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2008 APS Intersociety Meeting:
The Integrative Biology of Exercise V
Program of Symposiums

Hilton Head, South Carolina
September 24 – 27, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Concurrent Symposia: 8:30 – 11:00 AM
I. Regulation of Peripheral Vascular Resistance
Chair: Steven S. Segal
  Coordination of Arteriolar Dilation with Muscle Fiber Contraction
Speaker: Coral Murrant
  The Role of Integrins on the Control of Skeletal Muscle Arteriolar Diameter
Speaker: Luis Martinez-Lemus
  Microvascular Adaptations to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Speaker: Jefferson Frisbee
  Exercise Versus Aging in Microvascular Control: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species
Speaker: Zoltan Ungvari
II. Control of Ribosomal Biogenesis in Muscle Hypertrophy
Chair: Gregory Adams
  TBD
Speaker: Lawrence Rothblum
  Ribosomal Biogenesis and Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy
Speaker: Ross D. Hannan
  Intracellular Signals Regulating the Adaptation of Skeletal Muscle to Mechanical Tension
Speaker: Karyn Esser
  mTOR and the Integration Exercise and Amino Acid Nutrient Status in the Regulation of Translation
Speaker: Scot Kimball
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Concurrent Symposia: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
III. Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: Intertissue Influences
Chair: Bente K. Pedersen

 

Muscle Cytokines: Endocrine Regulators of Metabolism
Speaker: Matthew Watt
  Intertissue Communication Controlling Glucose Homeostasis
Speaker: Barbara Kahn
  IL-6 – AMPK Interactions in Skeletal Muscle
Speaker: Neil Ruderman
  Metabolic Inflexibility: Impact of Exercise
Speaker: Bret H. Goodpaster
IV. Stem Cells and Nuclear Domains in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
Chair: Brenda Russell
  Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells: Where They Come From and What They Do
Speaker: Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni
  Role of ECM Environment in Regulating Satellite Cell Activation
Speaker: Ron Allen
  Stem Cells and Cardiac Repair
Speaker: Loren Field
  Delivery of proIGF-1: Effect on Myocytes and Stem Cells Following Myocardial Infarction
Speaker: Paul H. Goldspink
Friday, September 26, 2008
Concurrent Symposia: 8:30 – 11:00 AM
V. Somatic and Sympathetic Neural Control During Exercise
Chair: Gail D. Thomas
 
Control of Motor Unit Activity During Voluntary Contraction
Speaker: Roger Enoka
  Central Origins and Patterns of Sympathetic Discharge in Exercising Humans
Speaker: Paul J. Fadel
  Skeletal Muscle Reflexes and the Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise
Speaker: Scott A. Smith
  Interaction of Aging and Gender in Sympathetic Control of Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow
Speaker: David N. Proctor
VI. Comparative Exercise Physiology: Linking Animal Locomotion to Human Performance
Chair: Peter J. Reiser
  Metabolic Strategies for Sustained Endurance Exercise: Lessons from the Iditarod
Speaker: Michael S. Davis
  Specializations of Muscle Serving High Performance Motor Functions in Horses
Speaker: John W. Hermanson
  Comparative Exercise Physiology and Neurobiology of Mice Selectively Bred for High Voluntary Locomotor Activity
Speaker: Theodore Garland, Jr.
  Aerial Refueling in Nectarivorous Flying Animals: Mechanisms and Convergent Evolution
Speaker: Raul K. Suarez
Friday, September 26, 2008
Concurrent Symposia: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
VII. Reactive Oxygen Species: Consequences on Cellular Metabolism
Chair: Michael B. Reid
  Disruption of Mitochondrial Redox Circuitry in Oxidative Stress
Speaker: Dean P. Jones
  Linking Mitochondrial ROS to Insulin Resistance
Speaker: P. Darrell Neufer
  How Does Exercise Affect ROS and RNS in Skeletal Muscle?
Speaker: Malcolm Jackson
  Exercise Training and Antioxidant Therapy as Treatment of Insulin Resistance and Type II Diabetes
Speaker: Erik J. Henriksen
VIII. Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix of Tendon and Skeletal Muscle in Response to Exercise
Chair: Benjamin F. Miller
  Extracellular Matrix Adaptation of Tendon and Skeletal Muscle to Exercise
Speaker: Michael Kjaer
  Effects of Muscle Disuse on Tendon and Muscle Extracellular Matrix Collagen Expression
Speaker: Keith Baar
  Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Exercise-induced Muscle Damage, Repair and Hypertrophy
Speaker: David L. Allen
  TBD
Speaker:
Todd A. Trappe
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Concurrent Symposia: 8:30 – 11:00 AM
IX. Signaling Mechanisms Regulating Metabolic and Transcription Processes in Skeletal Muscle
Chair:
Eva Chin
  Signaling Mechanisms Mediating Lipid Metabolism
Speaker: Debra M. Muoio
  Signals Controlling Glucose Transport in Contracting Muscle
Speaker: Laurie J. Goodyear
  Molecular Signaling Mechanisms Leading to Exercise-Induced Changes in Transcription
Speaker: Mark Hargreaves
  Signaling Mechanisms Controlling Post-exercise Insulin Sensitivity in Contracting Human Skeletal Muscle
Speaker: Jorgen Wojtaszewski
X. Roles of Biomechanical Signaling in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle
Chair: Tara Haas
Co-Chair: Ronald L. Terjung
  Deciphering the Mechanisms of Actin Filament Architecture in Cardiac Myocytes
Speaker: Carol Gregorio
  Mechano-sensing from within the Z-disc of Cardiac Myocytes
Speaker: Samuel Boateng
  Mechanical Regulation of Stem Cells
Speaker: Song Li
  At the Interface Between Blood and Myofibers: Divergent Biomechanical Signal Pathways in Endothelial Cells
Speaker: Tara Haas
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Concurrent Symposia: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
XI. Role of Inflammation in Healthy, Diseased and Aged Muscles
Chair: James Tidball
Co-Chair: Robert W. Grange
  Impact of Exercise on Inflammation in Acutely and Chronically-Injured Skeletal Muscle
Speaker Gordon L. Warren
  Impact on Exercise on Inflammation in Diseased Muscle
Speaker: Michele Wehling-Henricks
  Impact on Exercise on the NFkB Signal Pathway in Muscle Wasting
Speaker: Denis C. Guttridge
  Impact of Exercise on Inflammation in Sarcopenia
Speaker:
Anne McArdle
XII. Sarcolemmal, T-Tubule and Intracellular Determinants of Contractile Function in Skeletal Muscle
Chair: Michael Lindinger
Co-Chair: Scott Trappe
  Determinants of Excitability of the Sarcolemma and T-Tubule System
Speaker:
Michael Fauler
  Functional Roles of SR, Myoplasmic and Extracellular Calcium in Determining Force Generation
Speaker:
TBD
  Contractile Protein – Cytoskeletal Mechanical Link
Speaker: Dawn Lowe
  Structural and Functional Adaptations within Human Myocytes in Response to Altered Loading
Speaker: Scott Trappe
  Dinner Lecture: When You Come to a Fork in the Road.....
Speaker: Peter D. Wagner