ICMS Tokyo, Japan – May 2024

09:30AM

Registrationand coffee/tea

10:15AM

Welcome remarks

YujiTsurubuchi

Sophion Bioscience K.K

Thais T. Johansen

Sophion Bioscience A/S

Session1

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

Link?ping 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

Sophion Bioscience A/S

05:40 PM

Closing remarks and wrap up

Duncan Jarman

Sophion Bioscience A/S

06:30 PM

Dinner reception at Sanjo Kaikan

09:15 AM

Tea/coffee

09:45 AM

Welcome remarks

Yuji Tsurubuchi

Sophion Bioscience K.K

Session 4

Chair: Sara Liin

Link?ping 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

KATP-driven Cantu syndrome and AIMS: from mechanism to therapy

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 A/S

01:05 PM

Lunch and poster session

Session 6

Chair: Hiro Ohshiro

Sophion Bioscience K.K.

02:30 PM

Venomous Voltage: Unraveling the Interactions Between Toxins and Ion Channels

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

Michel Krall Jürgens

Sophion Bioscience A/S