis in Primary Human Skin Fibroblasts Werner Koopman, Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, The Netherlands
The One-Carbon Pool Controls Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism via Complex I and Iron-Sulfur Clusters Anna Wredenberg,Max Planck Institute Biology of Ageing–Karolinska Institutet Laboratory, Sweden

Targeting Mitochondria 2021 Speakers & Presenters during the Online Interactive & Live Congress

Details: Published on 04 May 2021

Please click here to know more about the presentations

WMS Challenges in the Acceleration of Mitochondrial Medicine

Details: Published on 02 March 2021

Submit your innovation and technology for review by WMS Scientific Committee. Top ranked Innovations will be offered an opportunity to showcase your technology to all World Mitochondria Society Members.

Submit your innovation before August 30, 2021.

Virtual Congress Platform Access

Details: Published on 02 March 2021

If you wish to visualize all talks (Major, Short oral presentations, and Posters), you can register and have access to our virtual platform for 1 month.
More than 80+ recorded presentations with a list of attendees, questions, and answers sent to speakers also available.

Access to Targeting Mitochondria 2020 Platform
Access Total to Workshop & Congress: Targeting Mitochondria 2020 Congress (80+ recorded presentations) Abstracts Book of all presentations in PDF format Workshop "How to Evaluate Mitochondria Function ?" Workshop Report in PDF format (All PPT slides)	350 €
Recorded Workshop only (without Workshop Report)	275 €
Abstracts Book of all presentations in PDF format	95 €
Workshop Report in PDF format (All PPT slides)	175 €

Registration can be made through the website using a Credit Card & Bank Transfer.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be faxed, electronically mailed, or postmarked. Refund of registration fees will be as follows:

If you cancel within 48 hours after the purchase, the registration fee will be refunded minus 50€ for administrative fees.

Substitutions are free of charge.

For any assistance, please contact us: mitochondria(at)targeting-mitochondria.com

How to Access to Targeting Mitochondria 2020 Virtual Platform?

Details: Published on 22 October 2020

Dear Attendees of Targeting Mitochondria 2020 Congress and Workshop,

Please find here the last practical information which allows you full access to Virtual Platform.

All attendees will receive an invitation Email to Access and Download the platform shortly by the following schedule.

1) If you are registered for the Workshop, you will receive an email on October 27, at 12:30 PM (Berlin Time).

2) If you are only registered for Targeting Mitochondria 2020 Congress, you will receive an email on October 27, at 16:30 PM (Berlin Time).

How to combine Mitochondria Workshop with Congress registration?

If you registered only for the workshop, you cannot access the Platform of the Congress and vice-versa. If you would like to access both, you need to complete the registration. Please contact us for more information about this process.

Targeting Mitochondria 2020 Virtual Congress has a free, official App which you can be able to:

View the event agenda and plan your schedule
Access Livestreams and Videos directly within sessions and utilize the session Q&A
Set up Virtual meet-ups with your fellow attendees to connect remotely
Create and converse through various Discussion Topics in the Community Board
Get presentation documents and slides