Two highly regarded researchers in the ‘muscle’ field, died this year - Professor John Trinick and the other Professor Gerald Offer. We are planning a meeting to honour their life and work, and look forward to future developments.
Coiled coils, myosin, titin and striated muscle: A reflection on the contributions of John Trinick and Gerald Offer.
Register at: https://www.rms.org.uk/discover-engage/event-calendar/meeting-for-john-trinick-and-gerald-offer.html
Registration is open until mid December, cost £25 (RMS/EMS members £20)
Sponsors: Biochemistry Society (https://biochemistry.org), IOP (www.iop.org) and EMS (www.euromiscsoc.org/en/)
January 10th 2020
University of Leeds
Description:
John Trinick and Gerald Offer were leading researchers in the field of coiled coils, myosin, titin and skeletal muscle. Both researchers passed away this year, and the main reason for holding the meeting is to celebrate their contributions to the field, with a look back into how the field has developed over the past 50 years, and to look forward to new exciting developments that build on their contributions. Our invited speakers reflect this diversity of aims, and include many people who have worked with John and Gerald over their careers, reflecting their rich diversity of research. John made many contributions to the development of electron microscopy, using it to visualise titin and myosin. Gerald was an expert in myosin and coiled coils.
ORGANISERS: Michelle Peckham, Steve Muench and Peter Knight (University of Leeds, UK), and Prof. Howard White (Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA)
Provisional Conference Schedule;09.30 Arrive & Coffee
10.00 Howard White What a pleasure it was to have had John and Gerald as colleagues and friends: The Influence they both had on my career past and present.
10.30 Belinda Bullard The legacy of John’s work on titin in Heidelberg
10.50 KW Ranatunga Modelling the Crossbridge Cycle of Muscle
11.05 Pauline Bennett Locating titin and MyBP-C on the muscle thick filament
11.20 Tea/coffee
11.40 Roger Craig Structural studies of myosin molecules and thick filaments: in the footsteps of Gerald and John
12.10 Annalisa Pastore From Titin and Beyond
12.25 Dek Woolfson Learning my ABCs with Gerald: Alpbach, Beamsand Coils
12.55 Lunch
13.45 Mathias Gautel Rulers, Blueprints and Mysteries of the Sarcomere
14.15 Michelle Peckham Titin, myosin, and sarcomeric diseases
14.30 Rob Cross How stiff is your lever?
14.45 Charlie Scarff The structural basis of HCM: Linking mutation to disease
15.00 Tea/Coffee
15.30 Peter Knight Working with Gerald Offer and John Trinick on myosins, muscle and meat.
16.10 Closing remarks
16.30. Drinks reception
Registration is open. There will be a small registration fee of £25 to cover the costs of catering.
