Muscle Journal Club

Wednesdays, 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location: MSB, M559
Email Dr. Glen Walter if you have any questions.

DATE FORMAT PRESENTER TOPIC
September 3, 2025 Myology Seminar Cole Lukasiewicz Associations between regional adipose tissue distribution and skeletal muscle bioenergetics in older men and women
September 10, 2025 Journal Club Hailey Jones Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Required for Regeneration and Homeostatic Maintenance of Skeletal Muscle
September 17, 2025 Journal Club Juilian Febo Muscle growth by sarcomere divisions
September 24, 2025 Journal Club Kiara Fierman Satellite cells, connective tissue fibroblasts and their interactions are crucial for muscle regeneration
October 1, 2025 Myology Seminar David Hammers, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
University of Florida
A Decade of Progress in DMD Therapeutics
October 8, 2025 Journal Club Rema Kunnath Ravindranunni Voluntary first year rotation talks
October 15, 2025 (Zoom Only – https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99230104202) Myology Seminar Mark C Turner, PhD, PGCert APHE, FHEA
Assistant Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Centre for Health & Life Sciences
Coventry University
Mimicking Exercise In Vitro to Investigate Skeletal Muscle–Liver Inter-organ Communication
October 22, 2025 Journal Club Jacob Barretto The central clock drives metabolic rhythms in muscle stem cells
October 29, 2025 Journal Club Spencer Procopio Regulatory T cells shield muscle mitochondria from interferon-γ–mediated damage to promote the beneficial effects of exercise
November 5, 2025 Myology Seminar Charles P. Emerson, Jr., PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Program
UMass Chan Medical School
CANCELLED
November 12, 2025 Journal Club Brittany Poole Combinatorial activation of the WNT‐dependent fibrogenic program by distinct complement subunits in dystrophic muscle
November 19, 2025 Myology Seminar Sean Forbes, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
University of Florida
Insights from magnetic resonance assessment of skeletal muscle in individuals with (and without) muscular dystrophies
December 3, 2025 Myology Seminar Terrance E. Ryan, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Co-Director, Center for Exercise Science
University of Florida
Investigating the pathobiology of peripheral artery disease: An opportunity for skeletal muscle biologists