Aug. 16: EXTENDED Deadline to Submit an Abstract for Breakthroughs in Muscular Dystrophy Conference

Join ASGCT and the Muscular Dystrophy Association at Breakthroughs in Muscular Dystrophy in Chicago on November 19-20, 2024. Submit your abstract by August 16 for an opportunity to showcase your research at this 1.5-day event, which brings together leading researchers and clinicians, like keynote speakers Carsten Bönnemann, MD and Louis Kunkel, PhD, from the neuromuscular disease community to discuss cutting-edge genetic therapies and technologies for muscular dystrophy. 

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Abstracts will highlight the following topics:

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

• Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)

• Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies (LGMD)

• Myotonic Dystrophy (DM)

• Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)

• Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)

• Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) Congenital Muscular Dystrophies (CMD) Congenital Myopathy

Learn More About Our Distinguished Keynote Speakers

• Senior Investigator at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

• Expertise in congenital muscular dystrophies and limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

• Leads the Congenital Muscle Disease International Registry (CMDIR)

• Researches pathomechanisms and therapeutic approaches for muscular dystrophies

• Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School

• Discovered the dystrophin gene and its association with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

• Pioneered research on molecular mechanisms of muscular dystrophies

• Develops gene therapies and genetic modifiers for muscular dystrophies

ASGCT Members Save On Registration

ASGCT members can save up to $200 on registration, and Associate Members (students and postdoctoral fellows) that are first and presenting authors can get a discounted* registration rate of $250! Be sure to register to attend in-person or virtually, or submit an abstract to be considered for an oral or poster presentation.

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