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Calcium Signalling

Gordon Research Conference

July 8 - 13, 2007
Chair Indu Ambudkar
Vice Chair Alexei V. Tepikin

Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pmArrival and Check-in
5:00 pmReception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
and Conference Chair Indu Ambudkar (USA)
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm MEMBRANE DOMAINS IN SIGNALING
Session Chair: Jim Putney (USA)
7:40 pm - 8:10 pmJim Putney (USA)
"State of the Field"
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmBarbara Baird (USA)
"Membrane participation in Ca2+ mobilization by IgE receptors in mast cells"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmAnnette Dolphin (UK)
"Regulation of voltage-gated calcium channels"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm SENSORY AND TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS
Session Chair: Donald Gill (USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 amBaruch Minke (Israel)
"Lipids remove divalent open channel block of TRP and NMDAR channels"
9:30 am - 9:40 amDiscussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amWolfgang Liedtke (USA)
"Volume sensing calcium channels"
10:10 am - 10:20 amDiscussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am Selected poster presentation
10:30 am - 10:35 am Discussion
10:35 amCoffee Break / Group Photo
10:55 am - 11:25 amTamas Balla (USA)
"Studying phosphoinositide-Ca2+ signalling with engineered protein domains"
11:25 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pmAtsushi Miyawaki (Japan)
"Bio-sensors for calcium signalling"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Selected poster presentation
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
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 pm CA2+ STORES AND CA2+ RELEASE MECHANISMS
Session Chair: Kevin Foskett (USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmDavid Yule (USA)
"Regulation of InsP3R by PKA-dependent phosphorylation"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmSusan Hamilton (USA)
"Mutations in Ryanodine Receptors Associated with Human Disease"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmEduardo Rios (USA)
"Expression of heterologous molecules in adult mouse muscle clarifies gating mechanisms in the control of calcium release"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm MECHANISMS OF CA2+ ENTRY
Session Chair: Colin Taylor (UK)
9:00 am - 9:30 amTobias Meyer (USA)
"Regulation of store-operated calcium entry"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amAnjana Rao (USA)
"ICRAC regulator and T-cell activation: role in SCID"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am Selected poster presentation
10:30 am - 10:35 am Discussion
10:35 am Coffee break
10:55 am - 11:25 amShmuel Muallem (USA)
"STIM1 and TRPC channels as SOCs"
11:25 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pmRudi Vennekens (Belgium)
"TRPM4: from channel gating towards a role in allergic disease"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Selected poster presentation
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
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 pm ORGANIZATION OF CHANNEL-SIGNALLING COMPLEXES
Session Chair: Ole Petersen (UK)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmClara Franzini-Armstrong (USA)
"Calcium signaling in muscle:importance of inter-molecular relationships and organelle disposition"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmKatsuhiko Mikoshoba (Japan)
"IP3R complex"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmRichard Huganir (USA)
"Glutamate receptor signaling at synapses"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm MITOCHONDRIAL CA2+: BIOENERGETICS AND MORE
Session Chair: Alexei Tepikin (UK)
9:00 am - 9:30 amTulio Pozzan (Italy)
"Ca2+ uptake into mitochondria"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amWolfgang Graier (Austria)
"The role of mitochondria for Ca2+ refilling of the endoplasmic reticulum"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am Selected poster presentation
10:30 am - 10:35 am Discussion
10:35 am Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 amGuy Rutter (UK)
"Role of Ca2+ and AMPK in insulin secretion"
11:25 am - 11:35 amDiscussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pmGyorgy Hajnoczky (USA)
"Mitochondrial calcium signalling and cell function: thrive or die"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pmDiscussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Selected poster presentation
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 2
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting: Part I
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm INTERACTION OF CA2+ WITH OTHER SIGNALLING MECHANISM
Session Chair: Shmuel Muallem (USA)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmAlderbaran Hofer (USA)
"Calcium and cAMP: recurring themes in second messenger signaling"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmShamshad Cockcroft (UK)
"PLC, PKC and phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmAlan Smrcka (USA)
"Role of Phospholipase C epsilon and Small GTPases in Regulation of Cardiac Calcium"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm CA2+ IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE
Session Chair: Ernesto Carafoli (Italy)
9:00 am - 9:30 amGary Shull (USA)
"Mutations in the SERCA2 and SPCA1 calcium pumps cause squamous cell tumors in Mice"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amRene Bindels (Netherlands)
"Function of V5/V6 channels in Ca2+ re-absorption in epithelia"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am Selected poster presentation
10:30 am - 10:35 am Discussion
10:35 am Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 amDaniella Pietrobon (Italy)
"Calcium channels and migraine"
11:25 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pmPierluigi Nicotera (UK)
"Ca2+ and cell death in neurons"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Selected poster presentation
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 2
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmBusiness Meeting: Part II
(Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm GRAND FINALE
Introduction: Indu Ambudkar (USA)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pmKeynote Lecture: Craig Montell (USA)
"TRP channels: roles in sensory signal and human health and disease"
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

Contributors

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH, NIH.
SCHERING-PLOUGH/SCHERING CORPORATION
AVANTI POLAR LIPIDS, INC.
CHROMA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
INVITROGEN CORPORATION
LEICA MIKROSKOPIE UND SYSTEME GMBH
NIKON INSTRUMENTS, INC.
PHOTOMETRICS, LTD
OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.
CELL PRESS
MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES
MUCOLIPIDOSIS TYPE IV FOUNDATION INC
PROTEO LOGICS
CARL STORM UNDERRPRESENTED MINORITY FELLOWSHIPS
CARL STORM INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP

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