Mitochondrial Biology in Health and Disease (A2)
January 13-16, 2025
| NTUH International Convention Center, Taipei, TPE, Taiwan
Lena Pernas, Anne N Murphy and Johan Auwerx
Scholarship Deadline: Oct. 16, 2024 | Abstract Deadline: Dec. 24, 2024 | Early Registration Deadline: Nov. 27, 2024
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
2nd Floor Foyer |
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
| 7:30–8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
Individual Hotel |
| 8:00–8:30 AM |
Poster Setup |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 8:15–5:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 8:30–9:30 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address |
Room 201 |
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* Lena Pernas, University of California, Los Angeles and Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Session Chair |
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Navdeep S Chandel, Northwestern University
Mitochondria are Signaling Organelles |
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| 9:30–11:45 AM |
Mitochondrial Signaling at Different Scales |
Room 201 |
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* Tania Catarina Medeiros, Max Planck Biology of Ageing
Session Chair |
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Jodi Nunnari, Altos Labs
Mitochondria and Interorganellar Communication |
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Jared Rutter, University of Utah
Mitochondrial Metabolic Messengers |
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Sarah-Maria Fendt, VIB-KU Leuven
Metabolic Regulation of Metastasis Formation |
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| 10:00–10:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 11:45–12:45 PM |
Lunch |
Room 201 |
| 12:00–2:30 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1: Tissue-Specific Functions of Mitochondria |
Room 201 |
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* Ron Baik, Memorial Sloan Kettering/Weill Cornell Medicine
Characterizing the Dynamics of mtDNA Mutations in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) Cells |
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Mariana Borsa, University of Oxford
DamAged Memories: How Mitochondrial Inheritance Controls T Cell Diversity |
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Noritaka Yamaguchi, Chiba University
Mitochondrial Protein C15ORF48 is an Inducer of Thymo-autophagy that Regulates Immunotolerance |
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Kao C Han, Academia Sinica
The Interplay between Purinosomes and Mitochondria (Cardiopathy) |
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Jason Maynes, Hospital for Sick Children
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Therapies for Congenital Heart Disease |
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Irit Adini, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mitochondrial Transfer Between Melanocytes and Dendritic Cells: Unveiling a Crucial Pathway in Inflammatory Response |
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Yen-Jung Hsu, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine
Roles of GSK3 Isoforms in Mitochondrial Quality Control of Skeletal Muscle |
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Xiaojing Cuili, NTU
NME3 Catalytic Function Plays a Critical Role in the Maintenance of Cerebellar Function in an Age and Gender-Dependent Manner |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Mitochondrial Import and Export |
Room 201 |
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Sarah Hassdenteufel, Weizmann Institute of Science
A Novel Approach for Higher throughput Screening at Ultrastructural Resolution - Uncovering Cristae Modulators in Human Mitochondria |
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Lena Ho, Duke-NUS Medical School
EMBO Young Investigator Lecture: Regulation of Oxidative Metabolism by Mitochondrial Microproteins |
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* Soni Deshwal, Helmholtz-Munich
Unveiling Pathways that Dictate Mitochondrial CoQ Export and Their Role in Ferroptosis |
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Nora Kory, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Short Talk: TRANSIT – A New Approach to Identifying Mitochondrial Transporters |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
On Own for Dinner |
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
| 7:30–8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
Individual Hotel |
| 8:00–8:30 AM |
Poster Setup |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 8:15–5:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 8:30–11:30 AM |
Tissue-Specific Mitochondrial Dysfunction |
Room 201 |
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Ying Liu, Peking University
Pre-Recorded: Mitochondria in Intertissue Communication in Aging and Disease |
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Aleksandra Filipovska, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
Lipid-Mediated Organization of Mitochondrial Interactions in 3D |
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* Aleksandra Trifunovic, University of Cologne
Taming Mitochondrial Stress Responses |
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Chantell S Evans, Duke University School of Medicine
Mitochondrial Quality Control in the Nervous System |
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Fabian Finger, University of Copenhagen
Short Talk: Mitochondrial Membrane Lipid CL Controls Fiber-type Adaptations in Aging Muscle via ERRγ |
