| Sunday evening: | Embryonic patterning |
Discussion Leader: Olivier Pourquie
- Olivier Pourquie - A molecular clock involved in somite segmentation
- Steve Hauschka - Somite myogenesis: synergism among inducing factors and regional and temporal differences in the myogenic response
- Janet Chenevert - A maternal MyoD-like protein in the Ascidian embryo
- Ray Keller - Origin, patterning and morphogenesis of the amphibian myotome
| Monday Morning: | Cardiac myogenesis |
Discussion Leader: Eric Olson
- Eric Olson - Transcriptional control of cardiac development
- Andrew Lassar - Signaling molecules that induce vertebrate heart formation
- Parker Antin -
- Didier Stainier - Myocardial induction and patterning in Zebrafish
- Manfred Frasch - Synergistic mechanisms mediating the induction of dorsal muscles and heart in Drosophila
| Monday Evening: | Specification and proliferation of myogenic precursor cells |
Discussion Leader: Mike Rudnicki
- Mike Rudnicki - Cell-cycle control of myogenic stem cell proliferation and differentiation
- Cory Abate-Shen - Studies on the biochemical and biological properties of Msx1, and its role in inhibition of the differentiation of muscle and other cell types
- Thomas Braun - Genetic control of muscle cell specification
- J. Vijay Raghavan - Making flight muscle in Drosophila: Notch, twist and founder cells
- Jean-Francois Nicolas - Longitudinal and mediolateral clonal organization of the dermomyotome precursor cells in the mouse embryo
| Tuesday Morning: | Signaling and cell cell interactions in myogenesis |
Discussion Leader: Charlie Emerson
- Charlie Emerson - Sonic hedgehog signaling and Myod/Myf5 regulation during somitogenesis
- Se-Jin Lee - Novel growth and differentiation factors related to TGF-ß
- Gerry Weinmaster - Notch signaling induces a general and cell-type specific block in the differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts
- James Florini - Signaling pathways in the myogenic and mitogenic response to IGF-1
- Phil Soriano - Myf5 control of growth factor signaling within the somite
| Tuesday Evening: | Gene Regulation |
Discussion Leader: Muthu Perisamy
- Muthu Perisamy - Regulators of smooth muscle myosin gene expression
- Sandy Williams - A signaling pathway linking motor nerve activity to fiber-type-specific gene expression
- Mike Parmecek - Transcriptional programs controlling smooth muscle cell development
- Vittorio Sartorelli - p300/CBP and PCAF regulate MyoD
- Helen Blau -
| Wednesday Morning: | Adult muscle degeneration and repair |
Discussion Leader: Ron Allen
- Ron Allen - Satellite cell regulation by hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor
- Tom Cooper - The trinucleotide expansion that causes myotonic dystrophy creates an RNA gain-of-function mutation
- Dee Cornelison - Gene expression in the MyoD-null satellite cells: implications for activation, proliferation and differentiation
- Giulio Cossu - Myogenic determination in cells from paraxial mesoderm and from dorsal aorta
| Wednesday Evening: | Perspectives on regeneration and specification |
Discussion Leader: Barbara Wold
- Barbara Wold -
- Jeremy Brockes - Plasticity of the differentiated state in amphibian limb regeneration
- Leslie Leinwand - Myofibroblasts: a case of dual cellular identity
- Yo Ichi Nabashima - The biological importance of Klotho, an aging related gene
- Rick Steinhardt - Membrane disruption/repair and the pathway to muscle degeneration
| Thursday Morning: | Molecular regulation of myogenesis |
Discussion Leader: Peter Rigby
- Peter Rigby - Transcription and skeletal myogenesis: regulation by Mox2 and Myf5
- Bill Klein - Myogenin and skeletal muscle formation
- Steve Tapscott - MyoD: determination and early development
- Bruce Paterson - Coupling of the cell cycle and myogenesis through the interaction of MyoD and the G1 cyclin-dependent kinase, cdk4
- Nadia Rosenthal - Mechanisms of muscle cell diversity and hypertrophy
| Thursday Afternoon: | Myogenic determination |
Discussion Leader: Charles Ordahl
- Charles Ordahl - Myogenic determination in the avian somite
- Mike Krause - Regulation of C. elegans myogenesis by bHLH factors
- Noriyuki Satoh - Determination and differentiation of muscle cells in the Ascidian embryo
- Shahragim Tajbakhsh - Establishing muscle progenitor cells in the somite
| Thursday Evening: | Business Meeting and Banquet |
| Friday Morning: | Departure |
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