Recipient Organization
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE
BETHESDA,MD 20814-3998
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
There is no available forum for bringing together scientists that work in fields of muscle growth, disease, injury repair, and aging. The FASEB 3rd International Conference on Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells will bring together researchers to discuss current topics in skeletal muscle growth and regeneration as plenary topics and as two poster sessions at the Omni Resort in Tucson AZ on July 26-30, 2003.
Animal Health Component
10%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
90%
Applied
10%
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
A major goal for this conference is to bring together a diverse group of researchers working in postnatal skeletal muscle in a single forum to discuss new research results and to target future research areas. Of particular importance are two subgoals: 1. the identity and function of stem cells in skeletal muscle and their potential value in muscle growth and regeneration, and 2. understanding the molecular basis for physiological events occurring in normal skeletal muscle that include atrophy, hypertrophy, regeneration and aging. Typically, the majority of these scientists do not attend common meetings and this forum has provided a mechanism for a diverse group of researchers to discuss common interests in postnatal skeletal muscle. This meeting is expected to open new avenues of work in this area by promoting new ideas and collaborations among the participants. This application requests funding to partially support the 2003 FASEB summer conference on Skeletal Muscle
Satellite and Stem Cells. The conference will take place on July 26-30, 2003 at the Omni Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona. Through the program in Animal Growth and Nutrient Utilization, the mission of the USDA includes research into (i) somatic cell proliferation and differentiation and (ii) metabolic and molecular aspects of growth and development of skeletal muscle. The conference will include a significant number of invited speakers who have USDA grant support, are members of Animal Science programs and/or perform research on agricultural animals. Thus, this multidisciplinary conference will have a major focus on research questions of agricultural importance, and will promote progress in understanding and manipulating the growth of agriculturally important animals.
Project Methods
Scientists from around the globe will attend conference sessions include satellite cell diversity, satellite cell ECM interactions, atrophy and apopotosis, satellite cell cycle control, differentiation and signaling, stem cell biology/stem/satellite cell-based gene therapy, aging, adaptation and hypertrophy, and degeneration/regeneration. Each talk will consist of a 20 min. presentation followed by 10 min of questions. In addition, two poster sessions will provide a forum for all scientists that did not present their topics as talks to present their research. Thus, the 2003 FASEB Summer Conference on Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells will bring together scientists that work in fields of muscle growth, disease, injury repair, and aging. This conference is designed to provide an interdisciplinary forum that will benefit from the contributions of both established and new investigators. Due to the rapid pace of important advancements in this field, the conference should
provide a timely and important forum to discuss new work, to provide a diverse and stimulating atmosphere and allow initiation of new research directions and collaborations that could lead to improvements in regulating the growth and development of agriculturally important animals.