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Katsu Funai, University of Utah
Short Talk: Cardiolipin Deficiency Disrupts Electron Transport Chain to Induce Steatohepatitis |
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 11:30–12:30 PM |
Lunch |
Room 201 |
| 12:00–2:30 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable |
Room 201 |
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Aleksandra Trifunovic, University of Cologne
Professor |
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Shu-Jung Chang, National Taiwan University
Assistant Professor |
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Marijn G Ford, Altos Labs
Principal Scientist |
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Pin-Chao Liao, National Tsing Hua University
Assistant Professor |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Mitochondria in Immunity and Infection |
Room 201 |
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Gerald S. Shadel, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Mitochondria are Genotoxic Sensors |
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Ping-Chih Ho, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Mitochondrial Catastrophes and T Cell Exhaustion: Lessons can be Applied in CAR T Cell Therapy |
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* Lena Pernas, University of California, Los Angeles and Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
'Mitochondria-Microbe Conflict |
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Yasmine T Toudji, Vanderbilt University
Short Talk: Differential Adaptative Responses of T Cells to Mild Heat Stress |
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Yentli E Soto Albrecht, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children's Hosp of Philadelphia
Short Talk: Mitochondrial OXPHOS Restricts SARS-CoV-2 Replication by Limiting Glycolytic Capacity |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
On Own for Dinner |
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
| 7:30–8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
Individual Hotel |
| 8:30–11:30 AM |
Targeting Mitochondrial Disease |
Room 201 |
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Pénélope Andreux, Vandria SA
Mitophagy-Targeting Therapies |
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Johan Auwerx, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ceramide de novo Synthesis Links Degenerative Disorders with Mitochondrial and Protein Homeostasis |
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* Luca Scorrano, University of Padova
Unbiased Screenings for Mitochondrial Membrane Contact Sites and Mitochondrial Fission Regulators |
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Oliver Rackham, Curtin University
Short Talk: How a Cytoplasmic Protein Causes Mitochondrial Disease |
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Sean P Curran, University of Southern California
Short Talk: RNA Editing in Response to Mitochondrial Dysfunction Drives Accelerated Aging |
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 11:30–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2: Mitochondria from Bacteria to Endosymbiont |
Room 201 |
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Alexandre Smirnov, University of Strasbourg, CNRS
Ancestral Ribosome Assembly Mechanisms: From Bacteria to Mitochondria (and Beyond) |
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* Cristiana Zollo, University of Cologne
The “Mitoscanner”: Endogenous DRP1 Continuously Scans Mitochondria in a Diffusive Manner Beyond the Fission Site |
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Chieh-Ju Sung, National Taiwan University
Evolutionary Conservation of Cardiolipin Externalization in Stressed Mitochondrial Revealed by Novel Bio-probe |
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Suzuka Ono, Kyoto Sangyo University
ATPases Control the Intracellular Distribution of Single-pass Membrane Proteins |
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Sofia La Vecchia, Rutgers University
Targeting Mitochondrial Dynamics In Drug-Resistant Acute Leukemia |
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N Sushma Sri, Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Due to PISD Loss Leads to Skeletal Phenotypes in Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia |
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Feng-Yung Wang, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University
Mitochondrial S-adenosylmethionine Deficiency Induces Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response and Extends Lifespan in Caenorhabditis Elegans |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
2nd Floor Foyer |
| 5:00–6:45 PM |
Non-Canonical Mitochondrial Compartments |
Room 201 |
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* Johannes M Herrmann, University of Kaiserslautern
Dysfunctional mitochondria trap proteins in the intermembrane space |
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Samantha C. Lewis, University of California, Berkeley
Interdependencies Between Mitochondrial DNA and RNA Maintenance |
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Julien Prudent, University of Cambridge
Inner mitochondrial membrane quality control and mtDNA regulation |
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Naotada Ishihara, Osaka University
Short Talk: Dynamic Regulation of Mitochondrial Nucleoids by Inner-membrane Components and Proteins |
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
Room 201 |
| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Room 201 |
