Save the Date for UMDF Mitochondrial Medicine 2026 - June 17-20 in Orlando, Florida.
Next Webcast will be December 8, 2025
Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD
Topic Titles and Speakers:
Clinical Trial Updates
- Susan Van Meter, PhD, UCB
- Katie Landes, Stealth BioTherapeutics
- Magnus Hansson, MD, PhD, Abliva – Member of Pharming Group
- Chad Glasser, PharmD, MPH, Tisento Therapeutics
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Jasper Levink, CEO, Khondrion
Time: 12:00pm ET/11:00am CT/9:00a PT and 6:00pm CET
Looking Ahead...
Topics and Speakers coming soon.
January 12 - 12pm ET
February 9 - 12pm ET
March 9 - 12pm ET
April 13 - 12pm ET
May 11 - 12pm ET
Watch Past UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminars
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, May 12, 2025
Moderator: Philip E. Yeske, PhD
Watch Chair Highlights for Upcoming UMDF Mito Med 2025
Jonathan R. Brestoff, MD, PhD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Michio Hirano, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY
Natalie M. Niemi, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
David J. Pagliarini, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Fernando Scaglia, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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.