Save the Date for UMDF Mitochondrial Medicine 2026 - June 17-20 in Orlando, Florida.
Next Webcast will be January 5, 2026
Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD
Click Here to Register for Jan 5
Topic Title and Presenters:
Mitochondrial Disease Clinical Trial Updates - Part 2
- Thiogenesis Therapeutics
- OMEICOS Therapeutics
- BPGBio
- Pretzel Therapeutics
- Saol Therapeutics
- Chiesi Global Rare Diseases
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Pierrepont Therapeutics
Time: 12:00pm ET/11:00am CT/9:00a PT and 6:00pm CET
Join us for a Special PPA2 Virtual Conference: Connecting Clinical Care and Scientific Discovery Webcast
Friday, February 13th at 12:00m ET
Looking Ahead to future Bench-to-Bedside Webcasts...
February 9 - 12pm ET - MitoCon 2026 Debrief: Emerging Trends, AI Tools & Translational Progress, Michelangelo Mancuso, MD, PhD, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa & AOUP, Italy
March 9 - 12pm ET - Clinical Trial Readiness - Mito Med Conference Clinical Research Pavilion 2025 Learnings and Prepping for 2026
April 13 - 12pm ET
May 11 - 12pm ET
Watch Past UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminars
Monday, December 8, 2025
Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD
Watch Mitochondrial Disease Clinical Trial Updates - Part 1
Katie Landes, Stealth BioTherapeutics
Susan Van Meter, PhD, UCB
Magnus Hansson, MD, PhD, Abliva – Member of Pharming Group
Chad Glasser, PharmD, MPH, Tisento Therapeutics
Jasper Levink, CEO, Khondrion
Monday, November 10, 2025
Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD
Watch Preclinical Rationale for Muscle Stem Cell Therapy for Myopathy and Fatigue Due to mtDNA Mutations - Bert Smeets, PhD, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Watch Clinical Development of a Muscle Stem Cell Therapy for Mitochondrial Muscle Disease - Florence Tienen, PhD, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Monday, October 13, 2025
Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD and Zuela Zolkipli-Cunningham, MD
Watch Diagnosing and Managing Mitochondrial Disease in Malaysia
Rifhan Azwani Binti Mazlan, Genetic Counsellor, University of Malaya Medical Centre
Sharifah Azween Binti Syed Omar, Genetic Counsellor, Hospital Pakar Kanak and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Friday, September 5, 2025
Special MRT Bench-to-Bedside Webcast
Moderators: Philip E. Yeske, PhD and Michio Hirano, MD
Sean Murray, Mito Foundation CEO
Clare Stuart, Mito Foundation Policy and Advocacy Manager
Clair Wright, Lily Foundation
Michio Hirano, MD, Columbia University Medical Center
Dieter Egli, PhD, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative
Robert McFarland, MA MBBS PhD MRCP MRCPH, Director of the NHS Highly Specialised Service for Rare Mitochondrial Disorders
Mary Herbert, PhD, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Louise Hyslop, NHS
Monday, September 8, 2025
Moderator: Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, MD, National Genome Research Institute
Watch The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Care of Children with Mitochondrial Disease
Dr. Afua Asante-Otoo, MD, FAAPMR, National Institutes of Health, Staff Clinician / Pediatric Physiatrist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
Hanna Hildenbrand, MS, OTR/L, National Institutes of Health, Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
Dr. Minal Jain, PT, DSc, FAPTA, National Institutes of Health, Acting Chief Physical Therapy Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
Beth Solomon, MS, CCC-SLP, National Institutes of Health, Senior Lead Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
Monday, April 14, 2025
Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD
Watch Mitochondrial Genetics and Use of Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Disease
Clinical Diagnostic Testing of mtDNA genome for Primary Mitochondrial Disease - Jing Wang, MD, FACMG, ASCP (MB), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Use of Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Disease (GDF15, neurofilament light chain, and potentially FGF21 and gelsolin) - Devin Oglesbee, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
We are excited to announce the launch of the MitoU Seminar Network. Beginning in January of 2023, the UMDF along with MitoTalks and the Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine will continue to share information about upcoming seminars right here - all in one location.
Visit umdf.org/seminars to view all meetings.