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Muscle Biology (MYOBIO) Group

Organized in 1985, the goals of the muscle group are to: (a) plan symposia and workshops dealing with various aspects of muscle contraction that will attract investigators from various disciplines (biophysics, chemistry, pharmacology) and (b) breakaway from the orthodox organ system orientation.

Steering Committee

Announcement:
Suggestions for Symposia and Featured Topics are Needed for EB2011

During the 2010 EB meeting, the Programming Advisory Committee of the Muscle Biology Group will meet to select the one symposium and two featured topics that we are responsible for programming for EB 2011.  I would encourage you to consider coordinating either a Symposium or Featured Topic for 2011.  The APS makes available $4,000 to finance each Symposium and $2,000 for each Featured Topic.  Please send your topic and potential speaker ideas to me at TMNosek@aol.com as soon as possible.  I will be happy to work with you to develop your ideas into a session.

Once you have decided on a topic and have selected your speakers, the appropriate forms for formal submission of a proposed session are found at:

Symposium:                http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/SymposiumForm.pdf
Featured Topic:          
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/FeaturedTopic.pdf

 I would like to remind you that The Muscle Biology Group is sponsoring two Featured Topics and one Symposium at EB 2010 in Anaheim. 

 The first Featured Topic is entitled, "PGC -1α in health, exercise, and disease".  It is being organized by Dr. David Hood of York University.  Before the abstract presentations, Dr. Hood will present, "Role of PGC-1α in exercise-induced mitochondrial biogenesis:  Effect of age".  This will be followed by Dr. Arend Bonen of the University of Guelph who will talk on, "Role of PGD-1α in muscle lipid metabolism and insulin resistance".  Dr. Hood writes, "PGC-1α has become one of the most widely studied proteins involved in energy metabolism and gene expression.  It is a transcriptional coactivator that interacts with multiple transcription factors to regulate the expression of genes involved in muscle fiber type determination, mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle and heart, gluconeogenesis in liver and thermogenesis in brown fat. This Featured Topic is designed to highlight the physiological role of this very important protein." 

The second Featured Topic is entitled, "Hyperkalemic and hypokalemic periodic paralysis in skeletal muscle: New Insights from new mouse models".  It is organized by Dr. Jean-Marc Renaud of the University of Ottawa.  New mouse models for these disorders will be introduced in talks presented by Dr. Steve Cannon of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ("The gating pore current from S4 mutations:  A mechanism for paralysis in hypokalemic periodic paralysis") and Dr. Larry Hayward of the University of Massachusetts Medical School ("Mechanisms of hyperkalemic periodic paralysis and implications for treatment."). 

The Symposium is entitled, “Redox control of skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise and disuse”.  The Symposium has been organized by Dr. Scott Powers of the University of Florida and Dr. Michael Reid of the University of Kentucky.  In addition to presentations by Drs. Powers and Reid, talks will be given by Dr. Dean Jones of Emory University and Dr. Thomas Clanton of the University of Florida.

Thank you,
Thomas M. Nosek, Ph.D.
Chair, Muscle Biology Group
 

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01/19/2010