Sunday, June 22

• The inventory of transport proteins as predicted from the yeast genome sequence
  - Andre Goffeau (University Catholique of Louvain)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Whole genome comparisons of microbial transport
  - Karen Ketchum (The Institute for Genomic Research)
• General discussion

Monday, June 23

• Architectural principles in helical membrane proteins
  - Donald Engelman (Yale University)
• Three-dimensional structure of SR calcium ATPase
  - Chikashi Toyoshima (Tokyo University)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Paths to the structure of the Neurospora plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase
  - Gene Scarborough (University of North Carolina)
• A molecular mechanism for energy coupling in a membrane transport protein, the lactose permease of Escherchia coli
  - Ronald Kaback (University of California at Los Angeles)
• General discussion

• Changing specificity of cation binding in E. coli F₀F₁ ATPase: structural interpretations
  -Robert Fillingame (University of Wisconsin)
• Molecular basis for the coupling ion selectivity of FIF, ATPases
  -Peter Dimroth (Microbiologisches Institut, Zurich)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Na, K-ATPase: amino acid residues important for cation transport and functional role of alpha isoforms
  -Jerry Lingrel (University of Cincinnati)
• Helix packing and the organization of the transport site in calcium pumps
  -N. Michael Green (National Institute of Medical Research, London)
• General discussion

Tuesday, June 24

• Mechanotransducing complexes in C. elegans
  -Monica Driscoll (Center for Advanced Biochemistry and Medicine, Rutgers University)
• The P2X purine receptor family of ligand-gated ion channels
  -Annmarie Surprenant (Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology, Geneva)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Na⁺ channel permeation: plumbing around in the P-region to unclog the pore
  -Edward Moczydiowski (Yale University)
• Properties of chloride channels associated with glutamate transporters
  -Michael Kavanaugh (Oregon Health Sciences University)
• General discussion

• Amber suppression scanning mutagenesis of the K⁺ binding sites in the Kdp ATPase of E. coli
  -Wolfgang Epstein (University of Chicago)
• New calcium transporters in yeast: insights into mechanism and regulation
  -Rajini Rao (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Drs2, a novel P-Type ATPase in the yeast plasma membrane
  -Hans Rudolph (University of Stuttgart)
• Human Cu⁺⁺-transporting ATPases: structural features, tissue distribution, and metal-binding properties
  -Svetiana Lutsenko (Oregon Health Sciences University)
• General discussion

Wednesday, June 25

• The multidrug transporters in yeast
  -Elisabetta Balzi (University Catholique of Louvain)
• Structure and mechanism of the human multidrug transporter
  -David Clarke (University of Toronto)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Structure and function of the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein, an ABC transporter
  -Christopher Higgins (University of Oxford)
• Drug transport medicated by a novel prokaryotic homolog of the human multidrug resistance protein
  -Wil Konings (University of Groningen)
• General discussion

• The multifunctional nature of the tetracycline efflux protein from Gram-positive bacteria
  -Terry Krulwich (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
• EmrE, the smallest ion-coupled transporter, provides a unique experimental system for structure-function studies
  -Shimon Schuldiner (Hebrew University)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Role of Nramp proteins in resistance to intracellular infections and in macrophage function
  -Philippe Gros (McGill University)
• The thyroid sodium/iodine symporter
  -Nancy Carrasco (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
• General discussion

Thursday, June 26

• SHU recruits amino acid permeases into COPII transport vesicles
  -Per Ljungdahl (Ludwig Institute for Biomedical Research, Stockholm)
• The role of cytoplasmic proteases in the degradation of integral membrane proteins
  -Ron Kopito (Stanford University)
• General discussion followed by coffee
• Deterininants of CFTR biosynthetic processing
  -John Riordan (Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale)
• Domains of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter important in ion translocation and bumetanide inhibition
  -Bliss Forbush, III (Yale University)
• General discussion

• Mutations altering human blood pressure change salt homeostasis
  -Richard Lifton (Yale University)
• General discussion