Welcome to Targeting Mitochondria World Congress 2017

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased and very honoured to announce on behalf of the Scientific Committee of the World Mitochondria Society the 8th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria which will be held in Berlin, Germany, on October 23-24, 2017.

The general and overarching topics our 8th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria is going to cover will not significantly deviate from topics discussed at preceding editions of our conference series. We will again focus on three major areas, which are first the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in etiology and pathogenesis of chronic diseases including aging, second how to assess and above all quantify mitochondrial dysfunction in vitro and in vivo and finally, third, how to target and manipulate mitochondrial function in order to develop future mitochondria-based therapies.

The progress made in Mitochondrial Medicine over the last few years is breath-taking. Our detailed knowledge about how mitochondria impact human health and longevity has been rapidly growing, so has the number of mitochondria-based clinical trials.

For the 8th edition of “Targeting Mitochondria”, the scientific committee will invite again key players, i.e. investigators who have been pushing the progress in their particular field of mitochondrial research over the last few years. Basic researches working at the bench in the laboratory, physicians treating patients suffering from mitochondrial disorders as well as representatives of companies working on the commercialization of mitochondria-targeted therapies are all welcome to our conference. We are convinced that our 8th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria will be at least as exciting and as successful as our previous meetings.

Hot topics which are going to be highlighted this year include among others:

Recent advances on mitochondrial dysfunction in etiology and pathogenesis of human diseases and aging

• Mitochondria and Aging
• Mitochondria & Microbiota: the intriguing relationship
• Mitochondria & Redox Regulation
• Mitochondria & Viral Infection
• Mitochondria & Metabolic Syndrome
• Mitochondria & Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Mitochondria & Cancer

The challenge of qualitative and quantitative assessment of mitochondrial function in vitro and in vivo

• Mitochondria Quality Control
• Mitochondria Devices: New methods to detect mitochondria dysfunction
• Mitochondria as Biomarkers
• Presentation of practical cases

Recent Advances on targeting mitochondria: Clinical trials and potential mitochondria-based therapies

• Strategies to target Stem Cells
• Strategies to target Microbiota
• Strategies to target miRNA
• Strategies to replace mitochondria
• Clinical & Therapeutic Directions

We very much look forward to seeing you in Berlin for this exciting event.

Volkmar Weissig
President of the World MItochondria Society

Marvin Edeas
Chairman of the Targeting Mitochondria 2017

Targeting Mitochondria World Congress 2016 was a huge success

The 7th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria chaired by Prof. Volkmar Weissig and Prof. Marvin Edeas was organized in Berlin on October 24-26, 2016. This seventh edition was again a huge success and gathered more than 350 attendees, academics, industrials and start-ups during three days, representing more than 27 countries.

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Targeting Mitochondria 2022 Registration

Targeting Mitochondria 2022 welcomes participants both in-person in Berlin and online.

In-person Participation:

 Registration for In-person Participation

Online Participation:

Registration for Online Participation

Fees for in-person attendance include:

• Access to all live scientific presentations (including posters area)
• Access to all recorded presentations of the conference program for 1 month
• Access to the exhibition boot
• Certificate of attendance
• Access to view all abstracts electronically
• Access to view all e-posters electronically
• Book of abstracts in PDF Format
• Attend the coffee breaks and buffet lunches

Fees for all virtual attendance include:

• Access to all recorded presentations of the conference program for 1 month
• Certificate of attendance
• Access to view all abstracts electronically
• Access to view all e-posters electronically
• Book of abstracts in PDF Format

Special Discount for WMS Members 

If you are already a member of WMS, or if you join WMS members at the before your registration, you can have a 50€ discount on your registration fees by using a promotional code. To obtain this code, please contact us.

More information about WMS Members here.

Cancellation & Modification Policy

Modification Policy 

* The charge for changing your registration from livestream to in-person is 100€.

If you need to downgrade your registration from in-person to online attendee, you will not be reimbursed the difference.

Cancellation Policy

Payment methods:

•  Credit Card: Visa, MasterCard or American Express
• Bank Transfer**: No Additional handling fee is required.
  

(**) Payments by bank transfer are allowed until October 2, midnight. After this date, only payments by credit card will be accepted. For any assistance, please contact us.

Targeting Mitochondria 2017 at a glance

Among Speakers and Topics already confirmed:

Part 1: Targeting Mitochondria 2017: Recent Advances on Mitochondrial Dysfunctions in Chronic Diseases: The Mechanistic

Targeting mitochondria by small RNAs: update and prospects
Ivan Tarassov, University of Strasbourg, France

Hydrogen sulfide and mitochondrial function
Csaba Szabo,University of Texas, USA

Probing Mitochondrial Chemical Biology with Organelle-Specific Peptides
Shana O'Kelley, University of Toronto, Canada

Part 3: Strategies to target Mitochondria: Recent Clinical & Potential Therapeutic Studies

Mitochondria-targeted rechargeable antioxidants as pharmaceuticals inhibiting the aging program in humans
Maxim Skulachev, Moscow State University, Russia

The impact of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants on cancer progression
Martin Bergö, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sweden

Prevention of mitochondrial disease transmission
Yuko Takeda, The Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Polymeric nanoparticle-based mitochondria-targeting systems
Han Chang Kang, The Catholic University of Korea, The Republic of Korea

mtDNA induced inflammatory response in lungs: recent scientific advances
Bartosz Szczesny, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA

iPSC-based drug discovery for neurological mitochondrial disease
Alessandro Prigione, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

Quantifying mitochondrial uptake of nucleobase derivatives through click chemistry
Kurt Hoogewijs, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Human mitochondrial leucyl tRNA synthetase can suppress non cognate pathogenic mt-tRNA mutations
Hue-Tran Hornig-Do, University of Cologne, Germany