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May 11:
Arrival and registration
revised 15 April 2011
Evening:
1. Louis De Felice Overview Channels, Receptors and Transporters
2. David Clapham Structure, function, and regulation of Ca++ channels and H+ channels
May 12
Morning:
3. Michael Kavanaugh Study of transport proteins by electrophysiology
4. David Gadsby Primary transporters: the sodium pump
Afternoon: De Felice and Naftalin Tutorial #1 and Poster Session
Evening:
5. Baruch Kanner Structure and function of neurotransmitter transporters
6. Robert Tampe ABC transporters - from self-defense to adaptive immunity
May 13
Morning:
7. Franssisco Bezanilla Voltage-sensing by channels and enzymes
8. Eduardo Perozo- Relationship between gating and ion permeation in potassium channels
Afternoon: Kanner and Rudnick Tutorial #2 and Poster Session
Evening:
9. EMBO keynote lecture Erwin Neher
Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Release and Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity
May 14
Morning:
10. Christine Ziegler Structural analysis of the mechanism of Na-coupled betaine transporter BetP
11. Alex Cameron Transport mechanism of Na-hydantoin transporter Mhp1 using crystal structures of multiple
conformations
Afternoon: Bezanilla and Perozo Tutorial #3 and Poster Session
Evening:
12. Frances Ashcroft Overview on ABC Transporters and ATP-modulated channels, KATPchannels
13. Lucy Forrest Inverted-topology repeats: alternate conformations of neurotransmitter transporters
May 15
Morning:
14. Shimon Schuldiner Mechanism of proton-coupled multidrug transport
15. Merritt Maduke Channels and transporters of chloride
Afternoon: Maduke and Clapham Tutorial #4 and Attendees Poster Session
Evening:
16. Nancy Carrasco Transporters and disease
17. William Catterall Channels and disease
May 16
Morning:
18. Diomedes Logothetis G-protein-coupled and PIP2 regulation of ion channels
19. Oliver Beckstein Molecular Dynamics as a tool to study transporters
Afternoon Lunch and Excurion to Greek ruins
Evening Festive Dinner
May 17 Departure