Hot Topics in Muscle Research Symposium

4 Dec 2018
Invited speakers for the AusCP-CTN Hot Topics in Muscle Research Forum,
Invited speakers for the AusCP-CTN Hot Topics in Muscle Research Forum,

As part of the educational program for the Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network (AusCP-CTN), a one-day symposium on muscle and biomechanical research in cerebral palsy was held on the 30th Friday November 2018, at the Centre for Children’s Health Research in Brisbane.

Our featured international keynote is a world renowned leader in biomechanics and orthopaedic surgery research, Prof. Rick Lieber from the Shirley Ryan Ability Laboratory, Northwestern University in Chicago. Prof. Lieber’s seminar focused on his current research effort in developing state-of-the-art approaches to understanding muscle contractures that result from cerebral palsy, stroke and spinal cord injury. National invited speakers for the symposium included Prof. David Lloyd and Dr Christopher Carty (Griffith University), A/Prof. Glen Lichtwark and Prof. Andy Cresswell (The University of Queensland), and Prof. Susan Stott (The University of Auckland).

 

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