FASEB SRC Announces Conference Registration Open for: Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) announces the opening of registration for the Science Research Conference (SRC): Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells.

This conference will take place August 12-17, 2012 in Lucca, Italy. The aim of the conference is to highlight recent advances pertaining to the regulatory mechanisms of myogenic stem cell and progenitor cell populations (such as satellite cells) and their role in growth, regeneration, and therapeutics. This meeting represents the only conference that focuses exclusively on muscle satellite and stem cell populations. Sessions will address: epigenetic and post-transcriptional control of satellite cells, non-myogenic cells in muscle that influence satellite cell biology, biology of satellite cells in the head muscles, satellite cell quiescence, activation and self-renewal, the molecular control of myogenic lineage progression and differentiation, satellite cells in growth and hypertrophy, and satellite cells in aging and disease. Poster sessions will feature these and related topics. Importantly, the participants of this conference will represent interdisciplinary groups that will provide a comprehensive analysis and integration of recent discoveries for the field. The conference will provide collaborative interactions in an attempt to promote future advancements and translational initiatives directed toward the treatment and cure of patients with myopathic diseases.

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology