UPCOMING EVENTS
Course
Ion Channels in Synaptic and Neural Circuit Physiology
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
Cure CLCN4 Scientific Conference 2023
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
The Calcium and Cell Function 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
Membrane Transport 2023: Recent Research into Ion Channels, Transporters and Epithelial Physiology
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.
Workshop
38th Microelectrode Techniques for Cell Physiology 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
1st NALCN workshop: The Sodium Leak Channel in health and disease
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
Swiss Physiology & Ion Channels and Membrane Transporter Joint Meeting 2023
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)
Symposium
2nd International Kv7 Channels Symposium 2023
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.
Mapping the Pain Landscape: From Molecules to Medicine
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.
Workshop
ECS Workshop “Calcium signaling toolkit in cell function, health & disease”
November 15-17, 2023
Abstract submission deadline: September 8, 2023
Leuven, Belgium
The Channelopathy Conference 2024
June 17-20, 2024
Montpellier, France
World-renowned speakers, pioneers in the field of channelopathies, will present their latest discoveries.
PAST EVENTS
Meeting
Cambridge Ion Channel Forum
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.
Webinar
Illuminating new roles for Nav1.1 in somatosensory signaling and behavior – Dr Theanne Griffith, UC Davis
May 23, 2023
Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel
Peripherally expressed NaV1.1 is critical for sensory proprioceptive signaling and motor coordination.
Virtual symposium
Cardiac Safety Symposium 2023
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.
Virtual seminar
Uncovering the secret life of membrane proteins with mechanistic genetic screens – Willow Coyote-Maestas, University of California San Francisco
May 2, 2023
Webinar
Regulation of cardiac Nav1.5 channels by phosphorylation – Dr Céline Marionneau, University of Nantes
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.
Webinar
Inward cardiac sodium current in health and disease – Prof. Silvia Priori, University of Pavia
March 28, 2023
Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel
Silvia Priori's lab studies mechanisms of genetic arrhythmias.
Symposium
7th RSC-BMCS / SCI Symposium on Ion Channels as Therapeutic Targets
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.
Webinar
Novel Patch Clamp to Advance Pain Research
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.
Webinar
Cardiac ephaptic coupling and interactions between sodium channels: myths or realities? – Prof. Jan Kucera, University of Bern
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.
Annual Meeting
Biophysical Society 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.
Webinar
Acid-activated Cl-Channel ASOR/TMEM206: A Previously Enigmatic Channel with Roles in Endosomes – Dr. Thomas Jentsch, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
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.
Webinar
Dravet syndrome mouse models for novel gene therapy development – Dr Moran Rubinstein, Tel Aviv University
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.
Meeting
Ion channels and cancer meeting 2022
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".
Webinar
Voltage-gated sodium channels and cancer – Dr William Brackenbury, University of York
December 13, 2022
Organized by: Angelika Lampert and Hugues Abriel
Repurposing VGSC-inhibiting medications to cancer may hold promise for reducing metastasis.
Webinar
Membrane proteins and mechanisms of disrupted cellular homeostasis – Anna Greka, Harvard Medical School, USA
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...
Webinar
Understanding the function of sodium channel accessory proteins using pain-causing toxins – Prof Irina Vetter, University of Queensland
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...
