PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Physiol.
Sec. Skeletal Physiology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1711795
Meeting Report: The Inaugural Muscle Biology and Cachexia Conference at the University of Houston, May 18-20, 2025, Houston, Texas, USA
Provisionally accepted
- 1Duke University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Durham, United States
- 2Bone-Muscle Research Center, College of Nursing & Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States
- 3Institute of Muscle Biology and Cachexia, University of Houston, Houston, United States
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In May 2025, the University of Houston (UH) hosted the inaugural Muscle Biology and Cachexia conference, organized by Drs. Ashok Kumar and Radbod Darabi. The conference attracted nearly 300 participants, including established scientists, early-career researchers, and students from across the United States, Canada, Italy, Singapore, and Turkey. Research was presented through a combination of oral presentations and poster sessions. The conference was driven by the increasing interest in skeletal and cardiac muscle biology and cancer cachexia among institutions at the Texas Medical Center and surrounding universities. It served as a platform to promote knowledge exchange and foster collaboration within this growing scientific community. The conference was supported by the UH College of Pharmacy (UHCOP), Division of Research (DOR), Drug Discovery Institute (DDI), and the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPS). In conjunction with the conference, UH announced the formation of the Institute of Muscle Biology and Cachexia (IMBC). The IMBC aims to strengthen collaborative research efforts and enhance understanding of the molecular and signaling pathways that regulate muscle physiology and disease.
Keywords: bone-muscle crosstalk, Bone, Muscle, Cachexia, molecular and signaling pathways, muscle physiology and disease
Received: 23 Sep 2025; Accepted: 14 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Chen, Brotto, Darabi and Kumar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Marco Brotto, marco.brotto@uta.edu
Radbod Darabi, rdarabi@central.uh.edu
Ashok Kumar, akumar43@central.uh.edu
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