Draft preliminary program - subject to change based on submissions received
Day 1 (Tuesday, July 8)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration & Welcome
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Introductory Session – Perspectives on Motoneuron Techniques and Physiology Throughout the Years
Speakers: CJ Heckman & Roger Enoka
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Rapid fire talks
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Coffee Break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Session I – Mechanisms of Motoneuron Firing
Chair: Monica Gorassini
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break & Hike
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Session II – Brainstem Motor Control in Health and Disease
Chair: Matthew Fogarty
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Coffee Break
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Poster Social
Day 2 (Wednesday, July 9)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Morning Networking & Coffee
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Session III – Neuromuscular Junctions in Health and Disease/Injury
Chair: Kathy Quinlan
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Session IV – Computational Tools for Motor Unit Identification and Analysis, and Their Translation in Motor Diseases
Chair: Francesco Negro
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Bagged Lunch & Posters
(Afternoon free for networking, sightseeing, or optional activities)
Day 3 (Thursday, July 10)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Morning Networking & Coffee
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Session V – Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Related Topics
Chair: Simon Gandevia
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Session VI – Neural Constraints That Govern Motor Unit Activity in Humans
Chair: Roger Enoka, Dario Farina, and Alessandro Del Vecchio
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch Break & Posters
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Session VII – ALS
Chairs: Rob Brownstone
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Coffee Break
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Session VIII – TBA
Chair: TBA
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Happy Hour @ the Wharf
6:00 PM – Midnight | Newfoundland Kitchen Party @ Quidi Vidi Brewery
Day 4 (Friday, July 11)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Morning Networking & Coffee
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Session IV – Computational Approaches to Study Motoneurons
Chair: Kelvin Jones
11:15 AM – 11:30 PM | Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Session V – TBA
Chair: TBA
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Session VI – Cortical Inputs to Motoneurons
Chair: Andrew Fuglevand
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Coffee Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks & Future Directions