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Please register here to attend in-person and/or present a poster.
Registration closes October 9, 2023.
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8:30-5:30pm (schedule coming soon; in-person event only)
Confirmed Speakers:
Jean and Joseph Sanger Lecture in Muscle Biology
James A. Spudich, PhD - Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease, Stanford University:
“Myosin, the exquisite nanomachine: From basic science to biotech to medicines”
Andrew Somlyo Honorary Lectures
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, PhD - Senior Group Leader and Head of Janelia's 4D Cellular Physiology, HHMI Janelia Research Campus:
“How the cytoskeleton controls the structure and dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum”
Andrew P. Carter, PhD - Investigator, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology:
“Cargo transport by dynein/dynactin”
Penn Speakers
Sharlene M. Day, MD - Presidential Associate Professor of Medicine & Director, Translational Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine:
“Mechanisms of Myosin Binding Protein C Mutations in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”
Roberto Dominguez, PhD - William Maul Measey Presidential Professor of Physiology:
“Structural-Functional Mechanisms Controlling Actin Filament Barbed and Pointed End Dynamics”
Hansell H. Stedman, MD - Professor of Surgery:
“Gene Therapy for Inherited Muscle Disease: A Glimpse of the Summit Ridge from Everest Base Camp”
(All are welcome and encouraged to present.)
Breakfast, Lunch, and Light Reception included. Free to register.