Antioxidants Webinar | Challenges of CoQ10 Deficiency in Diagnostic, New Models of Disease and Therapy
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Rafael Artuch
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain;
Dr. Rafael Artuch (MD, PhD), has developed his career in Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and its associated research Institute, in Barcelona, Spain. In 1990 he got the degree in Medicine, in 1996 the title of specialist in Clinical Biochemistry and in 1998 the PhD title in Medicine about the biochemical basis of mitochondrial disorders.
His career has been developed in the field of inborn errors of metabolism by studying the biochemical and molecular basis of these disorders, having remarkable experience in biomarker validation for both diagnosis and treatment monitoring and identification of new genes associated with human diseases with 300 indexed in PubMed. One of the main focus in his research is the biomedical aspects of Coenzyme Q10 deficiency.
Dr. Artuch is coordinating a research program inside the scientific network CIBERER (program of metabolic and mitochondrial medicine) and in January 2022, he is the chairman of the Executive Committee of ERNDIM, the largest external quality control scheme program for laboratories working I the diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism.
On Thursday, 5 May 2022, MDPI and the Journal Antioxidants organized the very 1st webinar on Antioxidants, entitled "Challenges of CoQ10 Deficiency in Diagnostic, New Models of Disease and Therapy".
The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Dr. Rafael Artuch, a Researcher from the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), from Spain. One of the main focus in his research is the biomedical aspects of Coenzyme Q10 deficiency, being this the main topic of the webinar presented.
The first speaker to kick off this webinar was Dr. Leonardo Salviati, from the Clinical Genetics Unit, of the University of Padova, in Italy, with the presentation titled “Molecular Diagnosis of Primary and Secondary CoQ Deficiencies”. He was followed by Dr. Agustin Hidalgo-Gutierrez, a researcher from the Columbia University Medical Center, in the USA, who introduced us in the topics of b-RA, CoQ Metabolism and Adipogenesis. Finally, Dr. Iain P. Hargreaves from the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences of the Liverpool John Moores University in UK, explained in more detail the Biochemical Aspects of CoQ Deficiency.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Antioxidants, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Guest Editors: Dr. Rafael Artuch & Prof. Dr. Carlos Santos-Ocana
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2022