Invited Speakers

Alessio Accardi Cornell University Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Physiology and Biophysics (BX 75) 1300 York Ave New York, NY 10065 USA ala2022@med.cornell.edu Lipid transport mediated by a reconstituted TMEM16 ion channel.

Frances Ashcroft University of Oxford Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT UK Frances.ashcroft@dpag.ox.ac.uk ATP-sensitive potassium channels, diabetes and neurological disease.

Francisco Bezanilla University of Chicago GCIS Building Room W244 929 E. 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637 USA fbezanilla@uchicago.edu How voltage gates membrane proteins.

Olga Boudker Cornell University Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Physiology and Biophysics (BX 75) 1300 York Ave New York, NY 10065 USA olb2003@med.cornell.edu Mechanism of a glutamate transporter homologue: from crystal structures to protein dynamics and energetics.

Laszlo Csanady Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest H-1094, Hungary csanady.laszlo@med.semmelweis-univ.hu The molecular background of cystic fibrosis: Structure-function of CFTR, an ion channel evolved from an ABC transporter.

Raul Estevez University of Barcelona Dept. de Ciències Fisiològiques - II Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia Universitat de Barcelona 4a planta Pavelló de Govern (Campus de Bellvitge) Feixa Llarga, s/n 08907 L'Hospitalet Ll. restevez@ub.edu Study of myelin genetic diseases allow identifying ClC-2 Cl- channel function in glia.

Louis De Felice Virginia Commonwealth University Physiology and Biophysics Sanger Hall, 3-038f P.O. Box: 980551 Richmond, VA 23298 USA ljdefelice@vcu.edu Dopamine Transporters as Ion Channels: Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Bath Salts.

Lucy Forrest Max Planck Institute for Biophysics Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3 D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany lucy.forrest@biophys.mpg.de Using computational tools to understand secondary transport.

David Gadsby Rockefeller University D.W. Bronk Building, Room 307 1230 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 USA gadsby@mail.rockefeller.edu Mechanisms of function and dysfunction of the Na/K pump, a model P-type ATPase.

Baruch Kanner Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ein Kerem. P.O. Box 12271, Jerusalem, 91120 Israel baruch.kanner@mail.huji.ac.il Molecular Mechanism of Sodium-Coupled Neurotransmitter Transport.

Michael Kavanaugh University of Montana Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences  Skaggs School of Pharmacy College of Health Professions & Biomedical Science University of Montana 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812-1552 USA Michael.Kavanaugh@mso.umt.edu Glutamate transporters.

William Kobertz University of Massachusetts Medical School 55 N Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655 USA William.Kobertz@umassmed.edu Developing chemical tools to probe ion channel structure and function.

Emily Liman University of Southern California HNB 301 3614 Watt Way Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 USA liman@usc.edu TRP ion channels in sensation: Sour taste transduction.

Christopher Miller Brandeis University P.O. Box 549110 Waltham, MA 02454-9110 USA cmiller@brandeis.edu Weird Ion ... weird ion channel.

Poul Nissen Department of Molecular Biology University of Aarhus Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10c DK-8000 Århus C Denmark pn@mb.au.dk How do membrane transporters switch side?

Eduardo Perozo The University of Chicago GCIS W426 929 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637 eperozo@uchicago.edu Ion channel permeation.

Andrew Plested Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology Timoféeff-Ressowsky-Haus Robert-Rössle-Str. 10 13125 Berlin Germany plested@fmp-berlin.de Structure and mechanisms of Glutamate Receptor activation.

Michael Pusch Istituto de Biofisica CNR Via De Marini, 6 I-16149 Genova Italy pusch@ge.ibf.cnr.it Small is beautiful - what can we learn from fluctuation analysis of (anion) channels and transporters?

Blanche Schwappach University of Gottingen – Medicine Dept. of Biochemistry I Humboldtallee 23 37073 Göttingen Germany blanche.schwappach@med.uni-goettingen.de Trafficking mechanisms in the physiological regulation of ion channels.

Walter Stuehmer Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine Hermann-Rein-Str. 3 37075 Göttingen Germany stuehmer@em.mpg.de Ion channels in cancer.

Robert Tampe' Goethe University Institute of Biochemistry Max-von-Laue-Str. 9 D-60438 Frankfurt/M. Germany tampe@em.uni-frankfurt.de INs and OUTs of Adaptive Immunity – The ABC of Antigen Translocation and Virus Escape

Invited Speakers

Alessio Accardi

Frances Ashcroft

Francisco Bezanilla

Olga Boudker

Laszlo Csanady

Raul Estevez

Louis De Felice

Lucy Forrest

David Gadsby

Baruch Kanner

Michael Kavanaugh

William Kobertz

Emily Liman

Christopher Miller

Poul Nissen

Eduardo Perozo

Andrew Plested

Michael Pusch

Blanche Schwappach

Walter Stuehmer

Robert Tampe'

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