Workshop on Multi-Scale Muscle Mechanics
September 18-21, 2009
Agenda
Full program (PDF)
Abstracts

Friday, September 18
2:00-5:00 pm Check in, hang posters
5:15-6:15 pm Poster session/mixer
6:15-7:15 pm Dinner
7:30-8:45 pm Plenary Session
7:30-8:00 pm Welcome from Organizers and MBL Director Assignment of Discussion Groups
8:00-8:45 pm What can comparative biomechanics teach us about muscle in general?
Larry Rome, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
9:00-11:00 pm Reception
Saturday, September 19
7:00-7:45 am Breakfast
8:00-10:00 am Symposium: From Proteins to Sarcomeres
8:00-8:45 am Historical Perspective and Introduction
Hugh Huxley, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
8:45-9:15 am New Insights into Myosin
Jim Spudich, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
9:15-9:45 am New Insights into Titin
Henk Granzier, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
9:45-10:00 am Overall Discussion Panel
10:00-10:30 am Break
10:30 am-12:30 pm Symposium: From Sarcomeres to Fibers
10:30-11:15 am Historical Perspective and Introduction
Roger Cooke, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
11:15-11:45 am History Dependent Effects
Walter Herzog, University of Calgary, Canada
11:45 am-12:15 pm Sarcomere Length Non-Uniformity
Dave Morgan, Monash University, Australia
12:15-12:30 pm Overall Discussion Panel
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-3:30 pm Symposium: From Fibers to Whole Muscle
1:30-2:15 pm Historical Perspective and Introduction
Gerry Loeb, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
2:15-2:45 pm Imaging Complex Fiber Structures
Bruce Damon, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
2:45-3:15 pm Series-Fibered Muscles
Wendy Murray, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
3:15-3:30 pm Overall Discussion Panel
3:30-4:00 pm Break
4:00-5:00 pm Oral presentations of selected abstracts
5:15-6:15 pm Poster session/mixer
6:15-7:15 pm Dinner
7:30-8:30 pm Plenary Session
7:30-8:30 pm Adaptability of Muscle Proteins
Karyn Esser, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
9:00-11:00 pm Reception
Sunday, September 20
7:00-7:45 am Breakfast
8:00-10:00 am Symposium: From Muscle to the Muscle-tendon Unit
8:00-8:45 am Historical Perspective and Introduction
Rick Lieber, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla CA
8:45-9:15 am Muscle-Tendon Interaction
Andy Biewener, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
9:15-9:45 am In Vivo Muscle-Tendon Behavior
Tetsuo Fukunaga, Waseda University, Japan
9:45-10:00 am Overall Discussion Panel
10:00-10:30 am Break
10:30 am-12:30 pm Symposium: From Muscle-tendon Units to Multi-joint Systems
10:30-11:15 am Historical Perspective and Introduction
Tom Buchanan, University of Delaware, Newark DE
11:15-11:45 am Musculoskeletal Design
Sam Ward, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla CA
11:45 am-12:15 pm Motor Control of Multi-Muscle Systems
Zev Rymer, Northwestern University, Chicago IL
12:15-12:30 pm Overall Discussion Panel
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-4:00 pm Symposium: Computational Modeling of Muscles
1:30-2:00 pm Cross-Bridge Models
Kenny Campbell, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
2:00-2:30 pm Muscle Tissue Models
Silvia Blemker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
2:30-3:00 pm Hierarchical Models of Muscle
Mark Palmer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
3:00-3:30 pm Multi-Muscle/Multi-Joint Models
Scott Delp, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
3:30-4:00 pm Overall Discussion Panel
4:00-6:30 pm Free Time
6:30-11:00 pm Mixer, Lobster Banquet, and Reception
Monday, September 21
7:00-7:45 am Breakfast
8:00-10:00 am Presentations from Discussion Groups
10:00 am Adjourn, check out

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