5th
International
Meeting on
Laminopathies

About the Meeting

This meeting brings together international experts of nuclear envelope proteins and related diseases, including muscular dystrophies, cardiomyopathies, accelerated ageing syndromes such as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria and metabolic disorders. The meeting aims to promote international collaborations to increase the scientific knowledge and improve diagnosis, prevent and manage these diseases.

The 5th International Laminopathies Conference is expected to bring together about 150 participants, cardiologists, neurologists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, geneticists and researchers and patients.

Speakers

Philippe Collas

Professor, University of Oslo

The CollasLab investigates principles of 3-dimensional genome architecture which pattern lineage-specific stem cell differentiation in health and disease contexts.

Ormond MacDougald

Professor, University of Michigan

The MacDougald lab has broad interests in how adipocytes throughout the body develop, function, and interact with other cell types near and afar.

Vicente Andrés

Director of research, CNIC Madrid

Vicente's research has unveiled mechanisms underlying physiological and premature aging and associated cardiovascular diseases with the goal of improving treatment.

Giovanna Lattanzi

Director of research, University of Bologna

Giovanna's research is focusing on the functional organization of the nucleus and chromatin in health and diseases.

Georgia Sarquella Brugada

Cardiologist, Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Hospital

Dr. Sarquella Brugada is one of the recognized pediatric cardiologists and genetics specialists of Spain. She is currently serving as the head of Arrhythmia unit at Sant Joan De Deau.

Eric Schirmer

Director of research, University of Bologna

Eric Schirmer’s group studies the role of tissue-specific nuclear membrane proteins in 3D spatial genome organisation, how this organisation contributes to gene regulation during development and tissue regeneration, and how it is disrupted in human disease.

Antoine Muchir

Director or Research, INSERM Paris

Dr. Muchir studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. He is studying in vitro and in vivo models of these pathologies and developing novel pharmacological therapies based on our discoveries.

Ali J. Marian

Professor, McGovern Medical School, Houston

Dr. Marian is recognized nationally and internationally for his research achievements and expertise in genetics of cardiomyopathies.

David Araujo-Vilar

Professor, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Dr. Araujo-Vilar is a Professor of Medicine widely recognised for his great work in the investigation of lipodystrophies. He is the founding president of the Spanish Society of Lipodystrophies.

Deena Leslie Pedrioli

Senior Scientist, Universität Zürich

Dr. Leslie Pedrioli’s primary focus lies in comprehending the functional role of protein ADP-ribosylation in various cell types, tissues, and disease states.

Susana Gonzalo

Professor, Saint Louis University

Dr. Gonzalo's research interests aim to understand how alterations of nuclear architecture contribute to the genomic instability that drives aging and cancer processes. Her long-term goal is to characterize how these pathways contribute to disease, as well as potential treatments.

Jean-Sébastien Hulot

Professor, Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris

Dr. Hulot is leading a research team investigating molecular mechanisms that drive heart failure. The studies include both animal models and translational models based on human induced pluripotent stem cells and genome editing approaches.

Abstract submissions

The abstract deadline for all those hoping to be considered for an oral presentation in our program is March 28th. You must have a paid registration for your abstract to be accepted. All other abstracts (for posters) are due March 14th.

FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION, please send your abstract to a.muchir@institut-myologie.org and specify for oral or poster presentation.