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Online Seminar Series Focused on Mitochondria
Thursday 17h00 CET, 16h00 GMT, 11h00 EST, 08h00 PST, through Zoom.
MITOtalks 2026-2027 Schedule
MITOchat Season 8 — Fall 2026 Speakers Announced
We're delighted to announce the speaker lineup for the fall sessions of MITOchat Season 8, our trainee-led mitochondrial biology seminar series.
All sessions are free and open to all; join us live on the dates below.
October 15, 2026
Nada Ahmed Selim
University of Rochester Medical Center, Wojtovich Lab
"Mitochondria Form Protonmotive Force-Driven Signaling Networks
Under Metabolic Stress"
Alice Maestri
Karolinska Institutet, Hagberg Lab
"Aerobic glycolysis drives differentiation of unilocular adipocytes"
Mashiat Zaman
University of Calgary, Shutt Lab
"Mitofusin 2: Fusing Mitochondrial Function to Disease"
https://psu.zoom.us/j/99764785724
November 19, 2026
Pampa Pain
University of Padova, Rizzuto Lab
HaMy Ly
University of Ottawa, Cairns/Burelle Labs
Johannes Hagen
LMU Munich, Osman Lab
December 10, 2026
Julie Bailard
University of Minnesota, Bastian Lab
Chih-Yao Chung
Hubrecht Institute, van Oudenaarden Lab
Louis Betz
Penn State University, Mnatsakanyan Lab
New this season!
MITOtalks × MITOchat Paired Sessions
Starting in spring 2027, we're introducing a new format pairing a junior group leader's MITOtalk with a MITOchat!
Sessions dates: February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, and June 3.
Selected MITOchat speakers:
Hanna Salmonowicz (IMol, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)
Elias Adriaenssens (IMP, Vienna BioCenter)
Sangheeta Bhattacharjee (California Institute of Technology)
Liesbeth Voorbraeck (Karolinska Institutet)
Chenxiao Yu (Thomas Jefferson University)
Exact speaker-date pairings will be announced closer to each session.
December 3, 2026
We’d love to hear from you—nominate the next MITOtalk speaker below!
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