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Emerging evidence sheds light on new mitochondrial functions that are not related to cellular energy production, which involve mitophagy (removal of damaged/impaired mitochondria from a cell prior to cell death) and mitochondrial protein quality control in aging. Mitochondrial function is associated with fission, fusion, and mitophagy in health and disease. The goal of this symposium is to highlight the recent advances of mitochondria research in lung cell biology, particularly in mitochondria biogenesis, dysfunctional mitophagy, redox changes, metabolism, pulmonary infections, cell signaling, and repair or rejuvenation of the damaged mitochondria upon stress in the interdisciplinary areas of pulmonary diseases (acute lung injury, pulmonary hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/interstitial lung diseases, and COPD).