Tuesday, May 9th 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
10010 N Torrey Pines Rd
La Jolla, CA 92037

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Check-in and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. – Satchin Panda (Professor, Salk), Gerald Joyce (President of Salk), Clara Wu  – Welcome & Opening remarks 

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Satchin Panda (Professor, Salk) – Overview of the Human Performance Alliance at Salk

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Session 1: Molecular Orchestra of Human Performance

• Marcas Bamman (Professor, IHMC) – PHITE (Precision High-Intensity Training Through Epigenetics) Trial: Leveraging Dose-Response Exercise Biology to Understand Molecular Circuitry of Human Performance Enhancement
• Joseph Ecker (Professor, Salk) – Epigenetic Changes in Response to Exercise in Humans
• Manoj Hariharan (Staff Scientist, Salk) – Epigenetic Changes in Response to Exercise
• Kaleen Lavin (Research Scientist, IHMC) – PHITE Trial: Molecular Insights into Training Responses

10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. – Movement and Coffee break

10:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Session 2: Innovation in Performance Molecules and Models

• Alan Saghatelian (Professor, Salk) – The Discovery and Characterization of Microproteins
• Andrew McCulloch (Professor, UCSD) – The Multiscale Athlete
• Severin Ruoss (Postdoc, UCSD) – Spatial Transcriptomics in Skeletal Muscle
• Aidan Glina (PhD student, UCSD) – Machine Learning for Discovering “Performance Gene Network” from Large Scale Gene Expression Data
• Katie Knaus (Postdoc, UCSD) – Multiscale Models Provide Biomechanical Insight for Acute Exercise Experiments in Mice

12:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. – Movement and Lunch break

1:10 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. – Session 3: Optimum Schedule for Performance

• Rhonda Patrick (FoundMyFitness) – Navigating your Path to Fitness
• Karyn Esser (Professor, University of Florida) – For best Performance, Schedule your Training
• Michael Lam (Asst Professor, UCSD) – Sleep Disruption Alters Immunity
• Shaunak Deota (Postdoc, Salk) – When to Eat for Optimum Performance

2:25 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Movement and Coffee break

2:45 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. – Session 4: Foundational Science of Performance

• Malene Lindholm (Instructor, Stanford) – Sex Differences in Endurance Training Adaptation
• Ron Evans (Professor, Salk) – Novel Biological Principles for Enhancing Performance
• Geraldine Maier (Postdoc, Salk) – Systemic Exercise Adaptation and Communication
• Laura van Rosmalen (Postdoc, Salk) – Mouse Model for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)
• Ryan Hsu (MD-PhD-student, UCSD) – Toward a Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Expanded Capacity Gene Therapy

3:55 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. – Movement and Refreshment break

4:05 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. – Keynote

Juleen Zierath (Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and CBMR, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) – Looking Ahead Perspective: Where Will the Future of Exercise Biology Take Us

4:35 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. – Panel discussion – The Future of Performance Research

5:05 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Symposium concludes

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. – Reception Salk Institute Foyer