ICMS' 26 New York: View the full program

This year’s 𝗜𝗖𝗠𝗦’ 𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 is co-hosted with Professor Stefan Feske’s lab at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Explore the full program featuring leading experts, cutting-edge ion channel research, and opportunities to connect with scientists from around the world. Register today and join us in New York.

Program - Day 1: Saturday, October 24, 2026

08:00 AM	Registration – Coffee/Tea, Light Breakfast
09:00 AM	Welcome Remarks – Michel Krall Jürgens	Sophion Bioscience
09:05 AM	Welcome Remarks – Stefan Feske	NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, US
09:15 AM	Practical information – Samantha Cramer	Sophion Bioscience
	Session 1	Chair: Richard Tsien – NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, US
09:20 AM	The journey to discover and develop ion channel modulators to treat cystic fibrosis and pain	Paul Negulescu – Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, US
10:05 AM	Pharmacological strategies for inhibiting electrical excitability of primary nociceptors	Bruce Bean – Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, US
10:30 AM	Beyond opioids: The rise of subtype-selective sodium channel blockers in pain management	Douglas Krafte – Niroda Therapeutics, Research Triangle Park, NJ, US
10:55 AM	Coffee/Tea – Exhibits
	Session 2	Chair: Stefan Feske – NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, US
11:30 AM	Speed talks: Four presentations selected from poster submissions
11:55 PM	Lipid modulation of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels: A tale of inhibition and activation	Crina Nimigean – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, US
12:20 PM	How ligand- and voltage-gated channels cooperate to initiate synaptic strengthening	Richard Tsien – NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, US
12:45 PM	Lunch & Group Photo
	Session 3	Chair: Murali Prakriya – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US
01:45 PM	News & views from Sophion	Daniel Rafael Peter Sauter & Michel Krall Jürgens – Sophion Bioscience
02:10 PM	Lysosomal ion channels in neurodegenerative disease	Dejian Ren – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US
02:35 PM	Gating of the BEST1 anion channel	Stephen Long – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, US
03:00 PM	Bridging membranes: ER–plasma membrane crosstalk and the regulation of calcium signaling in neurons	Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz – Janelia Research Campus (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Ashburn, VA, US
03:25 PM	Coffee/Tea – Exhibits & Posters
	Session 4	Chair: Crina Nimigean – Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, US
04:25 PM	A new auxiliary subunit of the volume-regulated anion channel regulating cGAMP-STING signaling	Zhaozhu Qiu – Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, US
04:50 PM	Regulation of CRAC channel gating by STIM1	Murali Prakriya – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US
05:15 PM	Ion channels and transporters regulating lymphocyte function	Stefan Feske – NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, US
05:40 PM	Close of Day 1: Wrap Up – Samantha Cramer	Sophion Bioscience
06:00 PM	Drinks Reception – Factory 380, 380 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016

Program - Day 2: Sunday, October 25, 2026

08:00 AM	Registration – Coffee/Tea, Light Breakfast
08:55	Welcome Remarks – Samantha Cramer	Sophion Bioscience
	Session 5	Chair: Daniel Rafael Peter Sauter – Sophion Bioscience
09:00 AM	Bringing order to the membrane: How ankyrin complexes and stomatin shape the organization of membrane proteins	Francesca Vallese – City College of New York , New York, NY, US
09:25 AM	Ionic mechanisms of temperature-sensitive seizures	Ethan Goldberg – University of Pennsylvania / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, US
09:50 AM	Temperature as a missing dimension in biomedical research and drug discovery	Juan Du – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US
10:15 AM	Coffee/Tea – Break
	Session 6	Chair: Bruce Bean – Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, US
10:45 AM	Structural principles of native cys-loop receptors	Ryan Hibbs – University of California, San Diego, CA, US
11:10 AM	CatSper channels in reproductive medicine	Jean-Ju Chung – Yale University, New Haven, CT, US
11:35 PM	Calcium channel dysregulation as a driver of neurodegenerative disease	Beth Stutzmann – Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL, US
12:00 PM	KNa channels, intellectual ability and mRNA translation	Leonard Kaczmarek – Yale University, New Haven, CT, US
12:25 PM	Lunch
	Session 7	Chair: Stefan Feske – NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, US
01:25 PM	Understanding the electrical component of cancer	Humsa Venkatesh – Harvard University, Boston, MA, US
01:50 PM	Extending the reach of automated patch clamp to small cells, single channels and transporters	Gabrielle Moody – Sophion Bioscience
02:15 PM	Workshop report: Ion channels in immunity	Soomin Song – NYU Langone Health & Daniel Rafael Peter Sauter – Sophion Bioscience
02:40 PM	Structural insights into olfactory ion channels enable rational design of behavior modulators	Josefina Del Marmol – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US
03:05 PM	STING-dependent vesicle de-acidification	Jay Xiaojun Tan – University of Pittsburgh, PA, US
03:25 PM	Close of Day 2: Wrap Up & Poster Award Ceremony – Samantha Cramer	Sophion Bioscience

The agenda is subject to change. We reserve the right to modify the program at any time without prior notice.