Abstract
On 26–28 September 2016, the Theo Murphy (no relation) international scientific meeting on ‘Chemical biology approaches to assessing and modulating mitochondria’ was held at the Kavli Royal Society Centre, Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, UK. Mike Murphy organized the meeting and it was enabled through the Royal Society scientific programme. The purpose of the conference was to bring together biologists, chemists and clinicians to discuss how to apply chemical biology to mitochondria to capitalize on the many new opportunities arising from the recent developments in mitochondrial biology.