| Sunday August 8, evening | Calcium sensors and targets |
Chair: Robin F. Irvine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
- Roger Y. Tsien, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California - San Diego
Calcium imaging from nanodomains to transgenic animals.
- Tobias Meyer, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center
Specificity in signal transduction by localization and translocation.
- Dermot M. F. Cooper, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Adenylyl cyclases and ion channels regulated by localized Ca2+ and cAMP signals.
| Monday August 9, morning | Structure-function of intracellular calcium release channels |
Chair: Barbara E. Ehrlich, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University
- Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Tokyo
Structure and function of the IP3 receptor.
- Ilya Bezprozvanny, Department of Physiology, University Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
IP3R-PIP2 functional coupling.
- Patricia Camacho, Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
Intracellular Ca2+ oscillations are regulated by phosphorylation in the cytosolic domains of calnexin and calmegin.
- J. Kevin Foskett, Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
How IP3 gates the IP3 receptor.
| Monday August 9, evening | Subcellular organization of calcium signaling |
Chair: Michael J. Berridge, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- Ian Parker, Department of Psychobiology, University of California - Irvine
Elementary events of IP3 mediated calcium signaling.
- Aldebaran M. Hofer, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Calcium ions: from subcellular to extracellular.
- Ole H. Petersen, Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool
Local and global Ca2+ signals in polarized cells: importance of NAADP, cADPR and IP3, interactions between organelles and the role of calmodulin.
| Tuesday August 10, morning | Inositol lipid-derived second messengers |
Chair: Tullio Pozzan, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova
- Robin F. Irvine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
GAP1IP4BP, a putative IP4 receptor - where is it, and what is it doing?
- Nancy L. Allbritton, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California - Irvine
New paradigms for single cell measurements.
- Laurinda A. Jaffe, Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center
Signal transduction at fertilization.
- Stephen B. Shears, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
The mechanisms by which levels of Ins(3456)P4, a blocker of calcium-activated chloride channels, matches the strength and duration of stimulus-dependent inositol lipid turnover.
- Presentations selected from poster authors
| Tuesday August 10, evening | Intercellular calcium signaling |
Chair: Andrew P. Thomas, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, UMDNJ - NJMS
- Michael J. Sanderson, Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Intercellular calcium waves propagate by multiple mechanisms.
- Andrew C. Charles, Department of Neuroscience, University California - Los Angeles
Intercellular calcium waves in glial cells and neurons.
- Laurent Combettes, INSERM U442, University Paris Sud
Receptor-oriented intercellular calcium waves in hepatocytes.
| Wednesday August 11, morning | Calcium entry mechanisms |
Chair: Donald L. Gill, Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Veit Flockerzi, Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Saarlandes
TRPs and store operated channels.
- William P. Schilling, Rammelkamp Res Center, MetroHealth Medical Center
Receptor-mediated regulation of TRP channels.
- Kyle W. Cunningham, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Capacitative calcium entry in yeast?
- Shmuel Muallem, Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Gating Ca2+ influx by Ca2+ release channels.
| Wednesday August 11, evening | Calcium in learning and memory |
Chair: Martha C. Nowycky, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, UMDNJ - NJMS
- Richard W. Tsien, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Ca2+, synaptic channels and neuronal plasticity.
- Michael J. Berridge, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Arrhythmogenic action of IP3 in cardiac myocytes.
- Philip G. Haydon, Department of Zoology & Genetics, Iowa State University
Glial induced synaptic modulation.
| Thursday August 12, morning | Mitochondria in calcium signaling |
Chair: Ole H. Petersen, Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool
- Rosario Rizzuto, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova
Mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis and the control of energy metabolism in normal and diseased cells.
- Andrew P. Thomas, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, UMDNJ - NJMS
Mitochondria as targets and modulators of IP3-dependent Ca2+ signaling.
- James T. Russell, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, NIH
Role of mitochondria in local and global calcium signals in glial cells.
- Michael R. Duchen, Department of Physiology, University College London
Mitochondrial function, calcium signaling and oxidative stress: a tale of intimate relations.
- Presentations selected from poster authors
| Thursday August 12, evening |
Keynote Address |
- James W. Putney, Jr., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
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