INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MUSCLE WASTING 2011

CENTRO STEFANO FRANSCINI, MONTE VERITÀ, ASCONA, SWITZERLAND

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 TO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

MOLECULAR MECHANISMSOF MUSCLE GROWTH AND WASTING IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

INVITED SPEAKERS:

KEYNOTE:Bruce M. Spiegelman, Harvard Medical School (USA)

SESSIONS:Helen M. Blau, Stanford University (USA)

Carsten G. Bönnemann,National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (USA)

Kevin P. Campbell, University of Iowa (USA)

Giulio Cossu,Fondazione San Raffaele (ITA)

Chen-Ming Fan,Carnegie Institution (USA)

Alfred Goldberg,Harvard University (USA)

Robert S. Krauss, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (USA)

Se-Jin Lee, John Hopkins University (USA)

Lin Mei, Georgia Health Science University (USA)

Pura Munoz-Canoves,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ESP)

Francesco Muntoni, University College London (GBR)

Grace K. Pavlath, Emory University School of Medicine (USA)

Thomas A. Rando, Stanford University (USA)

Michael Rudnicki, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CAN)

Marco Sandri, University of Padova (ITA)

Vittorio Sartorelli, National Institute of Health (USA)

Lee Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania (USA)

David A. Sassoon, University of Paris-INSERM (FRA)

Stefano Schiaffino, University of Padova (ITA)

Peter Sonderegger, University of Zurich (SUI)

Zhen Yan, University of Virginia (USA)

This meeting will focus on the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle wasting diseases including cachexia, sarcopenia and muscular dystrophies. Its focus on disease aspects in skeletal muscle, its interactive format and its small size makes this meeting unique. Topics covered include:- Development and repair of skeletal muscle- Development and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction- Muscle intrinsic mechanisms controlling muscle size- Cross-talk of muscle with its environment - Muscle wasting and disease- Therapeutic strategies to counteract muscle wasting or sarcopenia The conference is limited to 120 participants.

Participants and speakers of short talks will be selected from the submitted abstracts.

The deadline for abstract submission is April 29th, 2011.

For program details and registration, please visit:

www.musclewasting2011.ch

ORGANIZERS:

Markus A. Rüegg, Biozentrum, University of Basel (SUI) David Glass, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (USA)Denis Guttridge, Ohio State University Medical Center (USA)