| 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 | Keynote Session: Perspectives on Myogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Mary Colasanto (University of Utah, USA) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:50 pm | Fabio Rossi (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Cell-Cell Interactions in Homeostasis, Regeneration and Disease" |
| 3:50 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Developmental Networks |
| Discussion Leader: Joachim Berger (Australian Regenerative Medicine Insitute / European Molecular Biology Laboratory Australia, Australia) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Benjamin Bertin (Clermont-Ferrand University, France)
"Analyses of Muscle Diversification Processes by Cell Specific Approaches in Drosophila" |
| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Congshan Sun (King's College of London, United Kingdom)
"The Hippo Effectors Yap and Taz Have Different, Context Dependent Effects on the Fate of Satellite Cells" |
| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Ortal Kraft (Technion, Israel)
"Localized LoxL3-Dependent Fibronectin Oxidation Regulates Myofiber Stretch and Integrin-Mediated Adhesion" |
| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Sonia Albini (Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, USA)
"Epigenetic Mechanisms Driving hESC Conversion into Skeletal Muscles and Generation of iPSC-Derived 3D Myospheres as a Potential 'Disease in a Dish Model'" |
| 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 | Regeneration, Aging and Disease |
| Discussion Leader: Mayank Verma (University of Minnesota, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | James Canner (Emory University, USA)
"Role of Vcam1 in Satellite Cell Activation and Proliferation" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Esma Ziat (Institute of Myology, Paris, France)
"FHL1B, a Protein Involved in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Is a Nuclear Envelope Protein" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Daniela Rebolledo (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile)
"Dual Role of HIF-1a in Damaged Skeletal Muscle: Inducer of Angiogenesis and Fibrosis" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Emmeran Le Moal (University of Lyon, CNRS, France)
"Macrophage-Derived Ribonuclease T2 as a New Molecular Actor of Skeletal Muscle Fusion" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 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 | Methods, Models and Therapeutic Strategies |
| Discussion Leader: Nora Yucel (Stanford University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Nadine Biesemann (Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Germany)
"Strengthen Your Mitochondria: A Screening Strategy to Identify New Compounds for Sarcopenia" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Yu Xin Wang (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute / University of Ottawa, Canada)
"Polarity Determinants in Satellite Cells" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Alicia Cutler (Emory University, USA)
"Myonuclear Isolation from Skeletal Muscle Tissue" |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
