Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Perspectives on Myogenesis
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Talk Selected from GRS
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 9:05 pm
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Aging in Muscle Health and Disease
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Epigenetic Clocks Applied to Muscle Tissue"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Aging Mechanisms that Perturb Skeletal Muscle Size and Function"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Sexually Dimorphic Hormonal Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Regenerative Potential and its Loss/Restoration with Age"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Mechanisms of Muscle Wasting in Cachexia and Aging"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Brain-Muscle Crosstalk in Physiology and Aging"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Geriatric Mice Cannot Regrow Muscle After Immobilisation Due to Altered Transcriptional Activity"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Epigenetic Regulation of Myogenesis
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Chromatin-Nuclear Lamina Interactions Regulate Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors Identity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
"Skeletal Muscle Cell Identity is Preserved by H3.3 Histone Chaperones"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
"Epigenetic Integration of Signaling from the Regenerative Niche"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
"Neural Crest-Derived Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors Regulate Orofacial Muscle Fibrosis via Foxo1/PP2A/Mstn"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression in Skeletal Muscle During Physiological and Pathological Perturbations"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Muscle Stem Cell Niche
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Niche Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Quiescence"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"The Regenerative Niche in Normal and Pathological Muscle"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Polyamine Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle: Implications for Muscle Homeostasis and Pathophysiology"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Novel Roles of the Extracellular Matrix in the Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Niche"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Biophysical Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Fate"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Deciphering the Fibroadipogenic Progenitor Interactome: A Systems Approach to Their Role in Muscle Regeneration"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Distinct Regenerative Properties of Extra-Ocular Muscle FAPs Support Muscle Stem Cell Maintenance"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Muscle Diseases and Therapies
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Assessing Satellite Cell Dysfunction in the Cause and Progression of Muscular Dystrophies"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Zebrafish Models of Dystroglycanopathies Provide New Insight into Neuromuscular Development"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Muscle Regeneration Following Viral Infection"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Limb Muscle Regeneration in Peripheral Artery Disease"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Innovations in Muscle Research
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Biomaterials as Drugs to Regenerate Skeletal Muscle"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Linking Hematopoietic and Neuromuscular Aging at Single Cell Resolution"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Towards Myonuclear Subtype Specific Genetics"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Maintenance and Regulation of Muscle Fibre Junctions in Humans"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"RNA Binding Proteins Orchestrate Myogenesis"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Controlling Skeletal Muscle Activation in vivo Using Optogenetics"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Repairing Skeletal Muscle Without Stem Cells"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Development of Muscle and Associated Tissues
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Distinct Morphogenetic Events and Signaling Pathways Regulate the Formation and Deployment of Muscle Stem Cell Populations During Growth and Regeneration"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
"Molecular and Mechanical Drivers of Fibroblast Identity During Limb Development"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
"Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Fate by p53"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
"Blueprinting Muscle Heterogeneity Along the Body Axis"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"The Lifecycle of Proprioception: Insights into Muscle Spindle Development and Aging"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Regulation of Gene Expression in Muscle
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Coordinating Transcriptional Control and Intracellular Remodeling During Adult Myogenesis"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"A CTCF Dependent Code for Migratory Myogenic Progenitors"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Multiple Isoforms of the CELF Homolog Bruno1 are Required for Flight Muscle Development in Drosophila "
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"DNA G-Quadruplexes(G4s) Profiling Reveals Functional and Mechanistic Role of G4s in Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"How to Divide a Multinucleated Cell – Lessons from Myofiber Splitting of Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscles"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Odd-skipped Related 1 is Required for the Myogenic-to-Brown Adipogenic Switch and Defines a New Source for Brown Adipose Tissue"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Physiological Regulation of Myogenesis
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Muscle Circadian Clock as a Transcriptional Hub for Homeostasis and Adaptation"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Regulatory Mechanisms of FAP in Modulating MuSC Dynamics during Regeneration and Hypertrophy"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Menopause Compromises Skeletal Muscle Quality and Function Through Dysregulation of Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Tuning Myofiber Identity Switch to Alleviate Dietary Obesity"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure