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The Ottawa Conference on
New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle

Meeting Program & Speakers

Westin Hotel - Conference Venue, Ottawa, Canada

The Ottawa Conference on New Directions in
Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle

May 5 - 8, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario Canada

 

PROGRAM

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

2:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Opening Session
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Reception
7:30 pm - Keynote Speaker Eric Olson

Thursday, May 6, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:00 am Session I - Muscle Biology
10:00 am - 10:20 am Coffee
10:20 am - noon Session I continued
noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Session II - Therapy
3:00 pm - 3:20pm Coffee
3:20 pm - 4:50 pm Session II continued
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Posters

Friday, May 7, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental breakfast, posters
8:30 am - 10:00 am Session III - Disease Pathology I
10:00 am - 10:20 am Coffee
10:20 am - noon Session III continued
noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Session IV - Signaling
3:00 pm - 3:20pm Coffee
3:20 pm - 4:50 pm Session IV continued
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Posters
6:30 pm - Closing Banquet, Museum of Civilization

Saturday, May 8, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental breakfast, posters
8:30 am - 10:00 am Session V - Disease Pathology II
10:10 am - 10:20 am Coffee
10:20 am - noon Session V continued
Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Session VI - Stem Cells
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Coffee
2:50 pm - 4:00 pm Session VI continued
4:00 pm - Keynote Speaker Andrew Marks

SPEAKERS

Keynote Speakers:
Eric Olson, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Andrew Marks, Columbia University

Session I: Muscle Biology
Stephen Tapscott, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Emanuela Gussoni, Children's Hospital Boston
Pura Munoz-Canoves, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Lou Kunkel, Children's Hospital Boston
Selected Abstract Presentation

Session II: Therapy
Jeff Chamberlain, University of Washington School of Medicine
Lee Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Eric Hoffman, Children's National Medical Center, Washington D.C.
Xaio Xaio, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Selected Abstract Presentation

Session III: Disease Pathology I
Eric Shoubridge, McGill university
Kevin Campbell, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa
Elizabeth McNally, University of Chicago Medical Center
Maurice Swanson, University of Florida
Charlotte Sumner, John Hopkins Medicine
Brunhilde Wirth, Institute of Human Genetics at the University Hospital of Cologne
Frederic Charbonnier, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Réseaux Sensorimoteurs
Melissa Spencer, University of California Los Angeles Health Sciences
Selected Abstract Presentation

Session IV: Signaling
Rachelle Crosbie, University of California Los Angeles Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Center
Gordon Lynch, University of Melbourne
Bernard Jasmin, University of Ottawa
Alfred Goldberg, Harvard Medical School
Selected Abstract Presentation

Session V: Disease Pathology II
Katherine Wagner, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Carsten Bonnemann, The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute , University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Selected Abstract Presentation

Session VI: Stem Cells
Michael Rudnicki, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Brad Olwin, University of Colorado
Amy Wagers, Harvard Medical School
Irina Conboy, University of California, Berkeley
Selected Abstract Presentation

DRAFT ONLY 11/10/2009

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