Program
Skeletal and Cardiac Myogenesis Conference Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
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| 17:30-18:30 | Arrival and Registration
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| 17:30-18:30 | |
| 18:30-19:30 | Opening Session
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| 18:30-19:30 |
Eric Olson , UT Southwestern, USA
New Insights into muscle disease and repair
Keynote speaker
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| 19:30-21:00 | Dinner
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| 19:30-21:00 |
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
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| 09:00-13:00 | Session I: Stem cells and Regeneration
Chair: Carmen Birchmeier |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Michael Rudnicki , University of Ottawa, Canada
Molecular regulation of muscle stem cell asymmetric division
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| 09:30-10:00 |
Pura Muñoz-Cánoves , Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Muscle stem cell regenerative decline with aging
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Rhonda Bassel Duby, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
A unique Twist in skeletal muscle stem cells
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Helen Blau , Stanford University, USA
Regulators of muscle stem cell fate and function
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Carmen Birchmeier , MDC, Germany
Notch in myogenesis during development and regeneration
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| 12:00-12:30 |
Christophe Marcelle , Monash University, Australia
Cytoplasmic NOTCH and membranal beta catenin link cell fate choice to EMT during myogenesis
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| 12:30-13:00 |
Sonia Alonso-Martin , Sorbonne Universites, Paris, France
Transcriptomic history of muscle stem cells reveals SoxF genes essential for myogenesis
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch
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| 13:00-14:00 | |
| 14:00-16:00 | Free time
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| 14:00-16:00 | |
| 16:00-19:30 | Session II: Cell Biology and Muscle Cell Fusion
Chair: Elizabeth Chen |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Peleg Hasson , Technion, Israel
Fibronectin oxidation regulates myofiber adhesion and tension
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Elizabeth Chen , Johns Hopkins University,USA
Mechanotransduction in myoblast fusion
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| 17:00-17:30 |
Eyal Schejter, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Formation of Drosophila flight muscles
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| 17:30-18:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 18:00-18:30 |
Mary Baylies , MSKC, USA
Formin' the actin focus: the interplay between actin polymerization machineries at the myoblast fusion site
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| 18:30-19:00 |
Edgar Gomes, University of Lisbon,Portugal
Moving nuclei to the periphery of myofibers
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| 19:00-19:15 |
Amelia Aranega, University of Jaen, Spain
miR-106 silencing enhances regeneration of the skeletal muscle
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| 19:15-19:30 |
Dominique Broehl, Max-Delbrueck-Center, Berlin, Germany
Hes1 oscillates in satellite cells and controls satellite cell self-renewal, quiescence and muscle repair
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| 19:30-21:00 | Dinner
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| 19:30-21:00 |
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| 09:00-13:00 | Session II: Cardiac Development and Regeneration
Chair: Margaret Buckingham |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Margaret Buckingham , Pasteur Institute, USA
Common progenitors for head and heart muscle
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| 09:30-10:00 |
Deepak Srivastava, Gladstone Institute and UCSF, USA
Cardiac regeneration: from developmental biology to cardiomyogenesis
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Lior Zangi , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA
Induction of cardiac regeneration using mRNA
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| 10:15-10:30 |
Itzhak Kehat , Technion, Israel
Genome organization in cardiac hypertrophy- a window into cardiac adaptation
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Rolf Bodmer , Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute, USA
Congenital & stress-induced cardiomyopathy models in Drosophila
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Didier Stainier , MPI, Germany
Cardiac trabeculation in zebrafish
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| 12:00-12:30 |
James Martin , Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Hippo signaling in heart regeneration
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| 12:30-13:00 |
Eldad Tzahor , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
The roles of the microenvironment in cardiac maturation and regeneration
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| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch
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| 13:00-14:30 | |
| 14:30-17:30 | Cell biology and muscle cell fusion
Chair: Mary Baylies |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Talila Volk , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
The biology of muscle nuclei
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| 15:00-15:30 |
Dennis Discher , U. Penn, USA
Nuclear lamin-A increases with stiffening of developing heart & injured muscle, modulating phenotype
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Yossi Gruenbaum , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Testing the mechanical model for lamin-based muscle diseases
