New Frontiers in EC Coupling

The 2015 Muscle: Excitation-Contraction Coupling (ECC) Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will provide graduate students, post-docs, and other junior investigators a unique opportunity to present their unpublished findings, as well as to share new and exciting ideas and hypotheses exclusively with other trainees in the field of ECC.

The Gordon Research Seminar will be held on the two days prior to the Muscle: Excitation-Contraction Coupling Gordon Research Conference. This is first time a GRS will be held in association with the parent GRC. The GRS aims to offer new avenues to bring together students, postdocs and junior investigators in the field to share ideas and foster scientific collaboration. The scientific sessions, posters presentations, and social events will highlight current trends on the mechanisms of Muscle: ECC, with an emphasis on its role in both physiology and pathophysiology. Dr. Martin F. Schneider, Professor of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Muscle Biology at the University of Maryland, will be the Keynote Speaker. The GRS will also include a mentorship session focused on career development in academia and industry. All GRS participants are strongly encouraged to attend the parent GRC, which will take place immediately after the GRS.