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Second Annual Muscle Biology-Focused Research Symposium
Highlighting Recent Innovations in the Field
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that the Company will host the second annual Contemporary Landscapes in Muscle Biology Research Symposium (CLIMB) on Friday, May 30th, 2025 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. The event will be held at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA.
“CLIMB was born out of our vision to bring together key contributors in muscle biology across academia and industry to foster meaningful scientific exchange and showcase novel research,” said Fady I. Malik, M.D., Ph.D., Cytokinetics’ Executive Vice President of Research & Development. “As pioneers and leaders in muscle biology, we remain committed to advancing the field by deepening collective understandings underlying muscle-related diseases and disorders.”
CLIMB is an annual one-day research symposium bringing together scientists, researchers and emerging professionals to share innovative research in the field of muscle biology. The symposium seeks to foster collaboration, facilitate networking opportunities and promote interdisciplinary dialogue, with the ultimate goal of driving advancements in the biological understanding and emerging treatment of muscle-related diseases and disorders. CLIMB will feature distinguished expert speakers alongside poster presentations of novel research in the field of muscle biology. Presentations will focus on innovations in cardiac biology, skeletal muscle biology and emerging treatment modalities in muscle biology. Expert speakers include:
Keynote Speaker: John C. Marioni, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Head of Computational Sciences, Genentech Research and Early Development
Craig Blanchette, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Head of Research, Switch Therapeutics
Helen Blau, Ph.D., Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor; Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Sharlene M. Day, M.D., Presidential Professor and Director of Translational Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
W. Michael Flanagan, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Avidity Biosciences
Douglas Millay, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati
Fabio Rossi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medical Genetics, Scientific Director, BC Regenerative Medicine Initiative, University of British Columbia
Robin M. Shaw, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Professor of Medicine, University of Utah
Jil C. Tardiff, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona
Paul Titchenell, Ph.D., Executive Director, Metabolic Physiology, Eli Lilly and Company
Presenting research completed at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
To attend CLIMB in person, register online by May 23, 2025, at https://climbsymposium.com/.
Cytokinetics is a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, building on its over 25 years of pioneering scientific innovations in muscle biology to advance a pipeline of potential new medicines for patients suffering from diseases of cardiac muscle dysfunction. Cytokinetics is readying for potential regulatory approvals and commercialization of aficamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor following positive results from SEQUOIA-HCM, the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Aficamten is also being evaluated in additional clinical trials enrolling patients with obstructive and non-obstructive HCM. Cytokinetics is also developing omecamtiv mecarbil, a cardiac myosin activator, in patients with heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), CK-586, a cardiac myosin inhibitor with a mechanism of action distinct from aficamten, for the potential treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and CK-089, a fast skeletal muscle troponin activator with potential therapeutic application to a specific type of muscular dystrophy and other conditions of impaired skeletal muscle function.
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