10:15 AM

Welcome remarks

Yuji Tsurubuchi - Sophion Bioscience K.K

Session 1

Chair: Yoshihiro Kubo - National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan

10:30 AM

Regulation and function of store-operated and mechanosensitive Ca²⁺ channels in immune cells

Nicholas Demaurex - University of Geneva, Switzerland

10:55 AM

Dynamic remodeling of TRPC channelsomes regulates coordianation of calcium and nitric oxide signals self introduction

Yasuo Mori - Kyoto University, Japan

11:20 AM

Mechanistic insights into Kv7 channel modulators

Sara Liin - Linköping University, Sweden

11:45 AM

Structural insights into the ion selectivity of potassium-selective channelrhodopsins

Seiya Tajima - University of Tokyo, Japan

12:10 PM

Lunch and poster presentations

Session 2

Chair: Yasuo Mori - Kyoto University, Japan

01:45 PM

Lipid and small molecule modulation of pacemaker channels

Crina Nimigean - Cornell University, USA

02:10 PM

Optical modulation of ion channel activity by opsin, light-sensitive GPCR

Hisao Tsukamoto - Kobe University, Japan

02:35 PM

Drug-induced arrhythmia: unraveling triggers and substrates in animal and cellular models

Hiroko Izumi-Nakaseko - Toho University, Japan

03:00 PM

Leakage of the hydrophobic gate determines voltage and Ca²⁺ dependent activation of BK channels

Jianmin Cui - Washinton University, USA

03:25 PM

Tea/coffee - poster presentations

Session 3

Chair: Jianmin Cui - Washington University, USA

04:00 PM

CatSper channels: fertility and contraceptive advocacy.

Jean-Ju Chung - Yale University, USA

04:25 PM

Differences in functional properties between acid-sensitive chloride channels and volume-sensitive chloride channels

Kaori Sato-Numata - Akita University, Japan

04:50 PM

The heat sensitivity of TRPV1 from tailed amphibians which prefer cooler environments

Osamu Saitoh - Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Japan

05:15 PM

News & views from Sophion

Damian Bell - Sophion Bioscience, United Kingdom

05:40 PM

Closing remarks and wrap up

06:30 PM

Dinner reception at Sanjo Kaikan

09:45 AM

Welcome remarks

Yuji Tsurubuchi - Sophion Bioscience K.K

Session 4

Chair: Sara Liin - Linköping University, Sweden

09:50 AM

Development of RyR2 specific inhibitors and verification of their antiarrhythmic effects in mouse models

Nagomi Kurebayashi - Juntendo University, Japan

10:15 AM

TBA

Conor McClenaghan - Rutgers, USA

10:40 AM

Regulation of autophagy by the intracellular Ca²⁺ channel TRPML3

Hyun Jin Kim - Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea

11:05 AM

Tea/coffee - poster session

Session 5

Chair: Yasushi Okamura - Osaka University, Japan

11:50 AM

High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy (HS-AFM): Structure and Dynamics of Ion Channel at the Single Molecule Level

Simon Scheuring - Cornell University, USA

12:15 PM

Novel mechanisms underlying the ion selectivity of pathological mutants of GIRK channels

I-Shan Chen - Wakayama Medical University, Japan

12:40 PM

TBA

Anissa Bara - Sophion Bioscience, Denmark

01:05 PM

Lunch and poster session

Session 6

Chair: Damian Bell - Sophion Bioscience

02:30 PM

TBA

Lijun Kang - Zhejiang University, China

02:55 PM

Zinc-mediated inhibition of the sperm-specific potassium channel Slo3.

Riziki Tsari Andriani - Osaka University, Japan

03:20 PM

The activity regulation by the selective filter residues in prokaryotic sodium channel

Katsumasa Irie - Wakayama Medical University, Japan

03:45 PM

Closing remarks and wrap up