The 2021 Skeletal muscle: development, regeneration and disease meeting aims to provide a forum for discussing recent discoveries in skeletal muscle research, foster cross-fertilization from diverse areas and backgrounds, advance our understanding of muscle biology, and promote the development of therapeutic approaches for muscle diseases.

Keynote Lecture by Dr. Eric Olson, UT SouthWestern

Scientific Sessions

1. Cellular and molecular dynamics of skeletal muscle development

2. Myoblast fusion and muscle growth

3-4. Muscle stem cell regulation

5.Epigenetic regulation of skeletal muscle

6. iPS cells, bioengineering and emerging technologies to study and repair skeletal muscle

7. Muscle metabolism and cancer

8. Microenvironment in skeletal muscle repair and disease

9-10. Muscle disease models and mechanisms

11. Translating skeletal muscle science into new therapies