Alternative Muscle Club - Meeting Emphasis

Meeting Emphasis

The Alternative Muscle Club meeting is aimed at scientists early in their research careers. The free daylong meeting provides an opportunity for young investigators in the academic, industry and medical sectors to present their work in a more relaxed environment. Its main goal is to build connections in the research community, and help learn about projects from other research laboratories and organizations.
Bringing aspiring researchers together to promote their science

Areas of Interest

The one-day meeting covers a wide range of muscle-related research areas. We will try to represent the full range of cutting-edge muscle-related research that is being undertaken today.
Topics include, but are not limited to the following areas:
  • Muscle Development
    • Cardiac Development
    • Skeletal Muscle Development
    • Gene Expression Profiling
    • Epigenetic Regulation of Muscle Development
    • Model Organisms
    • Pathogenesis and Progression of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Myopathies
  • Muscle Structure and Function
    • Sarcomeric Proteins
    • Cytoskeletal Proteins
    • Muscle Signaling Pathways
    • Ion Channel Mechanisms
    • Sarcolemma Membrane Functions
    • Functions of the Cardiac Intercalated Disk
    • Calcium Handling and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Function
  • Biomechanics of Muscle
    • Muscle Biophysics
    • Contractile Dynamics
    • Bioengineering of Muscle Tissue and Organs
    • Molecular Functions of Mechanosensors and Mechanotransducers
  • Muscle Regeneration
    • Differentiation of iPS and Stem Cells cells into Cardiomyocytes and Skeletal Muscle
    • Cardiac Repair mechanisms
    • Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell/Satellite Cell Biology
    • Applications for Muscle Therapeutics