SPEAKERS
Day 1 - Muscle metabolism and exercise in health and disease
- Eric Hoffman, Children's National Medical Center, Washington - Genetic modifiers and muscle exercise
- Ron Haller, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Dallas - Exercise and mitochondrial function
- John Vissing, University of Copenhagen - Exercise treatment in muscle disorders
- Antonios Matsakas, Hull York Medical School - Muscle perfusion and signalling following exercise in animal models
Day 2 - Immune mediated peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction, and muscle disorders
- Hugh Willison, University of Glasgow - Autoimmune neuropathies-pathogenesis and future perspectives
- Jan Verschuuren, Leiden University Medical Centre - Myasthenia: novel antigens and therapies
- Werner Stenzel, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Inflammatory myopathies
- Steven A Greenberg, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Childrens Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School - Inflammatory myopathies
Day 3 - Advances in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders
- Jenny Morgan, UCL Institute of Child Health - Skeletal muscle stem cells and muscular dystrophies
- Brian Kaspar, Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University - Regulation of skeletal muscle metabolic and angiogenic properties by nuclear hormone receptors: implications for skeletal muscle regeneration
- Elizabeth M McNally, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine - Signalling pathways and modifiers in cardiac function in muscular dystrophy