Thursday, September 25,
2008
Concurrent Symposia: 8:30 – 11:00 AM |
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I. |
Regulation of Peripheral Vascular Resistance
Chair: Steven S.
Segal |
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Coordination of Arteriolar Dilation with Muscle Fiber
Contraction
Speaker: Coral
Murrant |
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The Role of Integrins on the Control of Skeletal Muscle
Arteriolar Diameter
Speaker: Luis Martinez-Lemus |
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Microvascular Adaptations to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Speaker: Jefferson Frisbee |
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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 |
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TBD
Speaker: Lawrence Rothblum |
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Ribosomal Biogenesis and Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy
Speaker: Ross D. Hannan |
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Intracellular Signals Regulating the Adaptation of Skeletal
Muscle to Mechanical Tension
Speaker: Karyn Esser |
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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 |
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Muscle Cytokines: Endocrine Regulators of
Metabolism
Speaker: Matthew Watt |
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Intertissue Communication Controlling Glucose Homeostasis
Speaker: Barbara Kahn |
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IL-6 – AMPK Interactions in Skeletal Muscle
Speaker: Neil
Ruderman |
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Metabolic Inflexibility: Impact of Exercise
Speaker: Bret H. Goodpaster |
| IV. |
Stem Cells and Nuclear Domains in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
Chair: Brenda Russell |
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Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells: Where They Come From and What They
Do
Speaker: Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni |
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Role of ECM Environment in Regulating Satellite Cell Activation
Speaker: Ron Allen |
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Stem Cells and Cardiac Repair
Speaker: Loren Field |
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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 |
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Control of Motor
Unit Activity During Voluntary Contraction
Speaker: Roger Enoka
|
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Central Origins and Patterns of Sympathetic Discharge in
Exercising Humans
Speaker: Paul J. Fadel |
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Skeletal Muscle Reflexes and the Cardiovascular Responses to
Exercise
Speaker: Scott A. Smith |
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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 |
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Metabolic Strategies for Sustained Endurance Exercise: Lessons from the
Iditarod
Speaker: Michael
S. Davis |
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Specializations of Muscle Serving High Performance Motor
Functions in Horses
Speaker: John W. Hermanson |
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Comparative Exercise Physiology and Neurobiology of Mice Selectively Bred for
High Voluntary Locomotor Activity
Speaker: Theodore Garland, Jr. |
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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 |
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Disruption of Mitochondrial Redox Circuitry in Oxidative Stress
Speaker: Dean P. Jones |
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Linking Mitochondrial ROS to Insulin Resistance
Speaker: P. Darrell Neufer |
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How Does Exercise Affect ROS and RNS in Skeletal Muscle?
Speaker: Malcolm Jackson |
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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 |
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Extracellular Matrix Adaptation of Tendon and Skeletal Muscle to
Exercise
Speaker: Michael Kjaer |
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Effects of Muscle Disuse on Tendon and Muscle Extracellular
Matrix Collagen Expression
Speaker: Keith Baar |
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Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Exercise-induced Muscle
Damage, Repair and Hypertrophy
Speaker: David L. Allen |
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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 |
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Signaling Mechanisms Mediating Lipid Metabolism
Speaker: Debra M. Muoio |
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Signals Controlling Glucose Transport in Contracting Muscle
Speaker: Laurie J. Goodyear |
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Molecular Signaling Mechanisms Leading to Exercise-Induced
Changes in Transcription
Speaker: Mark
Hargreaves |
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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 |
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Deciphering the Mechanisms of Actin Filament Architecture in Cardiac Myocytes
Speaker: Carol Gregorio |
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Mechano-sensing from within the Z-disc of Cardiac Myocytes
Speaker: Samuel Boateng |
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Mechanical Regulation of Stem Cells
Speaker: Song Li |
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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 |
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Impact of Exercise on Inflammation in
Acutely and Chronically-Injured Skeletal Muscle
Speaker Gordon L. Warren |
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Impact on Exercise on Inflammation in Diseased Muscle
Speaker: Michele Wehling-Henricks |
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Impact on Exercise on the NFkB Signal Pathway in Muscle Wasting
Speaker: Denis C. Guttridge |
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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 |
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Determinants of Excitability of the Sarcolemma and T-Tubule
System
Speaker: Michael Fauler |
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Functional Roles of SR, Myoplasmic and Extracellular Calcium in
Determining Force Generation
Speaker: TBD |
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Contractile Protein – Cytoskeletal Mechanical Link
Speaker: Dawn Lowe |
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Structural and Functional Adaptations within Human Myocytes in
Response to Altered Loading
Speaker: Scott
Trappe |
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Dinner Lecture: When You Come to
a Fork in the Road.....
Speaker: Peter D. Wagner |