The event is free to attend; however, registration is encouraged.
Confirmed distinguished invited speakers, and their topics of discussion, for this year's event include:
- Kristian Gundersen, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway – "Muscle memory. A feature of the syncytial muscle cell"
- Matthijs Hesselink,ÌýDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands – presentationÌýTBA
- Helga Ellingsgaard, Centre for Physical Activity Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark –Ìý"Exercise-induced interleukin-6, a physiological regulator of adipose tissue masse in humans"
- Philip Atherton, Metabolic & Molecular Physiology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom – "Testosterone and muscle hypertrophy regulation in young/old humans"
- Katrien De Bock,ÌýDepartment of Health Sciences & Technology,ÌýSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland – "Endothelial cells control muscle regeneration through angiocrine lactate"
- John Floras,ÌýMount Sinai Hospital Division of Cardiology, Toronto, Canada – "Muscle sympathetic responses to acute exercise of patients with heart failure"
- Jeffery Woods, Kinesiology, University of Illinois,ÌýUrbana, Illinois, U.S. – "Your microbes and exercise: Are microbes involved in endurance exercise adaptations?"
- Melissa Spencer, Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, UCLA, California, U.S. – "CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy"
Learn more about our speakers by viewing the .
Submit an abstract
In addition to guest speakers, organizers invite abstracts from undergraduate students, master's and PhD students, as well as post-doctoral Fellows on any topic related to muscle (skeletal, cardiac or smooth), exercise, health, disease, blood flow or metabolism. Submissions can include abstracts previously used within the last 12 months at any scientific meeting, or abstracts that are to be presented at upcoming meetings. There is no word count limit for these abstracts, however, they are typicallyÌýin theÌý300 word count range. Please do not include any figures with an abstract.
Abstracts can be submitted as usual via the website, andÌýall abstractsÌýsubmitted on time will be published in the MHAD12 proceedings.ÌýA selection ofÌý10Ìýof theseÌýfrom both MSC and PhD categories, will be chosen for short oral presentations via Zoom. These selected abstracts will be awardedÌý$200 poster prizes each.
To submit an abstract, fill out this and return it by email to mhrc@yorku.ca in order to receive the ZOOM invitation to attend MHAD12. The deadline to submit is May 21 at 12 p.m. (noon) to be eligible for an award; however, abstracts can be submitted until May 24 at 12 p.m.
For more on abstract criteria, visit the .