Conference Description
Myogenesis is the process of building muscle from myogenic stem/progenitor cells during development and regeneration, which is critically regulated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The goal of the 2021 Myogenesis Gordon Research Conference is to promote scientific exchange among scientists in the myogenesis field that will provide a deeper understanding of how intrinsic and extrinsic pathways contribute to healthy muscle formation, while revealing insight into the defects in the myogenic process that lead to disease. Meeting attendees will cover muscle formation using a variety of models ranging from invertebrates to humans, applying both in vivo and ex vivo approaches to study muscle formation. In particular, we will focus on emerging single cell technologies that are being used to understand how different cell types in the muscle microenvironment contribute to muscle formation through development, and how this changes as an organism ages. Specific areas of interest include cell signaling, altered metabolism and epigenetic mechanisms that affect muscle formation. Leaders in the field of myogenesis will be invited to present recent unpublished data on these topics to educate conference attendees while stimulating interactive discussion amongst the group. The program will provide opportunities for platform presentations from young emerging leaders in the field through both “invited speaker” and “abstract-selected talk” mechanisms. Additional program events, including poster sessions, poster previews, specific social events and informal gatherings in the afternoons, will ensure maximal level of interaction between established scientists and junior scientists/trainees. The venue of the conference offers a relaxing atmosphere conducive to creative thinking and the exchange of ideas that will benefit attendees at every professional level. Thus, we expect the 2021 Myogenesis Gordon Research Conference will provide both a stimulating program and an ideal setting for attendees to advance their understanding of skeletal muscle biology.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 13, 2021. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Live Imaging to Visualize Gene Expression
Discussion Leaders
-
Peter Currie (Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Australia)
Speakers
-
Ibrahim Cisse (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Model Systems for Understanding Muscle Development
Discussion Leaders
-
Gabrielle Kardon (University of Utah, USA)
Speakers
-
Mary Baylies (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
-
Elizabeth Chen (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
-
Peter Currie (Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Australia)
-
Simon Hughes (Medical Research Council / King's College London, United Kingdom)
-
Krzysztof Jagla (Université Clermont Auvergne, France)
-
Talila Volk (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Interactions Between Muscle, Tendon and NMJ in Development
Discussion Leaders
-
Peleg Hasson (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Speakers
-
Florian Bentzinger (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)
-
Delphine Duprez (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
-
Gabrielle Kardon (University of Utah, USA)
Satellite Cell-Mediated Muscle Regeneration
Discussion Leaders
-
Benedicte Chazaud (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
Speakers
-
Colin Crist (McGill University, Canada)
-
Thomas Rando (Stanford University, USA)
-
Michael Rudnicki (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada)
-
Shahragim Tajbakhsh (Institut Pasteur, France)
Role of Metabolism in Muscle Development and Repair
Discussion Leaders
-
Rachelle Crosbie (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Speakers
-
Katrien De Bock (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
-
Karyn Esser (University of Florida, USA)
Cellular Components of Regenerative Environment in Muscle
Discussion Leaders
-
Michael Rudnicki (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada)
Speakers
-
Benedicte Chazaud (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
-
Rachelle Crosbie (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
-
David Glass (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA)
-
Peleg Hasson (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
-
Dawn Cornelison (University of Missouri, USA)
Reproducing Muscle Development Using iPS Cells
Discussion Leaders
-
Mary Baylies (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
Speakers
-
Rita Perlingeiro (University of Minnesota, USA)
-
Oliver Pourquie (Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA)
Epigenetic Control of Muscle Development and Regeneration
Discussion Leaders
-
Dawn Cornelison (University of Missouri, USA)
Speakers
-
Ping Hu (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS, China)
-
Chiara Lanzuolo (Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare / National Research Council (CNR), Italy)
-
Stephen Tapscott (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)
-
Huating Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
Mechanisms Underlying Myopathies
Discussion Leaders
-
David Glass (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA)
Speakers
-
Carmen Birchmeier (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany)
-
James Dowling (Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
-
Francesco Saverio Tedesco (University College London, United Kingdom)