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.
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
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Dr Michele Frison |
Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge |
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations |
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Prof Ian Ganley |
University of Dundee |
Balancing mitophagy: a role for AMPK |
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Dr Raffaele Sarnataro |
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford |
Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep |
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Dr Tom Nicol |
DPAG, University of Oxford |
Regulating complex I assembly in development and disease – Controlling the MCIA complex |
| 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 |
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Dr Konstantinos Lekkos |
IDRM, University of Oxford | Opposing roles of Mdh1ab and Slc25a51b in regulating long-term heart regeneration through OXPHOS-dependent cardiomyocyte redifferentiation |
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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