Program

Wednesday 21 June

08:00 PM	Registration and coffee
09:00 AM	Welcome remarks	Thomas Binzer - Sophion Bioscience
	Session 1	Chair: Derek Bowie - McGill University
09:15 AM	The Interactome of AMPA-receptors - Protein-coding of Excitatory Neurotransmission and its Plasticity	Bernd Fakler - University of Freiburg
09:40 AM	Kv1.3 channels as new targets in cardiovascular disease	Teresa Pérez García – University of Valladolid
10:05 AM	Role of Ca2+-activated K+ and Cl- channels in cancer drug resistance	Susumu Ohya - Nagoya City University
10;30 AM	Tea/coffee - exhibits & poster sessions
11:15 AM	Astrocytic Modulation of Bursting Activity in Fragile X Patient Derived Cortical Neurons	Shreya Parthadas Sharma - Edinburgh University
11:40 AM	Allosteric inhibitors targeting the calmodulin-PIP2 interface of SK4 K+ channels for atrial fibrillation treatment	Bernard Attali - Tel Aviv University
12:05 PM	Characterisation of monogenic clinical variants of potassium channels to understand their contribution in disease phenotypes	Emma Veale - University of Kent
12:30 PM	Neuronal KCNQ channelopathies: human phenotypes, functional aspects and pharmacological approaches	Maurizio Taglialatela - University of Naples Federico II
12:40 PM	Lunch - exhibits and poster session
	Session 2	Chair: Teresa Pérez García – University of Valladolid
02:00 PM	Neurosteroids – Endogenous modulators of the GABAA receptor	Jeremy Lambert - University of Dundee
02:25 PM	An unanticipated Ca2+-independent effect of BAPTA uncovers a new way to target Mcl-1-dependent cancer cells	Flore Sneyers – Catholic University Leuven
02:50 PM	Nav channels: drugging the dark side with high throughput	Nasreen Choudhury - Evotec SE
03:15 PM	Tea/coffee - exhibits & poster sessions
04:00 PM	ERG channels: not just an affair of the heart	Iain Greenwood - St George's, University of London
04:25 PM	Molecular mechanisms underlying the epileptic symptoms of GNB1 encephalopathy and a potential therapeutic approach	Haritha Reddy - Tel Aviv university
04:50 PM	Sophion news & views	Thomas Binzer - Sophion Bioscience
05:15 PM	Wrap up
05:30 PM	Drinks reception in the Scholars' Garden
07:00 PM	Dinner at the Great Hall, Clare College

Thursday 22 June 2023

08:00 AM	Registration & coffee
09:00 AM	Session 3	Chair: Iain Greenwood - St George's, University of London
09:05 AM	Kv7 channels - You can teach even old dogs new tricks	Guiscard Seebohm - University of Münster
09:30 AM	Translational studies of ion channels in visceral pain	David Bulmer - University Of Cambridge
09:55 AM	Towards more physiological assays: Neurological Models using automated patch clamp platforms (Qube 384 & QPatch)	Kim Boddum - Sophion Bioscience
10:20 AM	Tea/coffee, exhibits & poster sessions
11:20 AM	TRPM3 – from the periphery to the brain	Thomas Voets - Catholic University Leuven
11:45 AM	Effects of chemotherapy drugs on voltage-gated sodium channels in breast cancer cells	Serife Yerlikaya - University of York
12:00 PM	Activity-dependent distribution of sodium channels at the axon initial segment of neurons	Hiroshi Kuba - Nagoya University
12:25 PM	Molecular determinants of oxidation dependence of volume regulated anion channels	Michael Pusch - Genova Institute of Biophysics
12:50 PM	Lunch - exhibits & poster sessions
	Session 4	Chair: Damian Bell - Sophion Bioscience
02:00 PM	The glutamatergic synapse as a hub for neurodevelopmental disorders	Derek Bowie - McGill University
02:25 PM	NaV1.4 channelopathies- novel phenotypes and mechanisms	Roope Mannikko - University College London
02:50 PM	From basic science to clinical trials: lessons from chemotherapy	Barbara Erhlich - Yale University
03:15 PM	TRPM2 as a body temperature sensor	Makiko Kashio - National Insitute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
03:40 PM	Wrap up