| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Refreshments and Poster Setup |
| 9:00 – 9:05 |
Welcome – E. Michael Ostap, Ph.D.
Director, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
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Robert E. Davies Honorary Lectures |
| 9:05 – 9:35 |
Mimicking Caloric Restriction in Muscle
Joseph A. Baur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 9:35 – 10:20 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Atrophy
Alfred L. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School |
| 10:20 – 10:50 |
Coffee Break and Posters |
| 10:50 – 11:10 |
Selected Short Talk |
| 11:10 – 11:40 |
Myostatin and IGF–I Interactions and Implications for Treating both Muscular Dystrophies and Sarcopenia
H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D.
William Maul Measey Professor and
Chair of Physiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 11:40 – 12:00 |
Selected Short Talk |
| 12:00 – 1:30 |
Lunch, Vendor Show, and Poster Session |
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Andrew P. Somlyo Honorary Lectures |
| 1:30 – 2:00 |
Importance of Muscle IGF–I for Organismal Growth
Elisabeth R. Barton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine |
| 2:00 – 2:45 |
Epigenetics of Skeletal Myogenesis
Vittorio Sartorelli, M.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health |
| 2:45 – 3:10 |
Coffee Break and Posters |
| 3:10 – 3:30 |
Selected Short Talk |
3:30 – 4:15
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Mitochondrial Stress and Insulin Action in Muscle
Deborah M. Muoio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center
Duke University Medical Center, Independence Park Facility |
| 4:15 – 4:30 |
Poster Award Presentation |
| 4:30 – 5:30 |
Reception |
For questions, please contact Maryanne Foster (mafoster@mail.med.upenn.edu) |
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