Mitochondrial Medical and Scientific Meetings
Upcoming UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminars:
The UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminar Series follows in the footsteps of the highly successful Mito Friday Seminar Series launched earlier this year. This program addresses a need for increased scientific discussion of important mitochondrial research being conducted around the world. The Bench-to-Bedside (BtB) seminars will take place monthly and typically last one hour.
Recordings from UMDF Bench-to-Bedside webcasts will be made available for a limited time as on-demand or through this web page. Availability of recordings is at the discretion of our presenters.
Researchers and clinicians that would like to suggest a topic or theme are encouraged to contact UMDF at [email protected].
If you are interested in submitting an abstract for consideration as a future presenter, please utilize our online portal by clicking here.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Fluid Genomes: mtDNA Dynamics and Respiratory Chain Activity in Blood Leukocytes
Moderator: Peter McGuire, MD
Topics & Presenters:
Cell-type Specific Mitochondrial Phenotypes in Circulating Human Leukocytes
Martin Picard, PhD, Columbia University, New York, NY
Dual Genome 'Omics: the Heteroplasmy Problem
Melissa Walker, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Friday, April 16, 2021
Advancements in Mitochondrial DNA Transfer
Moderator: Brett Kaufman, PhD
Topics & Presenters:
New Developments in Mitochondrial DNA Transfer
Michael Teitell, MD, PhD, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Mitochondrial DNA Intercellular Traveling
Jose' Antonio Enriquez, PhD, Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research, Madrid, Spain
Previous UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminars:
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Topic: Novel Insights from the Mitochondrial Interactome
Moderator: Brett Kaufman, PhD
Presenters & Topics:
Martin Ott, PhD, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Molecular Connectivity of Mitochondrial Gene Expression and OXPHOS Biogenesis
Hana Antonicka, MSc, PhD, The Neuro & McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A High-Density Human Mitochondrial Proximity Interaction Network
Friday, January 15, 2021
Topic: Novel aspects of mitochondrial NAD+ Biology
Moderator: Brett Kaufman, PhD
Presenters:
Joseph A. Baur, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Anu Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Friday, December 11, 2020
Topic: Nuclear Genome-wide Associations with Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy
Moderator: Brett Kaufman, PhD
Presenters:
Priyanka Nandakumar, PhD, 23andMe, California
Neal Sondheimer, MD, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Friday, November 20, 2020
Topic: Clinical and Cellular Phenotypes of m.3243A>G
Moderator: Brett Kaufman, PhD
Presenters and Topics:
Michio Hirano, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY
Clinical Manifestations and Natural History of m.3243A>G
Tamas Kozicz, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
m.3243A>G-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction Impairs Human Neuronal Development and Reduces Neuronal Network Activity and Synchronicity
Friday, October 9, 2020
Topic: Mitochondrial Targets and Defenses in the Time of COVID
- Moderator: Bruce H. Cohen, MD, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH
Presenters:
- Robert K. Naviaux, PhD, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Keshav Singh, PhD, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Monday, September 21, 2020
- Topic: Discovery and Implications of Interbacterial Deaminase Toxins
Presenter: Joseph Mougous, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Topic: A Bacterial Cytidine Deaminase Toxin Enables CRISPR-Free Mitochondrial Base Editing
Presenter: David R. Liu, PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Friday, August 28, 2020
UMDF Funded Projects:
- Investigating intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing mitochondrial heteroplasmy in mt-tRNA mutation-linked disease - Dr. Kinsley Belle, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
- Mechanisms of protein assembly underlying mitochondrial DNA maintenance but altered in early-onset neurodegenerative disorders - Dr. Breann Brown, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
- Implementation of the CRISPR gene editing technology – Edit Plasmids - toward the curing of mitochondrial diseases caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA - Dr. Hajime Sakai, CEO, NAPIGEN
Friday, June 19, 2020
- Topic: Mitochondrial Control of Innate Immune Responses in Disease and Aging
Presenter: A. Phillip West, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, Texas A&M University
- Topic: A Quantitative Tissue-Specific Landscape of Protein Redox Regulation During Aging
Presenter: Ed Chouchani, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology and Cell Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University
Friday, June 5, 2020
- Topic: Mouse Models of Mitochondrial DNA Disease
Presenter: James Stewart, PhD, Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
- Topic: Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy in Disease and Targeted Nuclease-Based Therapeutic Approaches
Presenter: Carlos Moraes, PhD, Lichtenstein Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Friday, May 22, 2020
- Topic: Translational and Clinical Perspectives on Mitochondrial DNA Deletions During Normal Aging and POLG Disease
- Presenters: Bruce H. Cohen, MD, Akron Children's Hospital and William Copeland, PhD, NIEHS