4th Annual CTMR Symposium December 4th 2023!

Save the date for our 4th annual UW Center for Translational Muscle Research (CTMR) symposium.  This year the symposium will be an all-day event on Monday, December 4th, 2023 in Seattle, WA at Orin Smith Auditorium.   We are planning to have an in-person symposium but will also have a Zoom-in option.  

Our Keynote speakers this year will be:

Douglas Millay, PhD, is a faculty member of the Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Melissa J. Spencer, PhD, is a Professor of Neurology and the Neuromuscular Program Director at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Lee Sweeney, Ph.D is the director of the Myology Institute and the Thomas H. Maren endowed Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of Florida

The symposium will also showcase presentations from CTMR Pilot Awardees and student lightning talks.  Stay tuned for more details about the symposium as we get closer to the event. 

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