Society For Muscle Biology Inc

SKELETAL MUSCLE STEM CELLS IN DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION, AND ADAPTATIONS - PROJECT SUMMARY THIS APPLICATION SEEKS PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING SOCIETY FOR MUSCLE BIOLOGY (SMB) CONFERENCE ENTITLED, "SKELETAL MUSCLE STEM CELLS IN DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION, AND ADAPTATIONS", WHICH WILL BE HELD JULY 14-19, 2024 IN ESTEREL, QUEBEC, CANADA. THIS WILL BE THE 12TH EDITION OF THIS CONFERENCE FOCUSING ON SKELETAL MUSCLE STEM CELLS (MUSCS) AND THE 1ST SPONSORSHIP BY SMB. THIS BIENNIAL MEETING HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN OPERATED BY FASEB, BUT WE DECIDED TO RUN THE 2024 CONFERENCE UNDER SMB TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS MORE AUTONOMY. THIS CHANGE LENDS TO A MORE ROBUST AND VIBRANT SMB, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON PROVIDING MORE SUPPORT FOR TRAINEES. WE EXPECT APPROXIMATELY 130 ATTENDEES FROM AROUND THE WORLD OF WHOM ~50% ARE EXPECTED TO BE WOMEN AND ~60% JUNIOR RESEARCHERS. NO OTHER SCIENTIFIC MEETING HAS A PRIMARY FOCUS ON MUSCS. THE NEED FOR A CONFERENCE WITH THIS FOCUS IS DEMONSTRATED BY THE STEADY INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE SINCE THE MEETING'S INCEPTION AND THE CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT POST-MEETING EVALUATIONS PROVIDED BY MEETING ATTENDEES. THIS MEETING ATTRACTS ALL LEADING MUSC RESEARCHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, FURTHER DEMONSTRATING ITS VALUE FOR ESTABLISHED AND FUTURE LEADERS IN THE FIELD. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THIS MEETING INCLUDE: 1) TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE FIELD, WITH THE GOAL OF UNDERSTANDING THE REGULATORY MECHANISMS CONTROLLING NORMAL AND ABNORMAL FUNCTIONS OF MUSCS IN MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT, HOMEOSTASIS, REGENERATION, HYPERTROPHY, AGING, AND MYOPATHY; 2) TO CREATE AND FOSTER AN INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND UNPUBLISHED DATA, SO AS TO HASTEN DISCOVERIES AND FACILITATE NEW AND EXISTING COLLABORATIONS; 3) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS TO PRESENT THEIR WORK AND NETWORK WITH SENIOR INVESTIGATORS; AND 4) TO FACILITATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS BY ENSURING REPRESENTATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM. OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILL BE DR. JUAN CARLOS BELMONTE, A RENOWNED BIOCHEMIST AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGIST. SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS ARE PLANNED, PRESENTING 48 SPEAKERS (24 CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS AND AT LEAST 24 SELECTED FROM SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS) AT ALL CAREER LEVELS. SESSION TOPICS INCLUDE: (I) MOLECULAR REGULATION OF MUSCS, (II) MUSC AGING, (III) MUSC TRANSCRIPTIONAL STATES, (IV) MUSC ACTIVATION AND FUSION, (V) DYNAMICS OF MUSCLE REGENERATION, (VI) ENGINEERING AND TRANSLATING MUSCS, (VII) MUSCS AND FRIENDS DURING EXERCISE AND GROWTH. INVITED SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THEIR SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY. SPEAKERS ARE EXPLICITLY REQUIRED TO PRESENT UNPUBLISHED WORK, TO ENSURE SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FIELD. WE WILL HAVE POSTER SESSIONS, EACH PRECEDED BY A “POSTERS BLITZ” WHERE POSTER PRESENTERS WILL GIVE A ONE-MINUTE TALK TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR WORK; CAREER-ORIENTED WORKSHOPS AND “MEET-THE-SPEAKER” BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SESSIONS. THIS MEETING WILL PROVIDE A FORUM TO FOSTER DISCUSSION AND CROSS-FERTILIZATION FROM DIVERSE AREAS OF RESEARCH, TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSCLE REGENERATION AND AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTICS.

SKELETAL MUSCLE: DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION AND DISEASE

