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22nd IIM Meeting

22nd IIM Meeting

Assisi, Italy · 11-14 September 2025

Assisi, Italy
11-14 September 2025

Preliminary Programme

Preliminary Programme

From Muscle Physiology to Pathogenesis and Therapies of Neuromuscular Diseases

Thursday, 11 September

Morning Session (reserved for attendees of the High Training Course in ADVANCED MYOLOGY UPDATE 2025)

9:30-11:30

Lessons from the Invited Speakers

12:00

Light lunch


15:00

Welcome and opening of the IIM meeting

15:10

Lecture 1

Karyn Esser (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA)

15:50

Session 1: Muscle function and E-C coupling

Talks selected from Abstracts

Coffee break

Session 2: Cardiac muscle and cardiomyopathies

Talks selected from Abstracts

19:30

Dinner - Aperitivo Umbro
and (only for participants registered for the Advanced Myology Update course)
Roundtable Discussions with the Invited Speakers

21:30

Scientific Speed Date NEW
Reserved for under-35 participants in the IIM meeting

Friday, 12 September

9:00

Lecture 2

Markus Rüegg (University of Basel, Switzerland)

9:40

Session 3: Muscle plasticity and physical exercise

Talks selected from Abstracts

Coffee break

Session 4: Muscle stem cells and stem cell niche

Talks selected from Abstracts

12:30-12:40

Poster blitz 1 (ODD NUMBERS; selection)

13:00

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Poster Session 1 (ODD NUMBERS)

16:00

Guided tour of Bevagna with Medieval dinner

Saturday, 13 September

9:00

Lecture 3

Giulio Cossu (University of Manchester, UK & San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy)

9:40

Session 5: Genetic, epigenetic, and metabolic regulation of muscle

Talks selected from Abstracts

Coffee break

Session 6: Muscle aging

Talks selected from Abstracts

12:30-12:40

Poster blitz 2 (EVEN NUMBERS; selection)

13:00

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Poster Session 2 (EVEN NUMBERS)

Coffee break

16:20

Lecture 4

Marika Pane (Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy)

17:00

Session 7: Muscle wasting and cachexia

Talks selected from Abstracts

Session 8: Muscle diseases and regenerative medicine

Talks selected from Abstracts

19:00-19:45

IIM General meeting and elections of the IIM Scientific Committee

20:00

Social Dinner - Awards and prizes

22:00

Dance party

Sunday, 14 September

Departure