Welcome to The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute

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(Please note varying room designations.)

September '09
15	BRB 1413 conf room 1:00 - 2:00	Sonnemann KJ, Heun-Johnson H, Turner AJ, Baltgalvis KA, Lowe DA, Ervasti JM. Functional substitution by TAT-Utrophin in dystrophin-deficient mice. PLOS Medicine 6 (5):1-11	Ed Pistilli

October '09
13	Steller-Chance 104 Conf room 1:00 - 2:00	Lepper C, Conway SJ, Fan C. Adult satellite cells and embryonic muscle progenitors have distinct genetic requirements. Nature 460:627-631.	Becky Brisson

November '09
17	Blockley Hall 1311 1:00 - 2:00	Millay DP, Goonasekera SA, Sargent MA, Maillet M, Aronow BJ, & Molkentin JD. Calcium influx is sufficient to induce muscular dystrophy through a TRPC-dependent mechanism. PNAS Early Edition 2009	Andy Mead

December '09
15	BRB 252 1:00 - 2:00	Yang Z, MacQuarrie KL, Analau E, Tyler AE, Dilworth FJ, Cao Y, Diede SJ, and Tapscott SJ. MyoD and E-protein heterodimers switch rhabdomyosarcoma cells from an arrested myoblast phase to a differentiated state. Genes & Development 23:694-707	Amar Majmundar

January '10
12	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	Kinali M, Arechavala-Gomeza V, Feng L, Cirak S, et al. Local restoration of dystrophin expression with the morpholino oligomer AVI-4658 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a single-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation, proof-of-concept study. The Lancet Neurology 8:918-928	Catherine Moorwood

February '10
16	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	Cai C, Weisleder N, Ko J, Komazaki S, et al. Membrane repair defects in muscular dystrophy are linked to altered interaction between MG53, caveolin-3, and dysferlin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2009 284:15894-15902	Alock Malik

March '10
16	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	Fauconnier J, Thireau J, Reiken S, et al. Leaky RyR2 trigger ventricular arrhythmias in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2010 107:1559-64.	Matias Mosqueira

April '10
13	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	Roche JA, Lovering RM, Roche R, Ru LW, Reed PW, Bloch RJ. Extensive mononuclear infiltration and myogenesis characterize recovery of dysferlin-null skeletal muscle from contraction-induced injuries. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010 Feb; 298(2):C298-312.	Predrag Krajacic

May '10
18	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	The Role of HIF1 in Muscle Development and Regeneration & Translational research in gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: challenges in the clinical management of the canine disease model GRMD, and immunological aspects of AAV vector administration	Amar Majmundar & Mihail Petrov

June '10
15	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	Loss of the IL15Ralpha Gene Alters Endurance, Fatigability and Metabolic Characteristics of Muscle	Ed Pistilli

July '10
13	BRB 253 1:00 - 2:00	Insulin-like growth factor-I's E-peptides in skeletal muscle	Becky Brisson

Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania
Director: E. Michael Ostap, Ph.D.
700A Clinical Research Building

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085

Phone: (215) 573-9758

Fax: (215) 898-2653