The unifying theme of EBEC

Welcome to EBEC2024

I have the pleasure of organizing the 22^nd European Bioenergetics Conference – EBEC2024: What is Life?.

EBEC2024 will place Spotlights on Mito and Chlora: cutting-edge research on mitochondria & chloroplasts, metabolism, and disease.

The conference promises to bring together students, experts, and stakeholders in the bioenergetics ecosystem, focusing on the current challenges and roles of mitochondria, chloroplasts, and bacteria in addressing the fundamental question What is Life?.

From quantum physics and quantum information chemistry to quantum biology of respiratory and photosynthetic electron transfer. 80 years after Erwin Schrödinger’s What is Life?
Another highlight is a Round Table: “EBEC Science Communication – publishers and publishing, science and teaching, dissemination and social media, sustainable conferences”
Prof. Mårten Wisktröm’s scientific legacy will be honored, paying tribute to his remarkable contributions to bioenergetics

In the tradition of EBEC, oral presentations will be published optionally in the prestigious special issue of BBA Bioenergetics, peer-reviewed, open access, free of charge.

We will be pleased to welcome you and your team in Innsbruck. We appreciate your help in promoting EBEC2024 by sharing this event with your network.

The Mito&Chlora-Team is available to answer questions.

Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you at EBEC2024,

Erich Gnaiger
EBEC2024 organizer

The unifying theme of EBEC

The central unifying theme of EBEC is Bioenergetics and by extension, chemiosmosis. Thus, essential topics for consideration for inclusion in the programme are oxidative phosphorylation in bacteria and mitochondria, photosynthesis, transmembrane transport of metabolites and other small molecules, passage of proteins through membrane barriers, bacterial motility and cell death via apoptosis and other mechanisms involving the mitochondria. As you are aware, in recent years great strides forward in understanding have been made in most of these fields. Thus, we recommend that these topics should provide the core of the programme. That is not to say that related topics such as mitochondrial diseases arising from mutations in both mt-DNA and nuclear genes, involvement of mitochondria in ageing and cancer and related medical issues should be excluded.

With best wishes,
John, Bob, Marten, and Peter