Guy Lenaers
Angers University and University Hospital
For the last 10 years, I dedicated my work to the genetics, pathophysiology and therapies of inherited mitochondrial diseases, with a special focus on those affecting the optic nerve, leading to blindness. In 2015, I moved from Montpellier Institute of Neurosciences to AngersUniversity and University Hospital to develop a Mitochondrial Medicine Research Centre with the support of a grant from the Region Pays de la Loire. Today, the MitoLab team that I manage is the largest team dedicated to mitochondrial diseases in France, which grew from 20 persons in 2015 to more than 60 in 2025. The team was accredited by the CNRS and INSERM in 2017 and renewed in January 2022. I will keep the management of this team until December 2027 and have endorsed the direction of the MitoVasc Unit (including 2 teams: MitoLab and CarMe, accounting for 120 persons) from January 2022 to December 2027.

