Targeting Mitochondria 2019 Speakers

Mitochondrial genetics and Human Disease
Douglas C. Wallace, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, USA

The challenge of qualitative and quantitative assessment of mitochondrial function
Egbert Mik, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Increased Hydrogen Peroxide and decreased Glutathione Redox potential may cause Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Parkin loss-of-function
Lori M. Buhlman, Midwestern University, USA

Stem Cell-driven Drug Discovery of OXPHOS Diseases
Alessandro Prigione, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

Mitochondrial Copper Toxicity with a Focus on Wilson Disease
Hans Zischka, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Germany

The brain MITOxy project : from mitochondria to proteases and reactive species interactome in brain
Laurent Chatre, CNRS, University of Caen-Normandie, France

Selective segregation of mitochondria in asymmetric stem cell divisions
Pekka Katajisto, Center of Excellence in Stem Cell Metabolism, Finland

Mitochondrial Transplantation - From Animal Studies to Clinical Relevance
James D. McCully, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, USA

Cardiac glycosides modulate neuroblastoma stem cell survival by dysfunctional mitophagy
Marc Diederich, Seoul National University, South Korea

Mitochondria, as central regulators of neural stem cell fate
Ruth Slacks, University of Ottawa, Canada

Mitochondria-targeted Nanocarriers for mitochondrial therapies
Shanta Dhar, University of Miami, USA

Roles for mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
Benedict C. Albensi, Max Rady College of Medicine - University of Manitoba, Canada

Mitochondria and Skin: Mitochondria in Wound Healing
Jakob Wikström, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

Cytoskeletal mitochondrial interactions in collagen VI related disorders
Alessia Angelin, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in heart failure
Christoph Maack, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany