program
Day one – 17 May
09.30 AM Registration – tea/coffee
10.15 AM Welcome remarks – Thomas Binzer, Sophion Bioscience A/S
Session 1 – Chair: Yoshihiro Kubo – National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
10.30 AM Atsunori Oshima – Nagoya University, Japan
Structural insight into the closure of large pore channels in phospholipids by cryo-EM
10.55 AM Ayako Takeuchi – University of Fukui, Japan
Roles of mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics in cardiomyocyte function-A Physiome study
10.05 AM Professor Anna Moroni – University of Milan, Italy
Novel therapeutic approaches emerging from HCN4 structural studies
11.45 AM Dr Takushi Shimomura – National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Contribution of the second S4 helix for switching PIP2- and voltage-gating modes in two-pore channels
12:10 PM Lunch – poster session
Session 2 – Chair: Hiroko Takeuchi – Osaka University, Japan
01:45 PM Sung Joon Kim – Seoul National University, Korea
CALHM channels and their regulation by physicochemical conditions in the context of physiological roles
02:10 PM Koichi Nakajo – Jichi Medical University, Japan
Gating modulation via voltage-sensing domains in voltage-gated K+ channels
02:35 PM Masayuki Iwamoto – University of Fukui, Japan
Reconstituted lipid bilayers to elucidate physicochemical interactions between ion channels and membranes
03:00 PM Byung-Chang Suh – Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
PIP2 activation of N-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel depends on both the α1B and β subunits
03.25 PM Tea/coffee – poster session
Session 2 – Chair: Fredrik Elinder – Linköping University, Sweden
04:00 PM Jing Lei – National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Physiological significance of the interaction between TRPV3 and ANO1 or TMEM79 in skin keratinocytes
04:25 PM Jianmin Cui – Washington University, USA
Gating and modulation of KCNQ1 channels
04:50 PM Bailong Xiao – Tsinghua University, China
Feeling force with PIEZO channels
05:15 PM Thomas Binzer – Sophion Bioscience, Denmark
News & views from Sophion
05:40 PM Wrap up
06:00 PM Drinks reception & exhibits
program
Day two – 18 May
9:15 AM Tea/Coffee
09:45 AM Welcome Remarks – Michel Krall Jürgens, Sophion Bioscience A/S
Session 4 – Chair: Anna Moroni – University of Milan, Italy
9:50 AM Masayuki X. Mori – University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
Regulatory role of TRPC channel in the pathophysiology of kidney filtration function
10.15 AM Fredrik Elinder – Linköping University, Sweden
Potassium channel activators and their potential roles as anti-seizure drugs
10:40 AM Takafumi Kawai – Osaka University, Japan
Function of voltage-gated proton channel in microglia
11.05 AM Tea/Coffee, Poster session
Session 5 – Chair: Yasushi Okamura – Osaka University, Japan
11.50 AM Alexander Sobolevsky – Columbia University, USA
Structural basis of TRP channel temperature sensitivity
12.15 PM Toshiko Yamazawa – Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
Analysis of skeletal muscles from type 1 ryanodine receptor mutant mice
12:40 PM Yuichiro Fujiwara – Kagawa University, Japan
Toward understanding the mechanism of voltage-gated H+ channel activity regulated by membrane stretch and lipids
01:05 PM Lunch
Session 6 – Chair: Makoto Tominaga – National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
02.30 PM Yuji Hara – University of Shizuoka, Japan
Role of a mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 in skeletal muscle regeneration
02.55 PM Hiroko Takeuchi – Osaka University, Japan
Mechanism of olfactory transduction system in the cilia
03.20 PM Haruo Ogawa – Kyoto University, Japan
Three-dimensional structure of Ryanodine receptor and SR Ca2+-ATPase responsible for muscle contraction and relaxation
03:45 PM Wrap Up