| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | New insights into muscle function and development |
| Discussion Leaders: Ravikumar Manickam (Nanyang Technological University) and Nora Yucel (Stanford University)
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| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Frank Schnorrer (Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry)
"Making of the Insect Flight Muscle" |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Mechanisms of Repair |
| Discussion Leaders: Gabrielle Kardon (University of Utah) and Adam Cadwallader (University of Colorado) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Peng Hong (State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center)
"Hexim1 Haplodeficiency Enhances Skeletal Muscle Regeneration by Promoting Post-Injury Expansion of Satellite Cells" |
| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Giuliana Rossi (University of Milan)
"The transcription factor Nfix regulates the proper timing of post-natal muscle growth and regeneration" |
| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Ashely Siegel (Monash University)
"Muscle progenitor cell biology in regeneration of the zebrafish" |
| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Danny Stark (University of Missouri)
"Ephrin-A3 directs reinnervation of fast vs. slow twitch muscle fibers following damage" |
| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Muscle Development |
| Discussion Leaders: Peter Currie (Monash University) and Shukolpa Dutta Roy (Kings College, London) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Xiaohua Yu (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine)
"MyoD-regulated long noncoding RNA MCD mediated muscle cell differentiation by transcriptionally mediating myogenin expression via FGF/Erk1/2 signaling pathway" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Maria Spletter (Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry)
"Systematic analysis of the developmental transcriptome during adult fibrillar myogenesis in Drosophila" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Martin Guess (University of Colorado)
"Exploring the role of miR-30 family microRNAs in skeletal myogenesis"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Carlo Lazado (University of Nordland)
"Photic sensitivity and circadian rhythmicity of the fast muscle transcriptome in Atlantic cod, Gadua morhua" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Therapeutic Strategies |
| Discussion Leader: Lorenzo Giordani (Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Center) and Gretchen Meyer (University of California, San Diego) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Claire Monge (Grenoble Institute of Technology)
"Expansion of satellite cell derived muscle stem cells by modulation of the microenvironment" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Mike Shelton (University of Ottowa)
"Enrichment of skeletal muscle progenitors from embryonic stem cells" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
