🚨 Great news - we are extending the 2026 VMN registration until the 30th of October!🚨 Make sure to register if you haven't already, and pass this invitation along to anyone that may be interested in attending. You can register here: forms.gle/9wGqfGrShd4RpiUb7

⭐ Bronze Sponsor Announcement ⭐ Thank you to VectorBuilder for sponsoring the 2026 VMN Symposium! Check out their catalogue for all your vector design and gene delivery needs - en.vectorbuilder.com/ LAST DAY FOR ABSTRACTS! Submit here: forms.gle/hVYEUPfK2hwditzu5

Less than one week remaining for abstract submissions! The 2026 VMN symposium abstract submissions close Monday September 28th. The abstract formatting can be found in the registration link or on our website. Thank you for your time and keep flexin' your research muscles 💪

🎤 Silver Sponsor Announcement! Thank you to MP Biomedicals for sponsoring the 2026 VMN Symposium! You can check out their catalogue at mpbio.com/au/ 👋Don't forget to register: lnkd.in/g3RK-PBx #MPBiomedicals #VMNSymposium

👏 Very pleased to introduce A/Prof Richard Mills (MCRI) who will be presenting as our local keynote speaker at the 2026 VMN 👏 Make sure to register to attend and see Richard present his groundbreaking work using bioengineered tissues! Register here forms.gle/xpEhB4ikcvJNhSGS9

VMN is excited to introduce one of the keynote speakers: Eva R. Chin, ED at Solve FSHD. Join us on Nov 20th to hear Eva discuss her impressive career focusing on muscle-targeting therapies spanning academic and therapeutic industries. Register here (forms.gle/j9uZXwvMW8oaPK938)

A massive thank you to @PacificLabP, our Platinum Sponsor for the 2026 VMN Symposium! 🌟Join us on Nov 20th when PLP will be giving a presentation outlining their extensive laboratory equipment and reagents to improve biomedical research outcomes for your lab. #PLP #VMNSymposium

👀 Good news 👀 VMN 2026 registration and abstract submission is now OPEN! You can head to our website and follow the links to register and submit your abstracts (victorianmusclenetwork.wordp…) ✅ Please join our mailing list if you are new here using the form on our website ✅

🎉We are thrilled to announce the keynote speakers for the 2026 VMN: 💪Eva Chin from @SOLVEFSHD (Vancouver, Canada) 💪A/Prof Richard Mills from @MCRI_for_kids Registration will be opening soon! Don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn @ Victorian Muscle Network (VMN)

▶️New 2026 update! You can now find us on LinkedIn @ Victorian Muscle Network (VMN) ▶️Please join us and share to let others in the VMN network know! linkedin.com/groups/19960009…

✨SAVE THE DATE 📷Please join us for the 9th Annual Muscle Network Symposium to be held on Friday the 20th of November at The University of Melbourne, Parkville campus. More updates to come - including keynote speakers and registration opening soon👀

Bernadette Jones-Freeman presented work on hormone-driven muscle adaptation in transgender individuals: insights from the game study 📈 #VMN2025

Quoc Duy Tran presenting on extracellular vesicles from macrophages regulate stem cell activities during muscle regeneration in zebrafish🐟 #VMN2025

Fantastic study from Natasha Tuano – Identifying new therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy using a phenotypic screening approach 🧫 #VMN2025

Dean Campelj talking about a novel characterisation of adenylosuccinate synthase 1 deficiency in mouse models of inherited myopathy 🐭 #VMN2025

Hanzhe Li telling us about the effect of inadequate sleep on glucose tolerance and mitochondrial characteristics 😴

Annabel Critchlow presented the contribution of sex hormones in muscle mass, function, and molecular signalling in females aged 18-80 🏋️‍♀️ #VMN2025

Elizabeth Reisman presented subcellular proteomic networks underlying acute and chronic exercise responses in human skeletal muscle 🏃#VMN2025

Patricia Bayer presenting motor unit characteristics identified using high-density surface electromyography in people with Motor Neuron Disease 👏

Really interesting work presented by Will Roman on integrating space, time, and quantitative data in skeletal muscle biology 🧬