“Glycosylation and Dystroglycan Function in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy.” 49th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, December 8, 2009.

"Glycosylation and Dystroglycan Function in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy." Society of Glycobiology, San Diego, CA, November 15, 2009.

"The Dystroglycan Complex.” Keynote Speaker, Society of General Physiologists, Woods Hole, MA, September 12, 2009.

"Molecular Basis for Exercise-induced Fatigue in Muscular Dystrophy." CMD Therapeutic Target Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 9, 2009.

“An Update from the Iowa Wellstone Center.” Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI), Watertown, MA, June 18, 2009.

“Post-Translational Processing of Dystroglycan: Insights from Muscular Dystrophy Patient Studies.” Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA, June 17, 2009.

“Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy and Approaches to Therapy.” March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology Acceptance Lecture, Baltimore, MD, May 3, 2009.

“Post-Translational Processing of Dystroglycan: Insights from Muscular Dystrophy Patient Studies.” Columbia University Making Muscle in the Embryo and Adult joint meeting with Frontiers in Myogenesis, New York, NY, March 29, 2009.

“Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Vanderbilt Discovery Lecture, Nashville, TN, March 5, 2009.

“Glycosylation and Dystroglycan Function in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy.” The Scripps Research Institute Bernard Field Lecture, La Jolla, CA, February 24, 2009.

“Post-Translational Processing of Dystroglycan: Insights from Muscular Dystrophy Patient Studies.” HHMI Science Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD, February 11, 2009.

“Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” CFA Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, November 3, 2008.

Keynote Lecture. 4th Banbury Conference on SMA: Taking on New Complexities in SMA Biology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, October 20, 2008.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” University of Kentucky Distinguished Speaker Series, Lexington, KY, October 8, 2008.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” SGP, Woods Hole, MA, September 4, 2008.

“Dystroglycan Basic Science and Animal Models.” Iowa Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Meeting, Iowa City, IA, July 17, 2008.

“Molecular Insights into Dystroglycan Function.” Gordon Research Conference on Basement Membranes, Biddeford, ME June 25, 2008.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” Harvard Medical School Grand Rounds, Boston, MA, June 4, 2008.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Seminar, New York, NY, May 22, 2008.

“Dystroglycan Glycosylation.” International Workshop for Glycosylation Defects in Muscular Dystrophy, Charlotte, NC, May 15, 2008.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle” New Orleans, LA, April 28, 2008.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy and Approaches to Therapy.” SGH 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, April 25, 2008.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” Loyola University White Lecture, Maywood, IL, April 18, 2008.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” Banbury Center Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, April 7, 2008.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” Neuromuscular Disease Seminar, Leiden, The Netherlands, March 19, 2008.

“Dystroglycan Glycosylation.” ENMC Workshop on CMD, Naarden, The Netherlands, February 9, 2008.

“CMD and Dystroglycan Glycosylation.” World Muscle Society, Giardini Naxos, Italy, October 19, 2007.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” University of Michigan Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, September 27, 2007.

“Congenital Muscular Dystrophies with Central Nervous System Involvement.” Brain Research Centre, Vancouver, BC Canada, September 21, 2007.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” Faculty of Medicine: Perceptions of the Cell, Vancouver, BC Canada, September 20, 2007.

“Muscular Dystrophy as a Complex Disease: Insights from Mouse Models.” HHMI Scientific Meeting-Molecular Transport and Trafficking, Ashburn, Virginia, September 10, 2007.

“Defective Membrane Repair in Dysferlin-Deficient Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle.” Jain Foundation First Annual Dysferlin Conference, Bermuda, July 10, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Genzyme Seminar, Boston, MA, June 13, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Cornell Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience Program, and Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology Distinguished Lecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 15, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Neurology Grand Rounds, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 10, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” The 20th Anniversary of the DMD Gene Discovery: Impact on Muscle Biology, Disease and Therapy, Ottawa, Canada, May 4, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Medical College of Wisconsin Student Choice Lecture, Milwaukee, WI, April 26, 2007.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy and Approaches to Therapy.” Mini Medical School, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, April 10, 2007.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy and Approaches to Therapy.” Presidential Lecture, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February 25, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Neurosciences Seminar Series, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, February 8, 2007.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity.” Keystone Symposium: Molecular Pathways, in Cardiac Development and Disease, Breckenridge, CO, January 26, 2007.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, December 1, 2006.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity.” UT Southwestern Grand Rounds, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, November 10, 2006.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity.” HHMI Science Meeting. Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, October 23, 2006.

“Role of Sarcolemma Maintenance and Repair in the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” XVI International Congress of Neuropathology, San Francisco, CA, September 14, 2006.

“Molecular Insights into Congenital Muscular Dystrophies with Central Nervous System Involvement.” Neurosurgery Research Conference, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, June 16, 2006.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Genetics In-Service Special Presentation, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 25, 2006.

“Muscle Cell Membrane Maintenance and Repair.” Poster presentation, Department of Defense Military Health Research Forum, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 3, 2006.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Frontiers in Myogenesis Meeting, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA, April 29, 2006.

“Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Muscle Cell Survival.” New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 25, 2006.

“Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Muscle Cell Survival.” Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April 6, 2006.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Osaka University Seminar, Osaka, Japan, March 10, 2006.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy and Therapeutic Strategies.” Plenary Lecture, 79th Annual Japanese Pharmacological Society, Yokohama, Japan, March 9, 2006.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Neuroscience Program Seminar, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, February 28, 2006.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Harvard Cell Biology Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts, February 16, 2006.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Master’s Class in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Glycogenetics and neuromuscular diseases, Nijmegen School of Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS), Nijmegen, The Netherlands, January 26, 2006.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Scripps Seminar, San Diego, California, December 13, 2005.

“The Role of LARGE in Dystroglycan Processing: Relevance to Muscular Dystrophies with Glycosylation Defects.” Society for Glycobiology, Boston, Massachusetts, November 12, 2005.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy.” World Muscle Society Meeting, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, September 29, 2005.

“Molecular Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy with Brain Malformations.” 26th Annual David W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 2, 2005.

“Dystroglycan and Basement Membrane Interactions in Muscular Dystrophy.” FASEB Summer Research Conference “Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells,” Tucson, AZ, June 15, 2005.

“Molecular Insights into Congenital Muscular Dystrophies with Central Nervous System Involvement.” Harvard Children’s Hospital Orthopedic Research Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts, June 10, 2005.

“Maintenance of Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Yale Pharmacology Lecture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, June 8, 2005.

“Maintenance of Muscle Cell Membrane Integrity and the Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Johns Hopkins Neurology Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2, 2005.

“Muscle Membrane Repair Mechanisms.” AFM Scientific Congress on Myology, Nantes, France, May 13, 2005.

“Progress in Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy.” Mini Medical School Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, April 12, 2005.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy.” Duke CMB Symposium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, April 8, 2005.

“Molecular Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy with Brain Malformations.” University of Columbia Colleen Giblin Lecture, New York, New York, April 5, 2005.

“Muscle Cell Membrane Maintenance and Repair: Insights for the Muscular Dystrophies.” International Congress of Physiological Sciences, San Diego, California, April 4, 2005.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy and Therapeutic Strategies.” University of Connecticut Health Center Cardiovascular Grand Rounds, Farmington, Connecticut, March 23, 2005.

“Molecular Basis of Muscular Dystrophy and Therapeutic Strategies.” University of Iowa Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Iowa City, Iowa, February 17, 2005.

“Molecular Basis for Muscular Dystrophy.” Third Annual Neuromuscular Conference and EMG Workshop, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, February 5, 2005.