MAKING MUSCLE IN THE EMBRYO AND ADULT

DEVELOPMENT AND HOMEOSTASIS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

SKELETAL MUSCLE: DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION AND DISEASE - SUMMARY THE GOAL OF THE “SKELETAL MUSCLE: DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION AND DISEASE” CONFERENCE IS TO BRING TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE RESEARCH TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR CUTTING EDGE GENETIC, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY UNDERLYING MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT, REGENERATION AND DISEASE. THIS FRONTIERS IN MYOGENESIS SERIES ORGANIZED BY THE SOCIETY FOR MUSCLE BIOLOGY HAS BEEN HELD EVERY THREE YEARS FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFINED THE STATE OF THE ART IN THE FIELD. THE 2021 MEETING WILL NOT ONLY DISCUSS RECENT DISCOVERIES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND REPAIR, BUT WILL ALSO ENCOMPASS ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN DISEASES, INCLUDING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES AND CANCER. OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILL BE DR. ERIC OLSON, WHO HAS PERFORMED EXCEPTIONAL WORK IN MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPED THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR TREATING DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. ELEVEN PLENARY SESSIONS ARE PLANNED TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT, MYOBLAST FUSION AND MUSCLE GROWTH, MUSCLE STEM CELL REGULATION, EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE, IPS CELLS, BIOENGINEERING AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TO STUDY AND REPAIR SKELETAL MUSCLE, MUSCLE METABOLISM AND CANCER, MUSCLE TISSUE AND DISEASE MODELS, MICROENVIRONMENT IN SKELETAL MUSCLE REPAIR AND DISEASE, MUSCLE DISEASE MECHANISMS, AND TRANSLATING SKELETAL MUSCLE SCIENCE INTO NEW THERAPIES. INVITED SPEAKERS (36) HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THEIR SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION (42% WOMEN/MINORITIES) AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY (39% ARE FROM NON-US COUNTRIES). IN ADDITION, 19 SHORT TALKS WILL BE SELECTED FROM SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSTDOCS AND STUDENTS TO PRESENT THEIR WORK. SPEAKERS ARE EXPLICITLY REQUIRED TO TALK ABOUT UNPUBLISHED WORK, TO ENSURE SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FIELD. IN ADDITION, WE WILL HAVE THREE POSTER SESSIONS EACH ACCOMPANIED BY A “POSTERS BLITZ” WHERE POSTER PRESENTERS WILL GIVE A 1-MINUTE TALK TO HIGHLIGHT/ADVERTISE THEIR WORK. TO FURTHER FOSTER INTERACTION, WE WILL ORGANIZE LUNCH SESSIONS SO THAT SPEAKERS ARE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND ATTENDEES CAN SIGN UP TO JOIN THEIR TABLE. FINALLY, WE HAVE INCLUDED TWO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS TO DISCUSS GRANT APPLICATION, AS WELL AS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN SCIENCE. THIS CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSING RECENT DISCOVERIES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE RESEARCH, AND FOSTER CROSS-FERTILIZATION AMONG INVESTIGATORS FROM DIVERSE AREAS AND BACKGROUNDS, TO FURTHER ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSCLE BIOLOGY AND FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSLATIONAL EFFORTS FOR POTENTIAL THERAPIES FOR MUSCLE DISEASES.

DEVELOPMENT, FUNCTION AND REPAIR OF THE MUSCLE CELL

ADVANCES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE GROWTH, REPAIR AND DISEASE - SUMMARY THE BIANNUAL FRONTIERS IN MYOGENESIS CONFERENCE HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF CUTTING-EDGE IDEAS ON THE DEVELOPMENT, PHYSIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY OF SKELETAL MUSCLES. THE CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER LEADING SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO PROMOTE NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND NOVEL THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES, AS WELL AS TO FOSTER HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATIONS WITH LEADING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD. IN KEEPING WITH THE FRONTIERS IDEALS OF EXPLORING NEW TERRITORY AND CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT THE EDGE, WE ARE FOR THE FIRST TIME BRINGING THE CONFERENCE TO SOUTH AMERICA, TO THE SOPHITEL GUARUJA JEQUITIMAR HOTEL, IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, FROM NOVEMBER 6-10, 2023. WE EXPECT TO DRAW SIGNIFICANT PARTICIPATION FROM SOUTH AMERICA, ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL AREA WHICH INCLUDES 5 MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES. THE THEME OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE IS “ADVANCES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE GROWTH, REPAIR AND DISEASE” AND THE MAJOR GOAL OF THE CONFERENCE IS TO DISSEMINATE EXCITING MECHANISTIC ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES THAT REGULATE MYOGENESIS, DEVELOPING NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR STUDYING AND TREATING MUSCLE DISEASES, SUCH AS THE GENERATION OF MUSCLE STEM CELLS FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, AND BIOENGINEERING APPROACHES FOR SKELETAL MUSCLE MODELING, AND ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC CHANGES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUSCLE IMPAIRMENT WITH AGING AND APPROACHES TO ADDRESS THESE THERAPEUTICALLY. THE CONFERENCE WILL ALSO ADDRESS MECHANISMS OF HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLE DISEASE AS WELL AS NOVEL THERAPEUTICS, FOCUSING ON BOTH GENETIC DISEASES OF MUSCLE SUCH AS DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AS WELL AS ACQUIRED PATHOLOGIES, SUCH AS AGING. THESE TOPICS WILL BE PRESENTED OVER 11 SESSIONS BY 55 SPEAKERS. IMPORTANTLY, THE CONFERENCE WILL PROMOTE INTERACTION AND MENTORING BETWEEN JUNIOR AND ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS THROUGH POSTER SESSIONS INCLUDING POSTER BLITZ 1 MIN ORAL SUMMARIES OF SELECTED POSTERS, SHORT TALKS FOR JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS, AND LUNCH SESSIONS AT WHICH PARTICIPANTS MAY SIGN UP TO JOIN TABLES OF SPECIFIC SPEAKERS. THE CONFERENCE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS, HOW TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN SCIENCE, AND A MEET THE EDITORS SESSION ON GUIDANCE IN THE AREA OF PUBLISHING IN HIGH VISIBILITY JOURNALS. WE WILL PROVIDE AN INFORMAL, FRIENDLY, INCLUSIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, ENSURING PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, UNDER-REPRESENTED MINORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.