Age-dependant effect of myostatin blockade in the mouse model of muscular dystrophy & Introduction of the multiparametric muscle improvement score (MMIS) to evaluate preclinical trials. Sasha Boganovich, Ph.D. - Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Reunion Hall (John Morgan Building)
Dissecting differentiation and fusion mechanisms in vertebrate muscle cells Emaneuela Gussoni, Ph.D. - Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Boston, Reunion Hall (John Morgan Building)
From actin to myosin and back to actin Edward Korn, Ph.D. - Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Reunion Hall (John Morgan Building)
David Goldhamer, Ph.D. - Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut. (John Morgan Reunion Hall)
Satellite cell origins and developmental potential. David Goldhamer, Ph.D. - Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut. (John Morgan Reunion Hall)
Victor Hsu, MD - Harvard University, Department of Biological and Biomedical Science, Medical Sciences. (John Morgan Reunion Hall)
Coat proteins: mechanisms and insights into physiology. Victor Hsu, MD - Harvard University, Department of Biological and Biomedical Science, Medical Sciences. (John Morgan Reunion Hall)
Molecular mechanisms of myoblast fusion. Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D. - John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Cell Dynamics (John Morgan Reunion Hall)
MEMORIAL DAY
A gene for speed: ACTN3, athletes, evolution and impact on human health. Kathryn North, MD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Sydney Head, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney. Class of 62 Auditorium (JMB)