Conferences and symposiums EMBO Workshop "Molecular biology of mitochondrial gene maintenance and expression"

Mitochondrial gene maintenance and expression are essential for aerobic energy conversion and, therefore, for cellular homeostasis and viability. 

In this workshop we intend to highlight and expose the current frontiers in our understanding of the basic molecular regulatory mechanisms of mitochondrial genes by covering four major topics:

1. Maintenance of mtDNA
2. Mitochondrial transcription and RNA maturation,
3. Mitoribosome and translation, and
4. Mitochondrial genes in cell homeostasis.

The meeting will assemble a group of leading molecular and structural biologists and biochemists studying these processes in various model organisms using interdisciplinary approaches. The planned meeting will be essential to solidifying concepts and defining priorities and new directions, helping to understand the basic, fundamental molecular mechanisms of maintenance and expression of mitochondrial genes.

Organizers

Michal Minczuk, MRC MBU, University of Cambridge, UK
Nils-Göran Larsson, Karolinska Institutet, SE
Martin Ott, Stockholm University, SE

Registration

Abstract submission deadline 20 March 2022
Academic (single) .......9600 SEK
Academic (twin)...........8900 SEK
Industry.......................20500 SEK

Contact

Michal Minczuk
mam@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk

Speakers

• Agnel Sfeir, NYU Langone Medical Center, US
• Agnes Rötig, Institut Imagine, FR
• Aleksandra Filipovska, University of Western Australia, AU
• Aleksandra Trifunovic, University of Cologne, DE
• Anna Wredenberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Antonio Barrientos, University of Miami, US
• Claes Gustafsson, University of Gothenburg, SE
• Dusanka Milenkovic, MPI for Biology of Ageing, DE
• Eva Kummer, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, DK
• Hansong Ma, University of Cambridge, UK
• Hauke Hillen, MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, DE
• Henna Tyynismaa, University of Helsinki, FI
• Hyun-Woo Rhee, Seoul National University, Korea
• Julien Prudent, MRC MBU, University of Cambridge, UK
• Joanna Rorbach, Karolinska Institutet, SE
• Maria Falkenberg, University of Gothenburg, SE
• Michal Szymanski, University of Gdansk, PL
• Nenad Ban, ETH Zurich, CH
• Oliver Rackham, University of Western Australia, AU
• Patrick Chinnery, University of Cambridge, UK
• Peter Rehling, University Medical Center, Göttingen, DE
• Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein, University Medical Center, Göttingen, DE
• Roman Szczesny, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, PL
• Stefan Jakobs, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, DE
• Stirling Churchman, Harvard Medical School, US
• Thomas Langer, MPI for Biology of Ageing, DE