Symposium:               Skeletal Muscle Plasticity

 

Track:                         Muscle-Exercise

Friday, 8:00 AM—10:00 AM, 32

Chaired:                       John Holloszy

 

8:00 AM                      Signaling pathway influencing muscle fibre size and type. Stefano Schiaffino. Univ. of Padua.

 

8:30 AM                      Role of PGC-I in muscle training response. Henriette Pilegaard. August Krogh Inst.

 

9:00 AM                      Role of calcium in mitochondrial biogenesis and GLUT4 expression. Edwardo Ojuka. Univ. of Cape Town.

 

9:30 AM                      Influence of muscle contractions on mitochondrian synthesis and assembly. David Hood. York Univ.