Keynote Speaker:
Kevin Campbell, Iowa City
The Dystrophin Complex
Session I. The motor
H. Lee Sweeney, Philadelphia
Basis of chemo-mechanical transduction by myosin
David Warshaw, Burlington
Single molecule approaches to
studying force generation
by myosin
Malcolm Irving, London
Myosin function in muscle fibers
Session II: Organization,
Regulation and Diseases
of the Contractile Apparatus
Mathias Gautel, London
The titin-based sarcomeric signaling network
R. John Solaro, Chicago
Kinase/phosphatase signaling to and from cardiac
sarcomeres
Samantha Harris, Davis
C protein function in cardiac muscle
Kay Davies, Oxford
Utrophin-based approaches to
treating DMD
Elizabeth McNally, Chicago
Genetic forms of dilated cardiomyopathy
Hugh Watkins, Oxford
Basic and clinical aspects of contractile protein
mutations |
Session III: Calcium
Signaling
Kurt Beam, Denver
Molecular aspects of excitation-contraction coupling
Susan Hamilton, Houston
The ryanodine receptor
Clara Franzini-Armstrong, Philadelphia
Structure / function and excitation-contraction coupling
David Eisner, Manchester
Cardiac Ca2+ cycling in health and arrhythmias
Michael Walsh, Calgary
Control of contraction in smooth muscle
Session IV: Disease and Repair
Mark Nelson, Burlington
Calcium and blood flow regulation
David Allen, Sydney
Stretch-induced muscle damage and muscular dystrophy
Susan Wray, Liverpool
Pathophysiology of uterine smooth muscle
Richard Vaughan-Jones, Oxford
pH regulation in the heart
Christine Mummery, Leiden
Heart repair and embryonic stem cells
Gillian Butler-Browne, Paris
Skeletal muscle stem cells and therapeutic applications |
