UPCOMING EVENTS

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Course

June 6 - 25, 2023

Application Deadline: March 1, 2023

Cold Spring Harbor, USA

The primary goal of this course is to demonstrate, through lectures and laboratory work, the different biophysical properties of ion channels that enable neurons to perform unique physiological functions in various neural systems.

Conference

June 16-17, 2023

Registration deadline: June 1, 2023

London, UK

This conference will bring together leading academic, clinical and industry speakers from the ion channel, rare disease, and therapeutic discovery fields.

Conference

June 25 - 30, 2023

Registration deadline: June 21, 2023

Malahide, Ireland

The program will address the rapidly moving research on receptor-regulated calcium signaling and the critical questions that are key to establishing future therapies for cardiovascular, airway, gut, liver, immunoinflammatory, metabolic and neurological disorders.

Meeting

August 24-25, 2023

St Andrews, UK

This meeting will explore the latest research in epithelial transport physiology and the role of ion channels and transporters in health and disease, as well as showcasing various emerging techniques in the field of membrane transport.

Plymouth

Workshop

August 30 – September 13, 2023

Registration deadline: March 31, 2023

Plymouth, UK

The Microelectrode Techniques for Cell Physiology Workshop provides postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers with both hands-on and theoretical training in electrophysiological and associated techniques.

Workshop

August 31 - September 3, 2023

Registration deadline: August 1, 2023

Alicante, Spain

This workshop aims to cover all aspects of NALCN research, including involvement of patient families & physicians, and research highlighting in vivo studies, along with NALCN molecular structure and function.

Meeting

September 6, 2023

Abstract submission deadline: August 1, 2023

Bern, Switzerland

Keynote speakers: Prof. Raimund Dutzler (University of Zurich) and Dr. Sabine Hadida (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)

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Symposium

September 13-15, 2023

Abstract deadline: 17 April 2023, 23.59 CEST

Naples, Italy

This symposium will showcase the myriad aspects of Kv7 research, with emphasis on emerging research areas.

sgp2023

September 27 - October 1, 2023

Woods Hole, MA, USA

Society of General Physiologists Annual Meeting

This 2023 SGP Meeting will be focused on the topic of pain and will offer an excellent opportunity for participants to interact with leading scientists tackling impactful questions in the pain field, from the biophysical to behavioral level.

leuven

Workshop

November 15-17, 2023

Abstract submission deadline: September 8, 2023

Leuven, Belgium

June 17-20, 2024

Montpellier, France

World-renowned speakers, pioneers in the field of channelopathies, will present their latest discoveries.

PAST EVENTS

Meeting

May 10, 2023

Babraham, Cambridge, UK

Organized by: Metrion Biosciences and AstraZeneca

Metrion Biosciences and AstraZeneca are delighted to be co-hosting the 2023 Cambridge Ion Channel Forum at the Babraham Research Campus Conference Centre on the afternoon of Wednesday 10th May 2023. You will have the opportunity to enjoy a series of presentations from esteemed ion channel scientists, promote your research during the dedicated poster session and network with other ion channel enthusiasts.

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

May 23, 2023

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

Peripherally expressed NaV1.1 is critical for sensory proprioceptive signaling and motor coordination.

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Virtual symposium

May 24, 2023

Organized by: Nanion Technologies

At the Cardiac Safety Symposium you can learn about newest insights on current challenges in safety pharmacology, cardiac physiology, electrophysiology and contractility assessments of stem cell-derived and native cardiomyocytes.

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Virtual seminar

May 2, 2023

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

April 25, 2023

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

Phosphorylation of the cardiac NaV1.5 channel pore-forming subunit is extensive and critical in modulating channel expression and function, yet the regulation of NaV1.5 by phosphorylation of its accessory proteins remains elusive.

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

March 28, 2023

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

Silvia Priori's lab studies mechanisms of genetic arrhythmias.

Building

Symposium

March 27, 2023

Registration deadline: December 31, 2022

Cambridge, United Kingdom

This symposium, the 7th in an ongoing series, will showcase the most recent advances to aid the design of new ion channel therapeutics and promote interaction between scientists with a shared interest in the field of ion channel drug discovery.

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Webinar

March 9, 2023

Organized by: Sophion Bioscience

In this webinar, attendees will gain insight into the realm of automated patch clamp assays, exploring the mechanisms of pain.

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

February 28, 2023

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

Ephaptic interactions mediated by extracellular potentials might contribute to cardiac conduction when gap junctional coupling is reduced, but this mechanism is still controversial.

San Diego

Annual Meeting

February 18-22, 2023

Abstract submission deadline: January 5, 2023

San Diego, CA, USA

The Biophysical Society annual meetings are the largest annual gathering of biophysicists around the world.

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Webinar

February 15, 2023

The acid-sensitive chloride ion channel ASOR is found in almost all our cells. ASOR plays a role in acid-induced cell death, but a role in intracellular processes, for example in the transport of vesicles, is now coming to the fore.

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

January 31, 2023

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

Dravet syndrome is severe childhood-onset epilepsy, caused by loss of function mutations in the SCN1A gene. Novel therapies aim to restore SCN1A expression in order to address all disease manifestations.

Lille, France

Meeting

December 6-8, 2022

Abstract submission deadline: November 15, 2023

Lille, France

This meeting will be dedicated to exploring ion channel regulation from molecular biophysics to physiology and clinical applications in cancer biology. Meeting will also include one ECS session: "Calcium signaling in cancer".

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

December 13, 2022

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

Repurposing VGSC-inhibiting medications to cancer may hold promise for reducing metastasis.

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Webinar

November 28, 2022

Organized by: Life Sciences Switzerland

Anna Greka leads a program focused on dissecting fundamental mechanisms of disrupted cellular homeostasis in genetically-defined kidney, metabolic and degenerative diseases...

Worldwide-Sodium-Channel-Seminars

Webinar

November 29, 2022

Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel

The pharmacological activity of pain-causing toxins can provide critical insights into the molecular mechanisms underpinning sensory neuron function and pain...

Metrion Biosciences

Webinar

November 29, 2022

Organized by: Metrion Biosciences

Many de novo missense mutations of SCN8A, the gene that encodes for Nav1.6, have been identified and patients have seizure onset between birth and 12 months of age...