VictorianMuscleNetwork

👀 Good news 👀 VMN 2026 registration and abstract submission is now OPEN! You can head to our website and follow the links to register and submit your abstracts (victorianmusclenetwork.wordpress.com) ✅ Please join our mailing list if you are new here using the form on our website ✅

🎉We are thrilled to announce the keynote speakers for the 2026 VMN: 💪Eva Chin from @SOLVEFSHD (Vancouver, Canada) 💪A/Prof Richard Mills from @MCRI_for_kids Registration will be opening soon! Don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn @ Victorian Muscle Network (VMN)

▶️New 2026 update! You can now find us on LinkedIn @ Victorian Muscle Network (VMN) ▶️Please join us and share to let others in the VMN network know! linkedin.com/groups/1996000…

✨SAVE THE DATE 📷Please join us for the 9th Annual Muscle Network Symposium to be held on Friday the 20th of November at The University of Melbourne, Parkville campus. More updates to come - including keynote speakers and registration opening soon👀

Bernadette Jones-Freeman presented work on hormone-driven muscle adaptation in transgender individuals: insights from the game study 📈 #VMN2025

Quoc Duy Tran presenting on extracellular vesicles from macrophages regulate stem cell activities during muscle regeneration in zebrafish🐟 #VMN2025

Fantastic study from Natasha Tuano – Identifying new therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy using a phenotypic screening approach 🧫 #VMN2025

Dean Campelj talking about a novel characterisation of adenylosuccinate synthase 1 deficiency in mouse models of inherited myopathy 🐭 #VMN2025

Hanzhe Li telling us about the effect of inadequate sleep on glucose tolerance and mitochondrial characteristics 😴

Annabel Critchlow presented the contribution of sex hormones in muscle mass, function, and molecular signalling in females aged 18-80 🏋️‍♀️ #VMN2025

Elizabeth Reisman presented subcellular proteomic networks underlying acute and chronic exercise responses in human skeletal muscle 🏃#VMN2025

Patricia Bayer presenting motor unit characteristics identified using high-density surface electromyography in people with Motor Neuron Disease 👏

Really interesting work presented by Will Roman on integrating space, time, and quantitative data in skeletal muscle biology 🧬

More amazing presentations in flash talk session 2 - with lots of engagement at the poster session during lunch 📊 #VMN2025

Shuzhao Zhuang spoke to us about a novel driver of progressive motor dysfunction and neurodegeneration 🚶‍♂️#VMN2025

Sophie L. Mayne just presented a fantastic study about vascular flexibility in rat muscle 💪

Great presentation from Randini Nanayakkara about the role of autophagy in various myopathies #VMN2025

Starting session 2 off with Ellen Keen and her presentation on iPSC derived cardiomyocyte differentiation 💟 #VMN2025

First session of poster flash talks shared some exciting new studies! #VMN2025

Amazing opening keynote presentation from Dr. Daniel Ham this morning! Looking forward to see more muscle research showcased today #VMN2025