14h-14h45 - Chair: Dr. Lúcia Elvira Alvares 

Dr. Susanne Dietrich - University of Portsmouth - (Portsmouth, UK): Learning from the embryo: an in vivo protective mechanism of the stem cell state in embryonic muscle stem cells 

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14h50-16h  - Chair: Dr. Lúcia Elvira Alvares 

Dr. Leonardo Nogueira  - Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, UFRJ -  Brasil. Consequences of chronic cigarette smoking on limb muscle contractile and repair function.

Dr. Igor Luchini - Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas da UNICAMP - Brasil : Parkin: a new player in skeletal muscle regeneration. 

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16:00h - 16:10h. Coffee break I

16:10-16:50h 

Oral presentations: Physical exercises and myokines

16:50h - 17h. Coffee break II

17-18h 

Oral presentations:  Biochemistry and Bioenergetics

18-19h - Chair: Dr. Lúcia Elvira Alvares

Dr. Peter Currie -  Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute - Monash University - (Melbourne, Australia):  The roles and regulation of distinct populations of muscle stem cells during regeneration and organ growth.

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