Program

Wednesday 24th June 2026

08:00 AM Registration and coffee
09:00 AM Welcome remarks Sophion Bioscience A/S
Session 1 Chair: Thomas Jentsch - Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut fĂĽr Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Germany
09:15 AM TBA Constanze Schmidt - Göttingen University, Germany
09:40 AM Cell type-specific functional dependency of reduced GluN2A NMDA receptor subunit expression David Wyllie - Edinburgh University, UK
10:05 AM Illuminating the dynamics and conductances driving electrical bistability in MDA-MB-468 cells Amanda Foust - Imperial College London (ICL), UK
10:30 AM Tea/coffee - exhibits & poster session
Session 2 TBA
11:15 AM Sophion News & Views Sophion Bioscience
11:40 AM Calcium Ion Channels in Prostate Cancer: Why Electrophysiology Matters Karen McCloskey - Queen's University Belfast, UK
12:05 PM Modulation of the tumour ionic microenvironment by Nav1.5 channels William Brackenbury - York University, UK
12:30 PM Speed talks TBA
Speed talks chosen from poster submissions
12:55 PM Lunch - Exhibits and poster session
Session 3 Chair: David Wyllie - Edinburgh University, UK
02:00 PM New APC functionality: Single channel recordings / Lysosomal recordings Kadla Rosholm & Eliška Waloschková - Sophion Bioscience
02:25 PM Decoding VRAC/LRRC8 Channel Modulation: Signaling Mechanisms and Structure Based Inhibitor Development Raúl Estévez - University of Barcelona, Spain
02:50 PM Allosteric modulation of ligand-gated P2X ion channels Leanne Stokes - University of East Anglia (UEA), UK
03:15 PM Tea/coffee - exhibits & poster sessions
Session 4 Chair: Michael Pusch - Institute of Biophysics, Genoa, Italy
04:00 PM TBA Sara Liin - Linköping University, Sweden
04:25 PM From Cells to Code: Translational Insights into Cardiomyopathy related Rhythm Disorders Felix Hohendanner - Charité, Universitätsmedizin, Germany
04:50 PM Ion channel dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Matt Livesey - University of Sheffield, UK
05:15 PM Wrap up Duncan Jarman - Sophion Bioscience A/S
05:30 PM Drinks reception in the Scholars' Garden
07:00 PM Dinner at the Great Hall, Clare College

Thursday 25th June 2025

08:00 AM Registration & coffee
Welcome remarks Duncan Jarman - Sophion Bioscience A/S
Session 5 Chair: William Brackenbury - York University
09:00 AM Ion channel modulation in the cell Antonios Pantazis - Linköping University, Sweden
09:30 AM TBA Lucie Delemotte - KTH KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
09:55 AM TBA Sandip Patel - University College London (UCL), UK
10:20 AM Tea/coffee, exhibits & poster session
Session 6 Chair: Damian Bell - Sophion Biosciene
11:15 AM Copine proteins - new ion channel trafficking partners Nikita Gamper - Leeds University
11:40 AM Focused exploration of chemical space, with iterative in silico/in vitro screening, identifies novel CFTR-targeting hits Paola Vergani - University College London (UCL), UK
12:05 PM Endolysosomal CLC anion/proton exchangers and their beta-subunits in human genetic disease Thomas Jentsch - Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut fĂĽr Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Germany
12:30 PM Investigating GABAergic signalling in human and rodent cortical microcircuits Sam Booker - Edinburgh University, UK
12:55 PM Lunch - exhibits & poster session
Session 7 Chair: David Wyllie - Edinburgh University, UK
02:00 PM Ion channels and electrical activity in neuroendocrine cancer cells Hugh Robinson - University of Cambridge, UK
02:25 PM Biophysical insights into neurodevelopmental disorders involving endosomal chloride / proton antiporters Michael Pusch - Institute of Biophysics, Genoa, Italy
02:50 PM TBA TBA
03:15 PM Slow AMPA receptors in the hippocampus and beyond Andrew Plested - Humboldt University, Germany
Poster Award Ceremony Sophion Bioscience A/S
16:00 PM Wrap up

The agenda is subject to changes. We reserve the right to modify the programme at any time without prior notification.