Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility - 49th European Muscle Conference: Young Investigator Awards

The 49th European Muscle Conference was held between 22 – 26 September 2022. Each year, the conference organizers partner with Springer in collaboration with the journal to distribute awards to early career researchers.

Anna Kowala, QMUL, Blizard Institute,  Centre for Genomics and Child Health, United Kingdom
Session: Neuromuscular Diseases
Presentation: Engineering human pluripotent stem cell-derived 3D skeletal muscle for modelling Duchenne muscular dystrophy and regenerative therapy.

Keerthika Lohanadan, University of Bonn, Institute for Cell Biology, Germany
Session: Muscle Plasticity
Presentation: Isoform-specific functions of synaptopodin-2 variants in cytoskeleton stabilization and autophagy regulation in muscle under mechanical stress

Donna Kennedy, National University of Ireland - Galway, Physiology, Ireland
Session: Muscle Plasticity
Presentation: The angiogenic and myogenic potential of growth factor engineered C2C12 myoblasts

Inés Martínez Martín, CNIC, Molecular Mechanics of the cardiovascular system, Spain
Session: Cardiomyopathy I
Presentation: Structural basis of domain destabilization by dilated-cardiomyopathy-causing missense mutations in titin