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The Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health invites you to MitOX 2026 on Thursday, 9 April 2026 in Tingewick Hall, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Our annual conference brings together researchers from academia and the pharmaceutical industry with a shared interest in mitochondrial research.

ABOUT MITOX

MitOX is our annual meeting packed with short talks and posters on cancer metabolism, neuroscience, diabetes, mitochondrial disorders and general mitochondrial biology. 

MitOX 2026 will be held at Tingewick Hall, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU. 

See directions and map.

 

Abstract submissions

If you are interested in submitting an abstract for a short talk or poster, please email ndwrhmitox@wrh.ox.ac.uk.

In your email, please use "Abstract for MitOX 2026" as the subject line and specify whether you would like to be considered for a talk, a poster, or both. Abstracts should be a standard conference format on a single side of A4. 

 

Presentations include

Dr Michele Frison

Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge

Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations

Prof Ian Ganley

University of Dundee

Balancing mitophagy: a role for AMPK

Dr Raffaele Sarnataro

Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford

Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep

Dr Tom Nicol

DPAG, University of Oxford

Regulating complex I assembly in development and disease – Controlling the MCIA complex

 Dr Joerg Burgstaller 

University of Vienna Segregation of an mtDNA OriL microsatellite in heteroplasmic mice
Prof Benoit Kornmann  Biochemistry, University of Oxford Miro GTPases and their conserved role in mitochondrial quality control

Dr Konstantinos Lekkos

IDRM, University of Oxford Opposing roles of Mdh1ab and Slc25a51b in regulating long-term heart regeneration through OXPHOS-dependent cardiomyocyte redifferentiation

Prof  Ildiko Szabo

University of Padova

Mitochondrial ion channels as determinants of cell fate

 

REGISTRATION

The standard registration fee is £35 (£25 for students). Those wishing to present a poster will need to register for the face to face meeting. Attending via Zoom is free of charge and still requires registration before the day. However, you may miss out on some of the benefits of attending face-to-face. 

Register for Face to face attendance 

Register for  Online attendance 


Abstract submission deadline: 20 March 2026.

Registration deadline: 26 March 2026.

For all conference enquiries, please contact ndwrhmitox@wrh.ox.ac.uk



 

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