ASMRM 2005-12-24

Dear Erich:

Thank you for the greetings.  I am very happy to learn that MiP2005 Conference was a great success.  I hope that I will be able to make some contributions to this Society in the future.  I just brought 9 graduate students from my lab to attend the Third Annual Meeting of Asian Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine (ASMRM), which was held in Tokyo on December 15-17, 2005.  More than 150 scientists participated in that important international scientific meeting of mitochondrial research and medicine.  At the Council Meeting of the Society, I succeeded Professor Hong Kyu Lee to serve a 3-year term as the President of the ASMRM (2005-2008).  I look forward to working closely with you and other members of the Mitochondrial Physiology Society in the future.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Yau-Huei Wei, Ph.D.

President, ASMRM

Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

National yang-Ming University

Taipei, Taiwan 112

joeman@ym.edu.tw

ISOTT 2005-12-23

Dear Drs. Gnaiger and Takahashi:

Thank you very much for the wonderful progress in the communication between two societies, through you two.  ..

I just checked out the Mitochondrial Physiology Society homepage and it is really wonderful.   It is also so nice to see that ISOTT-2006 information is listed.

I wish you wonderful holidays!!!

Kyung A. Kang

President, ISOTT

Kyung.Kang@louisville.edu

UMDF   2005-09-09

Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of the Board of Directors and Staff of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF), we are pleased to offer these words of congratulations and support.

At UMDF, our mission is our driving force: To promote research and education for the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of mitochondrial disorders and to provide support for affected individuals and families.

It is for this reason that we are proud to provide support for this important scientific meeting which has been organized by the Mitochondrial Physiology Society under the Chairmanship of Prof. Erich Gnaiger. We understand that good science knows no borders and we are committed to a world united in the struggle to unravel the medical mystery of mitochondrial disorders.

Thank you for your talent, energy, and fervent desire to help find a cure. We truly believe that we are on the verge of medical breakthroughs that will change our understanding of disease in the 21st century. This is a task of no small proportion; and we must all pull together if we are to make a difference.

Again, please accept our profound thanks for your good work. Enjoy the conference, this wonderful setting, and please remember the thousands upon thousands of children and adults who are counting on us for a better future or, sadly, any future at all.

Yours toward a cure, 

Charles A. Mohan

Chair, Board of Directors, UMDF

With all best wishes,

Jr. J. Thomas Viall

CEO/Executive Director, UMDF

Mission Statement: To promote research and education for the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Mitochondrial Disorders and to provide support to affected individuals and families.