E-mit Executive Board Election​

European Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine

Call for Nominations – E-mit Executive Board Election

Dear E-mit Member,

In accordance with Article 5 of the E-mit Charter, we are pleased to open the call for nominations for the E-mit Executive Board.

Positions Open for Election

The following Executive Board positions are open for election:

  • President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • One representative of Senior Members
  • Two Representatives of Junior Members
    • One PhD student/Postdoc
    • One Trainee Clinician
  • Ordinary Board Members

Only four of the six Ordinary Members will be elected, while the remaining two will continue from the previous Board to ensure continuity.

 

Nomination Procedure

As stated in the Charter:

  • Nominations must be made in writing to the Secretary of E-mit Şükrü Anıl Doğan: anil.dogan@bezmialem.edu.tr
  • Each nomination must include:
    • The signature (or verifiable electronic signature) of two individual E-mit members.
    • The signature (or verifiable electronic signature) of the nominee.

Deadline for submission of nominations: April 30th

The full list of nominees will be published on the E-mit website at least seven days prior to the election.

Eligibility Rules (Important)

  • Nominees for Senior Representative and Junior Representatives must belong to the appropriate membership category at the time of election.
  • Junior and Senior members may not be nominated for election as President, Secretary, Treasurer, or as Ordinary Members of the Executive Board.
  • No individual member may nominate more than:
    • One candidate for each officer position
    • Up to three candidates for Ordinary Member positions
  • No candidate may stand for more than one position.

 

Voting and results

The election will be conducted electronically, and the results, including the newly elected Board, will be announced during EUROMIT 2026 in Angers from 31st May – 4th June 2026.

We strongly encourage all eligible members who wish to contribute to the leadership and future direction of E-mit to consider standing for election.

Please submit nominations and any related correspondence to the E-mit Secretary by April 30th.

We look forward to your active participation in the governance of our Society.

With best regards,
The E-mit Executive Board

European Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine

E-mit Executive Board Election

Dear members,

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming E-mit General Assembly, which will take place on May 31st, agenda attached. The agenda of the meeting include, among other items, the announcement of the newly elected E-mit Board.

In this context, we inform you that the election of the new Board will be conducted electronically from Monday, May 25th at 09:00 CEST to Wednesday, May 27th at 13:00 CEST via the SurveyMonkey platform.

The voting system ensures full anonymity of responses and is compliant with applicable data protection and privacy regulations, including GDPR.

In accordance with the E-mit charter, the full list of nominees is now available on the E-mit webpage. Please note that only members who have paid their membership fee at least 30 days before the election will receive a personal voting link.

The voting invitation will be sent via SurveyMonkey to the email address associated with your E-mit membership. Please be aware that:

  • The sender email address will appear as: mancusomichelangelo@gmail.com via surveymonkey.com
  • To ensure proper delivery, we recommend adding SurveyMonkey to your email allow list. If your email domain differs, you may also need to coordinate with your institution’s IT services to allow these messages.

If you do not receive the voting link on Monday, May 25th at 09:00 CEST, please first check your spam or junk folder. If you still cannot find it, kindly contact the E-mit Treasurer, Michelangelo Mancuso, at michelangelo.mancuso@unipi.it.

We encourage all eligible members to participate in this important process.

Kind regards,
The E-mit Board

Kostas Tokatlidis for President

Caterina Garone for Secretary

Michelangelo Mancuso for Treasurer

Julio Montoya for Senior Member

Danielle Brister for Junior Member
Piervito Lopriore for Junior Member

Erika Fernandez-Vizarra Bailey for Ordinary Member
Ewa Bomba-Warczak for Ordinary Member
Luca Peruzzotti Jametti for Ordinary Member
Olivier Baris for Ordinary Member
Rob Taylor for Ordinary Member
Agnieszka Chacinska for Ordinary Member
Shamima Rahman for Ordinary Member

European Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine

E-mit Executive Board Election

New E-MIT Board Elected at Euromit 2026 in Angers
During the General Assembly of E-MIT, held at Euromit in Angers, members elected the new Board that will lead the association until 2026.
Congratulations to the newly elected Board members:
  • President: Kostas Tokatlidis
  • Past President: Carlo Viscomi
  • Secretary: Caterina Garone
  • Treasurer: Michelangelo Mancuso
  • Senior Member: Julio Montoya
  • Junior Members: Danielle Brister and Piervito Lopriore