Valeria Tiranti

(Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta | IRCCS Besta · Unit of Medical Genetics and Neurogenetics). Valeria Tiranti is responsible for the Lab of Molecular Pathogenesis of Mitochondrial Disorders and head of the Functional Department of Experimental Neuroscience. She has long-standing expertise in mitochondrial and metabolic disorders, including identification of disease genes, biochemical evaluation of the respiratory chain activities, molecular and cellular biology, and identification of pathogenic mechanisms of diseases. She is trying to elucidate the role of mitochondria not only in typical mitochondrial disorders but also in neurodegenerative disorders, by exploiting cellular and animal models as platforms in which investigate pathogenic mechanisms and test therapeutic approaches.

Valerio Carelli

(Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna – Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences DIBINEM). Valerio Carelli is currently director of the Neurogenetics program of the IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences in Bologna, at Bellaria Hospital. His laboratory is specialized in mitochondrial diseases (both diagnostic and research) with a particular focus on mitochondrial DNA, its replication, mitochondrial biogenesis and the mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics using the reprogramming of pluripotent stem cells from patients and differentiating the tissues affected by the pathology. The primary interest is the neurodegenerative mechanisms due to mitochondrial dysfunction in inherited optic neuropathies and encephalomyopathies such as MERRF (Myoclonus, Epilepsy, Ragged-Red-Fibers), with the ultimate aim of developing the therapeutic strategies necessary to treat these pathologies.

Massimo Zeviani,  University of Padua
Michelangelo Mancuso, University of Pisa

MILAN LOC

Daniele Ghezzi, PhD, University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Costanza Lamperti, MD, PhD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Eleonora Lamantea, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Dario Brunetti, PhD, University of Milan and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Ivano Di Meo, PhD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Anna Ardissone, PhD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

ROME LOC

Marilena Caruso, Symposia, Srl
Patrizia Pasolini, Symposia, Srl
Constanza Amanda Pelissero, Symposia, Srl
Valeria Pennesi, Symposia, Srl

BOLOGNA LOC

Alessandra Maresca, PhD,  IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital
Leonardo Caporali, PhD,  IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital
Chiara La Morgia, MD, PhD,  IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital and Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna
Maria Lucia Valentino, MD, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital and Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna
Caterina Garone, MD, PhD, Department of Medical and Surgery Science (DIMEC), Medical Genetics Unit, University of Bologna
Anna Bettelli, Bologna Convention Bureau 
Mlandan Miskeljin, Bologna Convention Bureau 

Emanuela Bottani, Università di Verona
Ulrich Brandt, Olanda
Patrick Chinnery, Cambridge-UK
Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowers , Newcastle-UK
Daria Diodato, Roma, Italy
Tonio Enriquez, Madrid-Spain
Maria Falkenberg, Stockolm-Sweden
Marta Giacomello, Università di Padova
Carla Giordano, Roma, Italy
Grainne Gorman, UK
Yu-ichi Goto, Japan
Michio Hirano, USA
Rita Horvath, Cambridge-UK
Alessia Indrieri, Napoli, Italy

Luisa Iommarini, Università di Bologna
Amal Karaa, Massachusetts General Hospital
Thomas Klopstock, Munich-Germany
Nils Larsson, Stockolm-Sweden
Guy Lenaers, Angers-France
Michelangelo Mancuso, Pisa, Italy, TBC
Michal Minczuk, Cambridge-UK/Poland
Carlos Moraes, USA, TBC
Olimpia Musumeci, Messina, Italy
Luigi Palmieri, Università di Bari
Veronique Paquis, Nice-France
Petr Pecina, Repubblica Ceca, TBC
Stefano Pluchino, University of Cambridge
Alessandro Prigione, University of Dusseldorf

Holger Prokisch, Munich-Germany, TBC
Agnes, Rotig, Paris-France
Elena Rugarli, Cologne-Germany/Italy, TBC
Leo Sazanov, Vienna-Austria
Serenella Servidei, Roma, Italy
Jan Smeitink, Olanda
Anu Suomalainen, Helsinki-Finland
David Thorburn, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute -Australia
Alexandra Trifunovich, Cologne-Germany/Montenegro
Cristina Ugalde, Spain
Carlo Viscomi, Padova, Italy
Massimo Zeviani, Padova/Trieste, Italy, TBC