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Eli Zelzer , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
How to maintain your back straight
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| 17:00-17:15 |
Arkadi Shwartz , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Formation and maintenance of sarcomeric thin-filament arrays in Drosophila flight muscles
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| 17:15-17:30 |
Kfir Umansky , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Runx1 transcription factor is required for myoblast proliferation during muscle regeneration
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| 17:30-19:00 | Poster session with refreshments
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| 17:30-19:00 | |
| 19:00-20:30 | Dinner
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| 19:00-20:30 |
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| 09:00-12:00 | Session IV: Epigenetics, Transcription and Post-transcriptional Regulation
Chairs: Vittorio Sartorelli, Nobert Perrimon |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Brian Black , UCSF, USA
Transcriptional control of cardiac development and gene expression
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| 09:30-10:00 |
Stephan Tapscott , FHCRC, USA
The molecular regulation of gene expression during muscle differentiation
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Chaya Kalcheim , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Fate decisions during muscle development from somites
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00-12:00 | Session V: Metabolic aspects of Myogenesis
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Vittorio Sartorelli , NIH, USA
Epigenetic regulation of skeletal myogenesis
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Norbert Perrimon , Harvard University, USA
The muscle as an endocrine organ: studies from Drosophila
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch
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| 12:00-13:00 | |
| 13:00-18:30 | Trip to Caesarea
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| 13:00-18:30 | |
| 19:00-20:00 | Dinner in Caesarea
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| 19:00-20:00 |
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| 09:00-12:30 | Session VI: Muscle Diseases and Novel Therapeutic Approaches
Chairs: Denis Guttridge, Jeff Chamberlain |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Giulio Cossu , Manchester, UK
Cell therapy for muscular dystrophy: lessons learned and the road to efficacy
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| 09:30-10:00 |
Jeff Chamberlain , University of Washington, USA
AAV vectors for gene therapy of DMD
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Denis Guttridge , OSU, USA
NFkB pathway in muscular dystrophy spanning between skeletal and cardiac muscles
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Claudio Passananti, CNR-IBPM, Sapienza University, Italy
Re-programming utrophin gene expression in DMD using artificial transcription factors
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Orna Halevy , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
The multiple roles of halofuginone in improving the pathology of muscular dystrophies
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| 12:00-12:30 |
Alvaro Rendon, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
AAV-mediated gene therapy in retina of Dystrophin-Dp71 deficient mouse
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch
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| 12:30-13:30 | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Continue- Muscle diseases and novel Therapeutic approaches
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| 13:30-14:00 |
Aartsma-Rus Annemieke , Leiden University, Netherlands
Duchenne muscular dystrophy: muscle and heart pathology and treatment opportunities
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| 14:00-14:30 |
Daniel Offen, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Ectopic expression of neurotrophic factors in myogenic cells - possible medical applications
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| 14:30-15:00 |
Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni , University of Washington, USA
Extraocular muscle satellite cells: high performance myo-engines with a potential applicability for muscular dystrophy therapy
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| 15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Eyal Bengal , Technion, Israel
p38 MAPK signaling regulates atrophy of denervated muscle via the control of autophagy
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| 16:00-16:30 |
Shenhav Cohen , Technion, Israel
New insights into the mechanisms of muscle degeneration: from protein degradation to disease therapy
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| 16:30-16:45 |
Reshma Taneja, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Targeting P/CAF in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
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| 16:45-17:00 |
Concluding remarks
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| 16:45-17:00 |
Chaya Brodie , Bar Ilan University, Israel
Mesenchymal stem cells and their derived exosomes exert therapeutic effects in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in vitro and mouse models
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| 19:30-21:30 | Farewell Dinner
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| 19:30-21:30 |
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| 09:00-10:00 | Adjourn
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| 09:00-10:00 | |
| 09:00-17:00 | Optional: Trip to Dead Sea sights and Masada
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| 09:00-17:00 |