Struggling for breath in Sherbrooke: 1st Symposium on “One mitochondrion, many diseases” in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, March 11th, 2015

Authors:

Ralf J. Braun1,#, Verónica I. Dumit2,3,#, Cécile Monpays4, Xavier Roucou5, Daniel Serrano6, Julie St-Pierre7, Paula J. Waters8, Ian Bates9, and Denis Gris10

doi: 10.15698/mic2015.06.207
Volume 2, pp. 208 to 213, published 20/05/2015.

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Affiliations:

1 Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.

2 ZBSA Center for Biological Systems Analysis, Core Facility Proteomics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

3 Department of Dermatology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

4 Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre (CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

5 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

6 Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

7 Goodmann Cancer Research Centre & Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.

8 Medical Genetics Service, Department of Pediatrics, University of Sherbrooke Hospital Centre (CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

9 Carl Zeiss Canada MicroImaging, Toronto, ON, Canada.

10 Program of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, CR-CHUS, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

# Co-first authors.

Keywords: 

mitochondria, neurodegeneration, cancer, mitochondrial disorders, mitochondrial dynamics, metabolic adaption, oxidative stress, programmed cell death, apoptosis, necrosis, inflammation, neuronal cell culture, transgenic mouse models, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Corresponding Author(s):

Ralf J. Braun, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany ralf.braun@uni-bayreuth.de Denis Gris, Program of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, CR-CHUS, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada denis.gris@usherbrooke.ca

Conflict of interest statement:

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Please cite this article as:

Ralf J. Braun, Verónica I. Dumit, Cécile Monpays, Xavier Roucou, Daniel Serrano, Julie St-Pierre, Paula J. Waters, Ian Bates, and Denis Gris (2015). Struggling for breath in Sherbrooke. 1st Symposium on “One mitochondrion, many diseases” in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, March 11th, 2015. Microbial Cell 2(6): 208-213.

© 2015 Braun et al. This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.

Abstract:

On March 11th 2015, when the never-ending bitterly cold Canadian winter made a short break, 100 scientists from Québec and Germany came together in Sherbrooke in southern Québec to attend the 1st symposium on “One mitochondrion, many diseases”. Under the impression of the beauty of the frozen local rivers Saint-François and Magog, the researchers presented and discussed their recent data on the pivotal roles of mitochondria in various diseases, including neurodegeneration, cancer, schizophrenia, respiratory chain, and inflammatory disorders. In this way, the participants and attendees of the symposium got a broad overview of common and distinct mechanisms of mitochondrial (dys)functions underlying various diseases.