SPEAKER TOPIC AFFILIATION Francisco Bezanilla The operation of the voltage sensor University of Chicago, USA Jianmin Cui Interaction between the Voltage-Sensor and Cytosolic Domain in BK Channels Washington University, USA Thomas DeCoursey pH- and voltage-dependent gating enables voltage-gated proton channels to perform their physiological functions Rush University Medical Center, USA Yoshinori Fujiyoshi Significance of multifunctional channels Kyoto University, Japan Gunnar von Heijne Membrane protein assembly Stockholm University, Sweden Ehud Y. Isacoff Sensing voltage University of California at Berkley, USA Hideki Kandori Mechanism of light-driven proton and chloride-ion pumps Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Paul Kemp Potassium channel protein partners: gas sensing in the nervous system Cardiff School of Biosciences, UK Yoshihiro Kubo Voltage and [ATP]- dependent "gating" of ATP receptor channel P2X2 National Institute for Physiological Science, Japan Takeshi Murata Ion transport mechanism of V-ATPase JST ERATO Iwata project Yasushi Okamura Biodiversity of voltage sensor domain proteins Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Japan Andy Spencer Potassium channel diversity in lower metazoans - relating structure to voltage sensitivity and physiological function University of Alberta, Canada Ai-Sun Tseng (from Mike Levin's lab) Biophysical control of tail regeneration in Xenopus Forsyth Institute, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA Tomitake Tsukihara Proton pumping coupled with dioxygen reduction of cytochrome c oxidase Institute for Protein Reseach, Osaka University, Japan Gisela Wilson EAG potassium channels: new functions for voltage-sensing University of Michigan, USA Kenjiro Yoshimura Mechanosensitive channel responds to and resists the membrane stretch Tsukuba University, Japan Ming Zhou Functional Coupling between Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channel and Aldo-keto Reductase Columbia University Medical Center, USA Makoto Tominaga Thermosensitive TRP channels: their structure- function relationship and physiological significance Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Japan Peter Larsson Mechanisms of voltage activation in hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels Oregon Health & Science University, USA