Center for Muscle Health and Neuromuscular Disorders - Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital

2009 Spring Symposium

Understanding Muscle: From Development to Disease
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
April 16, 2009

Hosted by Ohio State University – Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Research for Muscle Biology and Disease

This symposium was organized to bring together researchers interested in diverse areas of muscle biology including skeletal, cardiac, and neuromuscular.  The goal of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for the muscle community to interact, share ideas, and create connections so as to increase our overall understanding of how muscle develops and functions, and the mechanisms that contribute to its breakdown in aging and disease.

Organizers:
Denis C. Guttridge
Jerry R. Mendell
Jill A. Rafael-Fortney
PROGRAM

Morning Session

8:00

Registration, Poster Set-up, Continental Breakfast

8:50

Welcoming Introductions (Steve Gabbe, M.D., Senior VP for Health Sciences, The Ohio State University Medical Center; John Barnard, M.D., President, Research Institute of Nationwide Children’s Hospital)

9:00

Susan Kandarian, Ph.D., Boston University
Dissecting the NF-kappaB Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

9:30

Questions and Discussion

9:40

William Evans, M.D., University of Arkansas
Sarcopenia: Causes, Impact, and Treatment

10:10

Questions and Discussion

10:20

Break

10:45

David J. Glass, M.D., Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Signaling Pathways that Mediate Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy

11:15

Questions and Discussion

11:25

Richard Moss, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cardiac MyBP-C:  A Thick Filament Regulatory Protein

11:55

Questions and Discussion

12:05pm

Lunch and Poster Viewing
   

Afternoon Session

2:00

Grace Pavlath, Ph.D., Emory University
Olfactory Receptors and Regulation of Myogenesis

2:30

Questions and Discussion

2:40

Paul T. Martin, Ph.D., Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Ohio State University
Humanizing Mouse Glycosylation to Humanize Disease
Progression in the Mdx Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

3:10

Questions and Discussion

3:20

Francisco Andrade, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Variations on the Skeletal Muscle Theme:
Extraocular Muscles and Other Odds and Ends

3:50

Questions and Discussion

4:00

Concluding Remarks

4:05-6:00

Reception and Poster Viewing