Neuromuskulaariklubin kokous

8.05–8.10

Welcome

8.10–8.20

Presentation by silver-level partner, Italfarmaco Nordics

8.20–8.50

Gold-level partner, Santhera: Corticosteroids in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Tuire Lähdesmäki MD, PhD, Docent

8.50–9.20

Coffee and exhibition

9.20–9.50

Gold-level partner, argenx: New treatment guidelines and latest options in pharmacotherapy of myasthenia gravis.
Manu Jokela MD, PhD, Docent

9.50–10.00

Presentation by silver-level partner, Novartis

9.45–10.10

Coffee in the exhibition area (for non-medical professionals)

10.10–12.15

Session 1. Chair: Mika Martikainen

• 10.10–10.50 Muscle pathology in Parkinson’s disease.
  Laura Kytövuori PhD, Docent
• 10.50–11.30 Brain magnetic resonance imaging in mitochondrial disease.
  Nora Mickelsson, MD
• 11.30–12.10 Assessment of mitochondrial disease criteria tools in paediatric patients with muscle biopsy and suspected mitochondrial disease.
  Milla-Riikka Hautakangas, MD

12.10–12.15

Discussion

12.15–13.15

Lunch and exhibition

13.15–14.45

Session 2. Chair: Mika Martikainen

Presentations ~ 15 min, 15 min for discussion

• Modeling CMT1J with iPSC-derived nerve cells by Diego González
• Recharging the Powerhouses: NAD+ Metabolism and Therapeutic Boosting in Mitochondrial Diseases by Kimmo Haimilahti
• Epidemiology of ALS in Finland - an overview by Jussi Sipilä
• FUS-ALS in Finland, by Emma Ottela
• Advancing single-fiber omics: State of the field and possibilities ahead by Ella Nippala

14.45–15.15

Coffee and exhibition

15.15–16.45

Session 3. Chair: Mika Martikainen

Poster-flash session. Presentations ~ 7 min, max 5 slides per presentation and 1–2 questions

• Non-motor symptoms in LBSL by Erika Rannila
• Unveiling the Molecular Footprint of Late-Onset Idiopathic Axial Myopathy: Lessons from a Finnish Cohort by Giuliana Capece
• C2C12-CTE – a versatile myotube model for C-terminal titin studies by Jaakko Sarparanta
• Poly(A) selection limits detection of long and alternatively spliced transcripts compared with rRNA depletion in RNA-Sequencing by Swethaa Natraj Gayathri
• A lethal case of pan neurofascin-Ab related nodopathy by Yasser Amhdak

16.50

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