SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Check-in Desk Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Structure and function of the calcium release unit |
| Discussion Leader: C. Franzini-Armostrong (Philadelphia, U.S.A.) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Clara Franzini Armstrong: Introduction |
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm | James D. Fessenden (Boston, U.S.A.)
"FRET-based structural measurements of full-length RyR1 expressed in cells" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm | Filip Van Petegem (Vancouver, Canada)
"Crystallographic insights into the Ryanodine Receptor in native and diseased states" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm | Simona Boncompagni (Chieti, Italy)
"Reciprocal positioning of CRU and mitochondria in vertebrate skeletal muscle: evolution and age dependence" |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | Isuru Jayasinghe (Brisbane, Australia)
"Three-dimensional analysis of ultrastructure and dynamic properties of the transverse tubular system in living mammalian and amphibian skeletal muscle fibres"
|
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion
|
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Signal transduction via ryanodine receptor, dihydropiridine receptor |
| Discussion Leader: Bernhard Flucher (Innsbruck, Austria) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Bernhard Flucher: Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Kurt Beam (Denver, U.S.A.)
"Where is the voltage sensor for EC coupling: Cav1.1 mutations strongly altering L-type channel gating affect EC coupling modestly or not at all" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Erick Hernandez-Ochoa (Baltimore, U.S.A.)
"S100A1 and Calmodulin modulation of voltage activated Ca2+ release" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Peter Braubach (Ulm, Germany)
"Skeletal muscle alteration in poly-Q disease" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Vincent Jacquemond (Lyon, France)
"Regulation of E-C coupling in voltage-clamped mammalian muscle fibers: role of phosphoinositides" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Manfred Grabner (Innsbruck, Austria)
"New insights into structure-function relationship of the DHPRβ1a subunit in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Petronel Tuluc (Innsbruck, Austria)
"A single amino acid residue determines the characteristic Cav1.1 gating properties"
|
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Signaling via accessory proteins |
| Discussion Leader: Laszlo Csernoch (Debrecen, Hungary) |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Laszlo Csernoch: Introduction |
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm | Hiroshi Takeshima (Kyoto, Japan)
"TRIC channels supporting physiological Ca2+ release" |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm | Graham Lamb (Latrobe, Australia)
"SR proteins involved in Ca2+ storage and release" |
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm | Discussion |
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm | Isabelle Marty (Grenoble, France)
"Triadin and the calcium release complex" |
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm | Discussion |
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm | Nicole Beard (Canberra, Australia)
"In vitro characterization of interactions between junctin and ryanodine receptor (RyR1/ RyR2)"
|
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cardiac RyR in health and disease |
| Discussion Leader: Wayne Chen (Calgary, Canada) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Wayne Chen: Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Ana Gomez (Montpellier, France) "Calcium handling dysfunction in heart rythm anomalies" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Spyros Zissimopoulos (Cardiff, U.K.) "Arrhythmogenic interactions of the cardiac ryanodine receptor" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Andriy Belevych (Columbus, U.S.A.) "Refractoriness of intracellular Ca2+ release and arrhythmogenesis" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Rebecca Sitsapesan (Bristol, UK) "RyR2 gating control by FK-binding proteins and phosphorylation" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Silvia Priori (Pavia, Italy) "Arrhythmias in genetically mediated abnormalities of Ca++ regulation in the heart" |
12:00 pm - 12.10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Marcel Egger (Bern, Switzerland)
"Calcium Release Events evoked by Photorelease of InsP3 in Mouse Atrial Myocytes"
|
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Cardiac EC coupling |
| Discussion Leader: Hector Valdivia (Winsconsin, U.S.A.) |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Hector Valdivia: Introduction |
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm | Karin Sipido (Leuven, Belgium)
"Synchrony of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release in cardiac myocytes" |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm | Nina Ullrich (Bern, Switzerland)
"PKA-phosphorylation of RyR2: β-stimulation for better synchronization" |
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm | Discussion |
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm | Henry M. Colecraft (New York, U.S.A.)
"Molecular regulation of cardiac L-type calcium channels" |
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm | Discussion |
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm | Dirk Gillespie (Chicago, U.S.A.)
"Pernicious attrition: A novel inter-RyR CICR termination mechanism"
|
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Muscle fatigue, ageing and repair |
| Discussion Leader: Christopher W. Ward (Baltimore, U.S.A.) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Christopher W. Ward: Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Osvaldo Delbono (Winston-Salem, U.S.A)
"Role of Nuclear Troponin T in Aging Skeletal Muscle" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Jianjie Ma (Piscataway, U.S.A.)
"Elucidating the molecular mechanism for cell membrane repair and its application in muscle diseases" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Hakan Westerblad (Stockholm, Sweden)
"Ca2+, mitochondria and fatigue" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Oliver Friedrick (Erlanger, Germany)
"Second harmonic generation microscopy: a novel quantitative morphometry approach to monitor tissue remodeling in dystrophic mdx muscle during aging" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:00 pm | David Allen (Sydney, Australia)
"Mechanisms of muscle fatigue in blood-perfused mouse muscle" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Mariana Casas (Santiago, Chile)
"Cav1.1 controls frequency-dependent molecular events implicated in adult skeletal muscle plasticity"
|
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Ryanodine receptor calcium release channel regulation: the RNS/ROS connection |
| Discussion Leader: Gerhard Meissner (Chapel Hill, U.S.A.) |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Gerhard Meissner: Introduction |
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm | Paulina Donoso (Santiago, Chile)
"Redox modulation of cardiac RyR2 activity" |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm | Isaac N. Pessah (Davis, U.S.A.)
"Regulation of ryanodine receptors by reactive lipid species" |
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm | Discussion |
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm | George G. Rodney (Houston, U.S.A.)
"Site specific detection of ROS generation in skeletal muscle" |
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm | Discussion |
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm | Benjamin Prosser (Baltimore, U.S.A.)
"Stretch-dependent 'X-ROS' signaling in heart"
|
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
7:30 pm - 8:00 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 |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Excitation Contraction coupling macromolecular complex related disorders: from molecules to clinical trials |
| Discussion Leader: Francesco Muntoni (London U.K.) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Francesco Muntoni (London U.K.): Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Bjorn C. Knollmann (Nashville, U.S.A.)
"The Calcium Release Unit as Therapeutic Target in Arrhythmia - from Mice to Man" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Daniel Andersson (Stockholm, Sweden)
"Role of leaky ryanodine receptors in sarcopenia and muscular dystrophy" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Heinz Jungbluth (London, U.K.)
"Beyond Central Core Disease and Malignant Hyperthermia - the expanding spectrum of RYR1-related disorders" |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Steve Cannon (Dallas, U.S.A.)
"Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Mouse with the CaV1.1-R528H Mutation" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Susan Hamilton (Houston, U.S.A.)
"The Role of Ca2+ influx via CaV1.1 in Muscle function" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Derek Laver (Newcastle, Australia)
"Regulation Of Human Ryr2 By Intracellular Ca2+ and Mg2+"
|
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Round table: New tools to probe signaling in striated muscle |
| Discussion Leader: Eduardo Rios (Chicago, U.S.A.) |
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Eduardo Rios (Chicago, U.S.A.)
"Insights on E-C coupling from novel tools for measuring [Ca2+] in cytosol and organelles" |
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Heping (Peace) Cheng (Beijing, China)
"Mitochondrial superoxide flashes in heart and skeletal muscles" |
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Julio Vergara (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)
"Functional expression of transgenic proteins in adult skeletal muscle fibers" |
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Phillip Sasse (Bonn, Germany)
"Exciting Light: Optogenetics in Muscle Physiology" |
7:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |