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16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria | 2025

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Metformin’s Mechanism Rewritten: Intestinal Mitochondria Take Center Stage	12 May 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	225
Mitochondria and Lysosomes Are Not Working Alone: Study Reveals Direct Proton Transfer Between Organelles	11 May 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	344
Pancreatic Cancer’s Hidden Weakness: Damaged Mitochondria May Be Its Achilles’ Heel	04 May 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	329
Can Mitochondria Create New Organelles? A Discovery Reopens a Major Question in Cell Biology	28 April 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	4524
Mitochondria Help Control Skin Pigmentation: A New Organelle Dialogue Revealed	27 April 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	4315
Red Blood Cells Lose Their Mitochondria: But Not Before Building the Machinery of Oxygen Transport	24 April 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	655
“MitoCatch” delivers healthy mitochondria to diseased cells	24 April 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	4462
How mitochondria organize their DNA to sustain cellular energy	03 April 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	897
Mitochondria Could Help Make Cancer Immunotherapy More Effective	31 March 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	1926
Organelle Therapy Encapsulated Mitochondria Restore Function in Parkinson’s and Genetic Disorders: A Breakthrough	23 March 2026	Written by World Mitochondria Society	1831

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Lucid Scientific Joins as Official Supporter of World Mitochondria Society Congress 2026

Mitochondrial Research Needs a Shift: From Snapshots to Dynamics The World Mitochondria Society welcomes Lucid Scientific as a supporter of the 202...

From Powerhouse to Prescription: Hazel H. Szeto Joins the WMS As KEYNOTE Speaker

From Powerhouse to Prescription: Dr. Hazel Szeto Joins the WMS Annual Meeting 2026 as KEYNOTE Speaker. We are proud to announce that Hazel H. S...

The Mitochondrial Measurement Challenge: WMS 2026 Workshop

Before we can target mitochondria, we must first understand how to accurately measure their function, dysfunction, adaptability, and resilience. Thi...

Call for Abstracts & Innovations

Berlin will host the 17th World Congress of the World Mitochondria Society on October 21–23, 2026. This is more than a call for abstracts. ...

Welcome to Targeting Mitochondria 2026

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 17th World Mitochondria Society Annual Meeting which will be held on October 21-23, 2026 in Ber...

Concluding Remarks of WMS 2025

The 16th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria marked a defining moment for the mitochondrial community. Over three days in Berlin, the discussio...

WMS 2025 Awards – Celebrating Scientific Excellence in Mitochondrial Medicine

At Targeting Mitochondria 2025, the World Mitochondria Society honored three outstanding scientific contributions that perfectly reflect the spirit ...

Targeting Mitochondria 2025, A Record-Breaking Edition Defining the Next Frontier of Medicine

The World Mitochondria Society (WMS) proudly announces an unprecedented level of participation at the 17th World Congress on Targeting Mitochondria...

Best Image Award 2025 Winners Announced

We are thrilled to reveal the three winners of the Best Image in Mitochondria Research 2025! ...

Mitochondria & Organelle Crosstalk - Rethinking Organelle Crosstalk: Mitochondrial-Derived Vesicles in Peroxisome Biogenesis Presented by Dr. Ayumu Sugiura

At the heart of cellular metabolism, mitochondria and peroxisomes play tightly interconnected roles in lipid regulation, redox homeostasis, and ener...

Targeting Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier: Impact on Future Metabolic Therapies

Prof. Edmund Kunji from the University of Cambridge will give a major talk entitled Targeting mitochondrial pyruvate carrier: impact on future metab...

Keynote Speech: Targeting Mitochondrial Channels: Update and Strategies

Keynote Speech: Targeting Mitochondrial Channels: Update and Strategies Adam Szewczyk, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland In his key...

Development of Mitochondria-Based Therapeutic Strategies for Disease Treatment

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Kosuke Kusamori from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, will be presenting his pioneering research on "Developm...

How Mitochondria Organize Their Powerhouse Machinery for Optimal Performance

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Florent Waltz from the University of Basel, Switzerland, will be presenting at the Targeting Mitochondria 2025 c...

Prof. Yosuke Togashi to Present Groundbreaking Insights on Mitochondrial Transfer and Immune Evasion in Cancer

Prof. Togashi’s upcoming lecture follows his landmark publication in Nature (February 2025), where his team uncovered a novel immune evasion mechani...

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

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

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

The World Mitochondria Society is pleased to announce a hands-on workshop, “Mitochondrial Transfer and Transplantation: From Bench to Bedside,” led ...