2016 Meeting (Historical Reference)
Jump To Day: Sun Oct. 2nd | Mon Oct. 3rd | Tue Oct. 4th | Wed Oct. 5th | Thu Oct. 6th | Fri Oct. 7th
Jump to Lecture Theme:
- Plenary Lectures
- Trafficking, Processing and Ancillary Subunit Effects
- Modulation
- CNS Disorders
- Synaptic Activity
- Imaging and Calcium Signalling Dynamics
- Structure-Function
- New Blockers
- Pain Processing
17:30 – Reception
18:45 – Annette Dolphin (University College of London) – Neuronal calcium channel trafficking and function: role of alpha2delta
19:30 – Tuck Wah Soong (National University of Singapore) – Splice and edit Cav channels to optimize function
20:15 – Dinner
Symposium Talks:
Trafficking, Processing and Ancillary Subunit Effects: 08:00 – 13:00
Norbert Weiss (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) – Trafficking mechanisms underlying Cav3.2 T-type channel overexpression in the GAERS model of absence
Gerald Obermair (Medical University Innsbruck) – Functions of presynaptic alpha2delta subunits
Byung-Chang Suh (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology) – Calcium channel biophysics revealed by translocatable CaVβ subunits
Martin Heine (Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology) – Surface dynamics of calcium channels
Trainee talk: Agustin Garcia (University of Calgary) – T-type calcium channel regulation by ankyrin B
Trainee talk: Catrin Müller (University of Freiburg) – The Cav2 channel proteome revisited
Nathan Dascal (Tel Aviv University) – Second thoughts about the regulation of Cav1.2 by PKA and PKC
Livia Hool (University of Western Australia) – In search of the elusive phosphorylation sites for PKA on the cardiac Cav1.2
Stefan Herzig (University of Cologne) – Single channel monitoring of the Cav1.3 – calmodulin interaction
Ray Turner (University of Calgary) – Calmodulin regulation of T-type channels
Philippe Lory (CNRS, Montpellier) – Regulation of T-type calcium channels: Phosphorylation and beyond
Jian Yang (Columbia University) – Midchannel proteolysis of Cav1.2 – Part II
Trainee talk: Maria Gandini (University of Calgary) – Regulation of synaptic calcium channels by Rabconnectin-3
Birgit Liss (University of Ulm) – Voltage gated calcium channels in dopaminergic neurons
Stefan Herlitze (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) – Modulation/alteration of motor learning in wild type and SCA6 mice
Stephen Ferguson (University of Ottawa) – Metabotropic glutamate receptors as targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: Is there a role for calcium channels?
Anjali Rajadhyaksha (Cornell University) – Cacna1c (Cav1.2)-mediated neuronal plasticity in the prefrontal cortex and neuropsychiatric disorders
Stuart Cain (University of British Columbia) – Cortical Spreading Depression, Seizures and SUDEP
Ivy Dick (John’s Hopkins University) – Towards a new therapeutic strategy in the treatment of Timothy syndrome
Terry Snutch (University of British Columbia) – T-type channels and Epilepsies
Trainee talk: Ivana Assis Souza (University of Calgary) – Functional effects of two Cav3.2 mutations found in epileptic patients
Luyang Wang (University of Toronto) – Activity-dependent calcium currents and short-term synaptic plasticity
Brian MacVicar (University of British Columbia) – Synaptic enhancement by dendritic low threshold calcium channels
Roger Thompson (University of Calgary) – Presynaptic TRPV1 desynchronizes glutamate release at the CA3-CA1 synapse
Trainee talk: Giriaj Sahu (University of Calgary) – L-type calcium channel mediated regulation of IK channels
Wed. Oct. 5th – free for scientific discussions
Imaging and Calcium Signalling Dynamics: 08:00 – 13:00
Sean Cregan (Robarts Institute) – Bcl-2 family proteins regulate ER-mitochondrial calcium dynamics during neuronal injury
Paula Barrett (University of Virginia) – Calcium signaling in the adrenal rosette
Matteo Mangoni (CNRS, Montpellier) – L-type Cav1.3 channels as functional “hubs” in the pacemaker mechanism of the heart
Peter Stys (University of Calgary) – Axonal calcium channels: what are they doing under the myelin?
Emilio Carbone (University of Turin) – Ca1.3 channel inactivation gate regulates BK channel coupling and chromaffin cell firing
Trainee talk: Erika Harding (SickKids Hospital, Toronto) – Calcium responses to single action potentials in spinal cord lamina I neurons
Bill Catterall (University of Washington, Seattle) – Calcium Channel Conductance, Selectivity, and Drug Block at the Atomic Level
Steffen Hering (University of Vienna) – The gating machinery of Cav1.2: IS4 and IIIS4 lock/unlock a cooperative channel pore
Henry Colecraft (Columbia University) – Calcium channel engineering and regulation
Monteil Arnaud (CNRS, Montpellier) – Towards functional studies of the NALCN Channelosome
Trainee talk: Stanislav Andranovits (University of Vienna) – Domain-specific effects of Cav 1.2 voltage sensors on inactivation
18:30 – Reception
19:30 – Dinner
Paul Alewood (University of Queensland) – Peptide-decorated dendrimers that target calcium channels
Macdonald Christie (University of Sydney) – Improving the therapeutic index of omega conotoxins for management of chronic pain
David Adams (University of Wollongong) – Direct and indirect inhibition of Cav2.2 and Cav2.3 by analgesic conopeptides
Richard Lewis (University of Queensland) – Development of novel calcium channel probes for N-type calcium channels
Mike Hildebrand (Carleton University) – Calcium-permeable channels in spinal pain processing
Atsufumi Kawabata (Kindai University School of Pharmacy) – Impact of zinc or ascorbic acid deficiency on Cav3.2-dependent pain
Gerald Zamponi (University of Calgary) – Fire zee lazor: Activity-dependent Cav3.2 channel regulation in the afferent pain pathway
Emmanuel Bourinet (CNRS, Montpellier) – Chasing for the role of Cav3.2 in pain circuitry
Trainee talk: Maho Tsubota (Kindai University School of Pharmacy) – Involvement of Cav3.2 T-type Ca2+channels in the oxaliplatin-induced neuropathic pain
Trainee talk: Shiori Tomita (Kindai University School of Pharmacy) – Mechanisms of Cav3.2 upregulation in neuropathic pain models