| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Lecture |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Andrew Thomas (New Jersey Medical School - UMDNJ, USA)
"Riding the Calcium Wave"
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| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Calcium in Injury and Disease |
| Discussion Leaders: Ivana Kuo (Yale University, USA) and Murali Prakriya (Northwestern University, USA). |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Rajender Motiani (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, India)
"Upregulation of Orai1-mediated CRAC is Essential for Human Glioblastoma Invasion"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Andrew James (Manchester University, UK)
"Glycolytic regulation of the plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Sumita Chakraborty (National Centre for Biological Science, India)
"IP3-receptor function modulates store-operated Ca2+ entry and spontaneous Ca2+ flux in Drosophila neurons"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Fatima Saddouk (Albany Medical College, USA)
"Smooth muscle Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II protects against vascular remodeling"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Mentorship Component |
| Jessica Norrbom (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
"Interactive workshop: Free your mind and the rest will follow - Boost your scientific career with bio-entrepreneurial tools"
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| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | New Insights to Calcium Signaling |
| Discussion Leaders: Aldebaran Hofer (Harvard Medical School - Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA) and Pooneh Bagher (University of Oxford, UK) |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Paula Barlett (New Jersey Medical School - UMDNJ, USA)
"The use of caged IP3 to dissect the mechanisms regulating Ca2+ oscillations and waves in hepatocytes"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Kamil Alzayady (University of Rochester, USA)
"Fragmented inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors retain tetrameric architechture and form functional Ca2+ release channels"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Calcium, Free radicals and Mitochondria |
| Discussion Leaders: Jason Bruce (University of Manchester, UK) and Elsie Samakai (Temple University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Arthur Cheng (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
"Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant restores sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release in skeletal muscle following fatigue" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Anna Raffaello (University of Padova, Italy)
"The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is a multimer including a dominant-negative pore-forming subunit"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
