SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | ULTRASTRUCTURAL BASIS FOR EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING |
| Discussion Leader: Clara Franzini-Armstrong (U. Pennsylvania) |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Irina Serysheva (University of Texas Medical School)
"Single particle Cryo-EM studies of Ca release channels") |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Brad Fruen (University of Minnesota)
"FRET mapping of RyR ligands" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Montserrat Samso (Brigham & Women's Hospital)
"3D localization of DHPR domains" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REGULATION BY SR CA CONTENT AND CA RELEASE TERMINATION IN SKELETAL AND CARDIAC MUSCLE |
| Discussion Leader: Eduardo Rios (Rush University) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Eduardo Rios (Rush University)
"Ca release termination in skeletal muscle. The relevance of SR Ca content" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Poster Highlights |
| Fernando Amador (University of Toronto / Ontario Cancer Institute)
"Crystal structure of type I ryanodine receptor amino-terminal β-trefoil domain reveals a disease-associated mutation 'hot spot' loop" |
| Genaro Barrientos (University of California - Davis)
"The Na+/Ca2+ exchange inhibitor KB-R7943 also blocks ryanodine receptors type 1 (RyR1) and type 2 (RyR2) channels" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Alexey Zima (Rush University)
"Mechanisms of termination of local and global sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release in the heart" |
11:10 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:40 am | Eric Sobie (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
"The role of SR calcium in the termination and restitution of cardiac calcium sparks" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Robert Dirksen (University of Rochester)
"Control of Trans-sarcolemmal Calcium Influx in Skeletal Muscle by SR Calcium Content" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MUSCLE DISEASES |
| Discussion Leader: Susan Hamilton (Baylor College of Medicine) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Steve Cannon (University of Texas Southwestern)
"Hypokalemic periodic paralyses" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | David Allen (University of Sydney)
"Interaction of TRPC1 and caveolin-3 and its role in Duchenne muscular dystrophy" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Frank Lehmann-Horn (Ulm University)
"The reaction of skeletal muscle to leaky Cav1.1 channels and ionophores" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | OTHER REGULATORS OF CALCIUM RELEASE |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Allen (Brigham and Women's Hospital) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Masamitsu Iino (University of Tokyo)
"NO activation of RyRs in the Brain" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Poster Highlights |
| Dirk Gillespie (Rush University Medical Center)
"Intracellular Calcium Release Channels Mediate Their Own Countercurrent" |
| Ryan Loy (University of Rochester)
"Compound Heterozygous Y522S/I4895T Knock-In Mice: Functional RyR1 Complementation and Partial Rescue of EC Coupling" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Cecilia Hidalgo (University of Chile)
"RyR S-glutathionylation stimulates RyR-mediated calcium release" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:40 am | Colin Taylor (Cambridge University)
"'Intracellular Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:20 pm | John Walsh (University of Massachusetts)
"Calcium syntillas in neurons and chromaffin cells - New roles for the ryanodine receptor in health and disease" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SIGNALING BETWEEN the DHPR AND RYR1 |
| Discussion Leader: Jianjie Ma (University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Johann Schredelseker (University of Innsbruck)
"Non-Ca2+-conducting CaV1.1 Ca2+-channels from teleost fish skeletal muscle" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Roger Bannister (University of Colorado Denver)
"DHPR structures important for functional interactions with RyR1" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Werner Melzer (University of Ulm)
"Studying EC coupling parameters in muscle fibers of mice expressing mutant ryanodine receptors" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CALCIUM DYSREGULATION, FATIGUE |
| Discussion Leader: Susan Treves (University Hospital Basel) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Susan Treves (University Hospital Basel)
"Novel insights into Excitation Coupled Ca2+ entry in human myotubes from patients carrying RYR1 mutations" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Poster Highlights |
| Esther Verburg (Oslo University Hospital)
"ROS-related decline in maximum Ca2+-activated force in in vitro stimulated skeletal muscle: mechanism of fatigue or artefact of in vitro stimulation?" |
| Petronel Tuluc (Innsbruck Medical University)
"The low-voltage-activated, high amplitude Ca2+ channel splice variant CaV1.1-Δ29 controls EC-coupling in developing skeletal muscle" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Simona Boncampagni (University of Chieti)
"Clues to the formation of cores in mouse models of malignant hyperthermia" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:40 am | Graham Lamb (Latrobe University)
"Muscle fatigue: cellular mechanisms and common misconceptions" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Robert Fitts (Marquette University)
"Excitation-contraction coupling and cross-bridge mediated mechanisms of muscle fatigue" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EXCITATION-TRANSCRIPTION COUPLING |
| Discussion Leader: Enrique Jaimovich (University of Chile) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Enrique Jaimovich (University of Chile)
"ATP as mediator for excitation-transcription processes in skeletal muscle" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Andres Buonanno (NIH)
"Distinct muscle depolarization patterns selectively enhance or repress the fiber-type-specific transcription of muscle genes" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Laurie Goodyear (Harvard Medical School)
"AMPK and AMPK-related kinases: Signals regulating metabolism and metabolic gene expression in skeletal muscle" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PROTEINS AFFECTING TRIAD FORMATION AND FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Schneider (University of Maryland) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Jon Abramson (Portland St. Univ.) / David Grunwald (Univ. of Utah)
"Regulation of ryanodine receptor function by selenoprotein N" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Poster Highlights |
| Bradley Launikonis (University of Queensland)
"Activation and deactivation of store-operated Ca2+ entry within milliseconds of store depletion and refilling in healthy and dystrophic muscle" |
| Isabelle Marty (Inserm U836)
"Triadin deletion induced impaired skeletal muscle function" |
10:00 am - 10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Hiroshi Takeshima (Kyoto University)
"Contribution of junctophilins and TRIC channels to SR Ca2+ release" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:40 am | Bjorn Knollman (Vanderbilt University)
"Effects of junctional protein knockout on EC coupling" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Benjamin Prosser (University of Maryland)
"Endogenous S100A1 modulates SR Ca2+ release and intramembrane charge movement in mouse skeletal muscle" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MUSCLE DAMAGE AND MEMBRANE REPAIR |
| Discussion Leader: Francesco Zorzato (University of Ferrara) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Noah Weisleder (University of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey)
"MG53 as a membrane repair molecule in muscle cells" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Sandra Cooper (University of Sydney)
"The plasma membrane biology of dysferlin" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Robert Bloch (University of Maryland)
"The role of dysferlin in repairing muscle membrane damaged in situ by eccentric contractions" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |