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Scientific programme

Preliminary Topics

  • Muscle mechanics and kinetics 
  • Regulation of contraction
  • Contraction at the molecular level
  • Smooth muscle
  • Myosin and Thick filaments - Structure and function
  • Actin and Thin filaments - Structure and function
  • EC-coupling
  • Sarcomeric proteins in signaling
  • Post-translational modifications
  • Muscle in ageing and cachexia
  • Sarcomeric protein turnover
  • Muscle development and regeneration
  • Unconventional myosin in muscle physiology
  • Cardiomyopathies and small molecule modulators
  • Skeletal muscle diseases
  • Other