10/04/2015
Preliminary programme for EMC 2015:
MUSCLE RESEARCH IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Young Scientist Session (preceding the Conference opening)
Beyond making experiments: how to stay motivated in science - Tomasz Proszynski (Nencki Institute, Warsaw)
Muscle biology: from genes to muscle
Chaired by: Jozef Dulak (Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
Invited Speakers: Christine Mummery (Leiden University Medical Center) and Alicja Józkowicz (Jagiellonian University, Cracow)
Opening Lecture - Michael Rudnicki (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa)
Acto-Myosin Interactions
Chaired by: Joanna Moraczewska (Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz) and Andras Malnasi-Csizmadia (Lorand Eötvös University, Budapest)
Invited Speakers: William J. Lehman (Boston University) and Andras Malnasi-Csizmadia (Loránd University, Budapest)
Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Chaired by: Vincent Jacquemond (Universite Lyon 1) and Laszlo Csernoch (University of Debrecen)
Invited Speakers: Vincenzo Sorrentino (University of Siena) and György Hajnoczky (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia)
Heart and Heart Failure
Chaired by: Danuta Szczesna (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) and Ingo Morano (Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin).
Invited Speakers: Mike Geeves (University of Kent), Masataka Kawai (University of Iowa) and Tom Burghardt (Mayo Clinic, Rochester)
Molecular Motors
Chaired by: Anne Houdusse (Institut Curie, Paris) and Andrzej Kasprzak (Nencki Institute, Warsaw)
Invited Speakers: Anne Houdusse (Institut Curie, Paris), Folma Buss (MRC, Cambridge) and James R. Sellers (NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda)
Muscle Cytoskeleton
Chaired by: Elisabeth Ehler (King's College London) and Dieter Fürst (University of Bonn)
Invited Speakers: Carol Gregorio (University of Arizona, Tucson) and Michael Gotthardt (Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin)
Muscle Development and Repair
Chaired by: Anna Ciemerych-Litwinienko (University of Warsaw) and Krzysztof Jagla (University of Clermont-Ferrand)
Invited Speakers: Shahragim Tajbakhsh (Institut Pasteur, Paris) and Krzysztof Jagla (University of Clermont-Ferrand)
Muscle Exercise and Plasticity
Chaired by: Jan Celichowski (University of Physical Education, Poznan) and Jerzy A. Zoladz (University of Physical Education, Cracow)
Invited Speakers: Bruno Grassi (University of Udine School of Medicine) and Jacques Duchateau (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Muscle Metabolism and Bioenergetics
Chaired by: Pawel Dobrzyn (Nencki Institute, Warsaw) and Dariusz Rakus (University of Wroclaw)
Invited Speakers: Dr. Renee Ventura-Clapier (Universite Paris-Sud) and Jacek R. Wisniewski (Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried)
Neuromuscular Interactions
Chaired by: Tomasz Proszynski (Nencki Institute, Warsaw) and Urszula Slawinska (Nencki Institute, Warsaw)
Invited Speakers: Rüdiger Rudolf (University of Applied Sciences Mannheim and University of Heidelberg) and Lin Mei (Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University and Charlie Norwood Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia)
Skeletal Muscle Diseases
Chaired by: Anna M. Kaminska (Medical University of Warsaw) and Krzysztof Zabłocki (Nencki Institute, Warsaw)
Invited Speakers: Dariusz Gorecki (University of Portsmouth) and Benedikt Schoser (Klinikum der Universität München)
Smooth Muscle in Health and Disease, to the Memory of Professor Renata Dabrowska
Chairs and speakers: Anders Arner (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm) and Michael W. Walsh (University of Calgary)
