The CR2M is pleased to invite you to its Inaugural Symposium. This first edition will feature an external guest speaker together with four CR2M members, who will share their insights on muscle biology, neuromotor diseases and rehabilitation strategies. 

The symposium will be organized as follows:

13h30: Opening by Prof. Stéphane Armand and Prof. Perrine Castets

13h35: Keynote lecture by Prof. Nicolas Place (UNIL, Lausanne): Translational Perspectives on Neuromuscular Responses to Exercise

14h35: Prof. Andrea Trombetti (Department of Medicine, HUG): Sarcopenia: strengthening the brain to improve muscle function. What is the evidence?

15h05 : Coffee Break

15h35: Prof. Serge Ferrari, Vice-Dean for Translational Research and Development : Importance of Faculty Research Centers and of translational Research

15h45: Prof. Nathalie De Beukelaer (Department of Surgery, UNIGE & Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University): Muscle growth during the first years of life: a potential contributor to early features of neuromotor impairments?

16h15: Dr. Eduardo Farias Sanches (Department of Paediatrics, UNIGE/HUG): Effects of early sensorimotor-based interventions on musculoskeletal system in a rodent model of Cerebral Palsy

16h45: Prof. Bernhard Wehrle-Haller (PHYM Department, UNIGE): To attach or not attach, the various roles of integrins during muscle function and regeneration

17h15: Concluding remarks