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Post-conference Career Development with Advanced Technology Course

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IBEC 2026: Exercise and Healthspan

Post-conference Course Schedule

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

  

 Thursday, June 4

7:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast

8 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks

 Course 1:  Application of Omics for Exercise Research
 8:10 a.m.
Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
Proteomics/
Phosphoproteomics
Metabolomics
Shenglin Mei, Ph.D.
Shenglin Mei, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Benjamin Miller
Benjamin Miller, Ph.D.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Junco Warren
Junco Warren, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

10:10 a.m Coffee Break

Course 2:  Mitochondrial Structure and Function
10:20 a.m.
Mitochondrial Bioenergetics
3D Mitochondrial Network
Mitochondrial and Cellular Imaging
Demonstration
Demonstration
Darrell Neufer
Darrell Neufer, Ph.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Brian Glancy
Brian Glancy, Ph.D.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Joshua Drake
Joshua Drake, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech

12:20 p.m.  Catered Lunch and Presentation/Discussion, Room G101 A/B, 4 Riverside Circle

Course 3:  Career Development in Exercise Medicine
1:30 p.m.
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
Blake Rasmussen
Blake Rasmussen, Ph.D.
UT Health San Antonio
Christina Hugenschmidt
Christina Hugenschmidt, Ph.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Kent Langston
Kent Langston, Ph.D.
Yale School of Medicine

3 p.m.  Roanoke activities at various locations around the city

6 p.m. Catered dinner and social

 Friday, June 5

7:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast

8 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks

Course 4:  Molecularly-engineered Rodent Models
8 a.m.
Genetically-engineered Mice in Exercise Research
Pulsatile, Inducible Transgenic Mice
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Gene Editing
AAV and myoAAV Demonstration
Zhenji Gan
Zhenji Gan, Ph.D.
Medical School of Nanjing University
Kevin Murach
Kevin Murach, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas
Daniel Grisby
Daniel Grigsby, Ph.D.
University of Virginia

10 a.m.  Coffee Break

Course 5:  Functional Assessment: Metabolism, Exercise Capacity, and Muscle Contractility
10:10 a.m.
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
Demonstration
Demonstration
Sarah Lessard, Ph.D.
Sarah Lessard, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Chris Perry
Chris Perry, Ph.D.
York University

12:10 p.m.  Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Facility and Lab Tours

12:50 p.m.  Catered Lunch and Presentation/Discussion, Room G101 A/B, 4 Riverside Circle

Course 6:  Grant Writing and Review
2:30 p.m.
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
Topic TBD
How to Write the Aims Page
Joshua Drake
Joshua Drake, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech
Sarah Lessard, Ph.D.
Sarah Lessard, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Sumita Mishra, Ph.D.
Sumita Mishra, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Junco Warren
Junco Warren, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
Siobhan Craige
Siobhan Craige, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech
Zhen Yan, Ph.D.
Zhen Yan, Ph.D.
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

4:20 - 4:30 p.m.  Closing and Distribution of Certificates