Program

Wednesday 17th May 2023

09:30 AM	Registration and coffee
10:15 AM	Welcome remarks	Yuji Tsurubuchi - Sophion Bioscience K.K
	Session 1
10:30 AM	Role of a mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 in skeletal muscle regeneration	Yuji Hara - University of Shizuoka, Japan
10:55 AM	Mechanism of olfactory transduction system in the cilia	Hiroko Takeuchi - Osaka University, Japan
11:20 AM	Novel therapeutic approaches emerging from HCN4 structural studies	Anna Moroni - University of Milano
11:45 AM	Contribution of the second S4 helix for switching PIP2- and voltage-gating modes in two-pore channels	Takushi Shimomura - National Institute for Physiological Sciences, xxx, Japan
12:10 PM	Lunch and poster presentations
	Session 2
01:45 PM	CALHM channels and their regulation by physicochemical conditions in the context of physiological roles	Sung Joon Kim - Seoul National University, Korea
02:10 PM	Gating modulation via voltage-sensing domains in voltage-gated K+ channels	Koichi Nakajo - Jichi Medical University, Japan
02:35 PM	Analysis of skeletal muscles from type 1 ryanodine receptor mutant mice	Toshiko Yamazawa - Jikei Medical University, Japan
03:00 PM	PIP2 activation of N-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel depends on both the α1B and β subunits	Byung-Chang Suh - Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Korea
03:25 PM	Tea/coffee - poster presentations
04:00 PM	Physiological significance of the interaction between TRPV3 and ANO1 or TMEM79 in skin keratinocytes	Jing Lei - National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
04:25 PM	Gating and Gating and Modulation of KCNQ1 Channels	Jianmin Cui - Washington University, USA
04:50 PM	Feeling force with PIEZO channels	Bailong Xiao - Tsinghua University, China
05:15 PM	TBA	Sophion Bioscience
05:40 PM	Wrap up
06:00 PM	Posters, drinks reception, exhibits

Thursday 18th May 2023

Thursday 18th May

09:15 AM	Tea/coffee
09:45 AM	Welcome remarks	Yuji Tsurubuchi - Sophion Bioscience K.K
	Session 3
09:50 AM	Regulatory role of TRPC channel in the pathophysiology of kidney filtration function	Masayuki Mori - University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
10:15 AM	Potassium channel activators and their potential roles as anti-seizure drugs	Frederik Elinder - Linköping University, Sweden
10:40 AM	Function of voltage-gated proton channel in microglia	Takafumi Kawai - Osaka University, Japan
11:05 AM	Tea/coffee - poster session
11:50 AM	Structural basis of TRP channel temperature sensitivity	Alexander Sobolevsky - Columbia University, USA
12:15 PM	Analysis of skeletal muscles from type 1 ryanodine receptor mutant mice	Toshiko Yamazawa - Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
12:40 PM	Toward understanding the mechanism of voltage-gated H+ channel activity regulated by membrane stretch and lipids	Yuichiro Fujiwara - KagawaUniversity, Japan
01:05 PM	Lunch and poster session
	Session 4
02:30 PM	Structural insight into the closure of large pore channels in phospholipids by cryo-EM	Atsunori Oshima - Nagoya University, Japan
02:55 PM	Roles of mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics in cardiomyocyte function-A Physiome study	Ayako Takeuchi - University of Fukui, Japan
03:20 PM	Three-dimensional structure of Ryanodine receptor and SR Ca2+ -ATPase responsible for muscle contraction and relaxation	Haruo Ogawa - Kyoto University, Japan
03:45 PM	Wrap up