International Conference 2006:National Institute for Physiological Sciences

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ELECTRO-CHEMICAL SIGNALING by MEMBRANE PROTEINS:BIODIVERSITY AND PRINCIPLE
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supported by: 37 th SEIRIKEN Conference, SOKENDAI Conference, Frontiers of Membrane Protein Research (Joint Project between Institute for Protein Research and 
Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience),Satellite symposium for the 84th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan

TIME TABLE

!! Program has been modified.(February 14th, 2007) !!
March 13 (Tuesday)
  Registration
6:00PM Get together party (party place under consideration)
March 14 (Wednesday)
9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:05 Opening remark: Noboru Mizuno (Director of NIPSj
Session1 Structure of ion channels (Discussion leader and Chair: Jianmin Cui)
10:05-10:45 Kenjiro Yoshimura "Mechanosensitive channel responds to and resists the membrane stretch"
10:45-11:25 Yoshinori Fujiyoshi "Significance of multifunctional channels"
11:30-13:30 Lunch and free talk
Special Lecture 1 (Chair: Yasushi Okamura)
13:30-14:30 Francisco Bezanilla, "The operation of the voltage sensor "
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
Session2 Mechanisms of voltage sensing (Discussion leader and Chair: Ming Zhou)
14:45-15:25 Ehud Y. Isacoff "Sensing voltage"
15:25-16:05 Peter Larsson "Mechanisms of voltage activation in hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels"
16:05-17:00 Poster and free talk
Session3 Modification of voltage dependence (Discussion leader and Chair: Peter Larsson)
17:00-17:40 Jianmin Cui "Interaction between the Voltage-Sensor and Cytosolic Domain in BK Channels "
17:40-18:20 Ming Zhou "Functional Coupling between Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channel and Aldo-keto Reductase"
19:00-21:00 Reception party for invited speakers (Okazaki New Grand Hotel)
March 15 (Thursday)
Session4 Mechanisms of proton-conducting proteins (IPR-OIIB Joint Symposium) (Discussion leader and Chair: Colin Wraight)
9:00-9:40 Hideki Kandori "Mechanism of light-driven proton and chloride-ion pumps"
9:40-10:20 Takeshi Murata "Ion transport mechanism of V-ATPase"
10:20-10:40 Coffee beak
10:40-11:20 Tomitake Tsukihara "Proton pumping coupled with dioxygen reduction of cytochrome c oxidase"
11:20-11:30 Photograph at the entrance of Conference Center
11:30-13:00 Lunch and free talk (Okazaki Conference Center)
Special Lecture2 (Chair: Yoshinori Fujiyoshi)
13:00-14:00 Gunnar von Heijne "Membrane protein assembly"
14:00-14:15 Coffee Break
Session5 Biodiversity of voltage-dependent channels (Discussion leader and Chair: Ehud Y. Isacoff)
14:15-14:55 Andy Spencer "Potassium channel diversity in lower metazoans - relating structure to voltage sensitivity and physiological function"
14:55-15:30 Yasushi Okamura "Biodiversity of voltage sensor domain proteins"

15:30-16:05

Yoshihiro Kubo "Voltage and [ATP]- dependent "gating" of ATP receptor channel P2X2"

16:10-18:40

Poster session (Okazaki Conference Center)
18:50-20:40 Banquet (Okazaki Conference Center)
March 16 (Friday)
Session6 Biological role of proton-conducting proteins (IPR-OIIB Joint Symposium) (Discussion leader and Chair: Atsushi Nakagawa)
9:00-9:40 Thomas DeCoursey "pH- and voltage-dependent gating enables voltage-gated proton channels to perform their physiological functions"
9:40-9:55 Coffee Break
9:55-10:35 Ai-Sun Tseng "Biophysical control of tail regeneration in Xenopus"
Session7 Emerging themes of ion channels (Discussion leader and Chair: Thomas DeCoursey)
10:35-11:15 Paul Kemp "Potassium channel protein partners: gas sensing in the nervous system"
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:10 Makoto Tominaga "Thermosensitive TRP channels: their structure- function relationship and physiological significance"
12:10-12:50 Gisela Wilson "EAG potassium channels: new functions for voltage-sensing"
12:50-12:55 Closing Remark: Yasushi Okamura
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