UPCOMING EVENTS
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.
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.
Symposium
Ion Channels in Cancer Biology
April 17-19, 2023
Abstract submission deadline: March 17, 2023
Capua, Italy
Organized by: Saverio Gentile and Sophion Bioscience
This will be an inaugural scientific event, providing a platform for the sharing and critical analysis of the latest cutting-edge research findings, most recent movements and latest upgrades in the new field of Ion Channels in Cancer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
