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Calcium Signalling

Gordon Research Conference

July 6 - 11, 2003
Chair Shmuel Muallem
Vice Chair Colin W. Taylor
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmProbing [Ca2+]i and Ca2+-dependent cell function
Discussion Leader: Tullio Pozzan (Italy)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmRoger Tsien (US)
GFP indicators
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmHaruo Kasai (Japan)
Two-photon nano physiology
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmTomohiro Kurosaki (Japan)
Ca2+ signaling in DT40 B cells
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCa2+ signalling at the plasma membrane
Discussion Leader: Catherine Dulac (US)
9:00 am - 10:00 amPaul Worley (USA)
Signaling complexes in microdomains
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amCharles Zuker (US)
Taste receptors
11:30 am - 12:30 pmLinda Buck (US)
Olfaction
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 1
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCa2+ influx channels
Discussion Leader: Colin Taylor (UK)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmDavid Clapham (US)
Ca2+ influx channels
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmIndu Ambudkar (US)
Trafficking and assembly of TRPC channels
8:50 pm - 9:30Trevor Shuttleworth (US)
Arachidonate-regulated Ca2+ entry channels - their role and regulation
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCa2+ influx channels and cell function
Discussion leader: Jim Putney (US)
9:00 am - 9:50 amCatherine Dulac (US)
Sex Discrimination and TRPC2
10:50 am - 11:40 amElizabeth Prescott (US)
Cold, hot and TRPs
10:40 am - 11:10 amCoffee Break
11:10 am - 12:00 pmStefan Somlo (US)
PKD and TRP
12:00 am - 12:30 pmLate breaking news/poster presentation
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 1
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNovel lipid messengers
Discussion Leader: Robin Irvine (UK)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmMike Schell (UK)
Dynamics of IP3 kinase
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmMichael Czech (US)
Lipids and membrane trafficking
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmPeter Cullen (UK)
Decoding of complex Ca2+ signals through the regulation of Ras activation
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmStructure/Function of Ca2+ pumps and channels
Discussion leader: Barbara Ehrlich (US)
9:00 am - 9:40 amErnesto Carafoli (Italy)
Plasma membrane Ca2+ pump
9:40 am - 10:20 amDavid Stokes (USA)
Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump
10:20 amCoffee Break
10:50 am - 11:30 amSusan Hamilton (US)
Ryanodine receptors
11:30 am - 12:10 pmKatsuhiko Mikoshiba (Japan)
IP3 receptors
12:10 am - 12:30 pmPresentations selected from posters/business meeting
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 2
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmOrganellar Ca2+ (other than ER)
Discussion leader: Patricia Camacho (US)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmRosario Rizzuto (Italy)
Mitochondrial Ca2+ and apoptosis
8:10 pm - 8:50 pmLudwig Missiaen (Belgium)
Ca2+ stores in the Golgi
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmJavier Garcia-Sancho (Spain)
Nuclear Ca2+ homeostasis
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCa2+ and disease
Discussion leader: Michael Berridge (UK)
9:00 am - 9:50 amJeffery Molkentin (USA)
Dissecting calcineurin-NFAT activation in the heart
9:50 amCoffee Break
10:20 am - 11:10Thomas Sudhof (US)
Neuronal function and disease states
11:10 am - 12:00 amDavid MacLennan (Canada)
Diseases related to Ryanodine receptor and SERCA pumps
12:00 am - 12:30 pmTwo presentations selected from posters
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmKeynote address
7:30 pm - 8:25 pmOle Petersen (UK)
Keynote speaker
Calcium Signaling in the Pancreas: From organ to single cells to organelles and back to the intact gland
Introduction: Colin Taylor
8:30-end of session Michael Berridge, Robin Irvine and Irene Schulz
Celebrating The 20th anniversary of Nature, 306:67-69 (1983)
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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