Emerging Concepts in Ion Channel Biophysics

Emerging Concepts in Ion Channel Biophysics

Program Schedule

Emerging Concepts in Ion Channel Biophysics Mexico City, Mexico October 10-13, 2017 PROGRAM

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM

Registration/Information

Patio

10:35 AM – 10:45 AM

Tamara Rosenbaum, National Autonomous University of Mexico Opening Remarks

Session I

Ligand-gated Channels Eitan Reuveny, Weizmann Institute, Israel, Chair

10:45 AM - 11:10 AM

Lucia Sivilotti, University College London, United Kingdom The Activation of Glycine Channels: A Single-Channel Perspective Cecilia Bouzat, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Argentina α7 Nicotinic Receptors at the Single-Channel Level Vasanthi Jayaraman, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA Glutamate Receptor Dynamics Ion Channels in Physiology László Csanády, Sammelweis University, Hungary, Chair Polina Lishko, University of California, Berkeley, USA Ion Channels and Sperm Physiology Andrea Brüggemann, Nanion Technologies GmbH, Germany * News and Views on Cardiac Safety Uhtaek Oh, Seoul National University, South Korea Physiological Implications of Anoctamin 1, a Calcium-activated Chloride Channel Andrea Meredith, University of Maryland, USA Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Variation in BK Channel Properties Lunch (on own)

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Session II

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM

2:15 PM - 2:40 PM

2:40 PM - 3:05 PM

3:05 PM - 3:30 PM

Thomas Voets, University of Leuven, Belgium TRP Channels in Noxious Heat Sensing and Pain

Poster Session I

Sala de Vestigios

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session III

Keynote Talk Leon D. Islas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Chair

5:40 PM - 6:30 PM

Frederick Sigworth, Yale University, USA Cryo-EM Imaging of a Voltage-gated Channel with Membrane Potential Applied

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