![\"\"](\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/files\/2018\/09\/RS82815_ADZ_20180825_0362-scr.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\u2018Traditionally, EBEC is a conference with 300-500 participants. 408 registered participators from 35 countries came to Budapest, and the PhD students\u2019 significant participation of 122 people was also a great pleasure to see\u2019, said Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Tretter. This year, the nearly 70 invited lecturers, including the Nobel Prize Winners Sir John Walker and Hartmut Michel, held plenary and parallel section lectures on behalf of the world\u2019s leading bioenergetics laboratories. In addition to the presentations, poster sessions as well as roundtable discussions were featured in the programme. \u2018Although EBEC is a European conference by name, as no global conference is organized on this topic, it offers opportunities for Asian, North and South American as well as Australian researchers to present their latest achievements\u2019, informed Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Tretter. The conference is organized every two years, most recently in Riva del Garda in Italy.<\/p>\n
Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Tretter said about the main topics of the conference that bioenergetics as a discipline deals with the production and use of chemical energy in living organisms. The existence of every cell is based on the production of the necessary amount of \u201cuniversal energy currency\u201d (ATP). In the case of damage to the energy supply system, the cell is unable to perform its specialized tasks (in multicellular organisms the neurons are unable to generate action potential, muscle cells cannot contract). Without photosynthesis, most of the present forms of earthly life could not exist. Influencing the bioenergetics of cells and fixing the damage to the bioenergetic system is an important part of drug targets. Influencing the balance of energy production and consumption can be an important tool for treating obesity, which is considered to be a common disease. By increasing the energy consumption of the cells and disconnecting mitochondria, weight loss can be achieved with unchanged calorie intake. Over the last decade, the special bioenergetics of cancer cells has received great attention in cancer research, and this research direction was also included in the conference programme.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eszter Keresztes
\nPhoto: Zolt\u00e1n Adri\u00e1n
\nTranslation: Di\u00e1na M\u00f3dos<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n\r\n [slb_exclude]\r\n
<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/span>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\tGallery<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t18<\/span>images<\/div>\r\n <\/div> <\/div>\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/span>\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/span>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n 
\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n 
\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n 
\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n 
\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n 
\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>
<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/span>\r\n \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/span>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>\r\n <\/a><\/div><\/span>