IIM 2020
IIM 2020

17th IIM Meeting

Virtual • 16-18 October 2020

Virtual
16-18 October 2020

Programme

Pathogenesis and Therapies of Neuromuscular Diseases

Thursday, 15 October

Program reserved to participants registered to the High Training Course in ADVANCED MYOLOGY

16:30-19:40

High Training lectures

16:30-17:10

Lecture 1

Davide Cacchiarelli

17:10-17:20

Break

17:20-18:00

Lecture 2

Vittorio Sartorelli

18:00-18:10

Break

18:10-18:50

Lecture 3

Gabrielle Kardon

18:50-19:00

Break

19:00-19:40

Lecture 4

Pier Lorenzo Puri

19:40-20:00

Break

20:00-21:00

Roundtables

Single cell analysis of skeletal muscle: Pros and Cons

Discussants: Vittorio Sartorelli and Davide Cacchiarelli

Skeletal muscle stem cell in healthy muscle and disease

Discussants: Gabrielle Kardon and Pier Lorenzo Puri

Friday, 16 October

16:30-17:10

IIM young committee invited lecture

Chair: Enrico Pozzo

Davide Cacchiarelli (Telethon Institute for Genetic Medicine, Naples-Italy)
Understanding transcription factors through quantitative biology

17:10-17:20

Break

17:20-18:00

Lecture 2

Chair: Alessandra Sacco

Thomas Rando (Stanford University, USA)
Regulation of Stem Cell Quiescence

18:00-18:25

Session 1

Chairs: Davide Gabellini and Monica Forino

Ana Georgia Dumitras
The regulation of protein synthesis and muscle plasticity

Massimo Ganassi
Myogenin Regulates Myofibre Growth and Stem Cell Homeostasis in Adult Muscle

18:25-18:35

POSTER BLITZ 1

P3. Beltrà Marc
P11. Czerwinska Areta Magda
P17. Forino Monica
P19. Gherardi Gaia
P21. Giarratana Nefele
P27. Lomonosova Yulia
P37. Pin Fabrizio
P39. Raiteri Tommaso
P41. Salvadori Laura
P43. Serano Matteo

18:35-18:45

Break

18:45-20:00

POSTER SESSION 1 (Odd numbers)

Saturday, 17 October

16:30-17:10

Lecture 3

Chair: Sestina Falcone

Gabrielle Kardon (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA)
The Cellular Dynamics of Muscle Regeneration

17:10-17:20

Break

17:20-18:00

Session 2

Chairs: Stefania Fulle and Gianluca Fossati

Daisy Proietti
Activation of muscle-resident glial cells by nerve injury

Elena Ruggieri
High Mobility Group Box 1 orchestrates regeneration in skeletal muscle

Valeria Runfola
Identification of the first endogenous inhibitor of DUX4 in FSHD muscular dystrophy

18:00-18:25

Session 3

Chairs: Fabio Penna and Francesca Riuzzi

Paolo Raffa
Decellularized skeletal muscles with neurotrophic effects for modelling 3D myogenesis in vitro

Giorgia Rastelli
Mechanisms and dysfunction associated to accumulation of Tubular Aggregates in aging muscle

18:25-18:35

POSTER BLITZ 2

P6. Biferali Beatrice
P10. Cosentino Marianna
P16. Forconi Flavia
P24. Juppi Hanna-Kaarina
P26. Lionello Valentina Maria
P32. Mocciaro Emanuele
P40. Saclier Marielle
P46. Van Tienen Florence
P48. Virla Federica
P50. Yedigaryan Laura

18:35-18:45

Break

18:45-20:00

POSTER SESSION 2 (Even numbers)

Sunday, 18 October

16:30-17:10

Lecture 4

Chair: Pier Lorenzo Puri

Vittorio Sartorelli (National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA)
Enzymes and Metabolites Regulating Muscle Stem Cell Function

17:10-17:20

Break

17:20-18:00

Session 2

Chairs: Guglielmo Sorci and Anna Urciuolo

Medhi Hassani
SRF plays a major role in response to exercise in cancer patients and animal models

Michela Libergoli
Identification of two novel subpopulations of satellite cells with different kinetics of activation

Martina Macino
Epigenetic regulation of Wnt7b expression by the cis-acting long noncoding RNA lnc-Rewind in muscle stem cells

18:00-18:25

Session 5

Chairs: Cesare Gargioli and Letizia Zullo

Luca Pinton
High-fidelity modelling of skeletal muscle laminopathies using LMNA-mutant human iPS cells and bioengineered muscles for mutation-specific therapy development

Martina Sandonà
HDAC inhibitors tune miRNAs in extracellular vesicles of dystrophic muscle-resident mesenchymal cells

18:25-18:35

The voice of patients

Gloria Antonini (Parent Project)

18:35-18:45

Break

18:45-20:00

Awards and prizes

Schedule

  15 OCT
Advanced Myology Course
  16 OCT 17 OCT 18 OCT
16:30-17:10 Lecture 1 16:30-17:10 Invited Speaker 1 Invited Speaker 3 Invited Speaker 4
17:10-17:20 Break 17:10-17:20 Break Break Break
17:20-18:00 Lecture 2 17:20-18:00 Invited Speaker 2 Session 2:
3 Talks from students and PostDocs
Session 4:
3 Talks from students and PostDocs
18:00-18:10 Break 18:00-18:25 Session 1:
2 Talks from students and PostDocs
Session 3:
2 Talks from students and PostDocs
Session 5:
2 Talks from students and PostDocs
18:10-18:50 Lecture 3 18:25-18:35 Poster Blitz 1 Poster Blitz 2 Break
18:50-19:00 Break 18:35-18:45 Break Break
19:00-19:40 Lecture 4 18:45-20:00 Poster Session 1 Poster Session 2 Awards and Prizes
19:40-20:00 Break
20:00-21:00 Roundtable discussion with invited speakers (Bring your snack!)