New Horizons for Myogenesis

A central objective of the 2011 Myogenesis Gordon Conference entitled "New Horizons for Myogenesis" is to stimulate breakthrough discussion and dynamic interchange on the confluence of genetic, epigenetic, functional and environmental factors affecting muscle tissue formation, disease and repair. The Conference participants will present new research on a wide range of topics including muscle specification, cell interplay during muscle development, evolutionary diversity, insights into muscle stem cells, proliferative and regenerative strategies. The program also includes coverage of the latest advances in analysis and treatment of muscle diseases, immune modulation and aging processes. Invited speakers will exploit increasingly interdisciplinary approaches, engaging cell biology, gene regulation, signaling mechanisms and advanced animal disease modeling with epigenetics and systems biology.

The Conference will bring together the leaders in the field to exchange ideas with junior scientists and graduate students who will present their work at poster sessions and short talks chosen from the abstracts. The traditionally collegial atmosphere of this Conference, provision of ample discussion time within the sessions as well as informal gatherings in the afternoons, social events and around posters, maximizes the opportunity for advances through cross-fertilization of ideas, new approaches and emerging themes in this rapidly moving field.