Today we had the honor of welcoming Professor Toshiya Endo from the Faculty of Life Sciences of the Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan as a guest speaker at our Research Training Group. After a rather entertaining preliminary meeting with our doctoral students including insights into his career, his current research and the scientific system in Japan, we listened to his interesting lecture entitled “How to keep mitochondria in good shape: transport, quality control, and maintenance of mitochondrial proteins, lipids, and DNA”. We cordially thank Prof. Endo for his visit and wish him continued success and all the best.