The 35th Ion channels meeting Preliminary program for the 2026 edition

16:00 - 19:00

Registration / Check-In

Welcome of the meeting attendees

19:00

Welcome drink and Dinner

21:00

Plenary lecture: Pr. Stefan Feske (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA)

Novel Ion channels and Transporters in Immunity

8:45

Symposium 1: “When mechanics drives biology” 4

Organized by Rémi PEYRONNET (Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany)
Thomas Grutter (CBST, UMR 7199, Strasbourg, France)
Optical control of PIEZO channels provides new insights into mechanogating
Medha M. Pathak (UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA)
Molecular Choreography of Piezo1 in Development and Repair

Speakers’ invitation in progress

10:30

Sponsor presentation

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Oral communication session 1

4 selected speakers

12:15 -12:45

1‐minute oral presentation for posters (even numbers)

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Poster session 1 (even numbers)

15:30

Coffee break

15:45

Sponsor presentation

16:00

Symposium 2: ““Channelopathies & Transporteropathies: rare variants, broad impact”

Organized by Olga ANDRINI (MeLiS, CNRS UMR 5284, INSERM U1314, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France)
Elena Bossi (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy)
Disruption of GABA Homeostasis in Neurodevelopment: The Impact of SLC6A1 (GAT1) Mutations on GABAergic Transmission
László Csanády (Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Molecular pathology of cystic fibrosis associated rare CFTR mutations
Michael Pusch (Instituto di Biofisica, CNR, Genova, Italy)
Dominant effects of loss- and gain-of-function variants in neuronal endosomal CLC transporters

17:45-18:45

Oral communication session 2

4 selected speakers

19:30

Apéritif dinatoire Sétois

Dedicated to European Calcium Society symposia

08:45

Symposium 3: “The neglected CRAC Proteins : Orai2, Orai3 and STIM2"

Organized by Bruno CONSTANTIN (IFR Santé, Laboratoire 4CS, Université de Poitiers, CNRS UAR BioS N° 2038)

Barbara Niemeyer (Saarland University, Saabrücken, Germany)
STIM2 and Orai and calcium entries
Juan A. Rosado (University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain)
Functional role of Orai3 in the pathophysiology of luminal breast cancer
Rajender K. Motiani (UNESCO-Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Delhi-NCR, India)
Demystifying the mystery of Orai3 function and regulation in Pancreatic Cancer

10:30-11:00

1‐minute oral presentation for posters (odd numbers)

11:00

Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45

Poster session 2(odd numbers)

12:45

Lunch

13:45

Appointment for Social event

17:15

Symposium 4: “Intracellular ion channels in health and diseases”

Organized by Natacha PREVARSKAYA (CRCLille laboratory, UMR9020 CNRS - U1366 Inserm - Université de Lille - CHU de Lille - Université de Picardie Jules Verne Team IoniC)

Irina Serysheva (McGovern Medical School, Houston, USA)

Andrea Guse (Center for experimental medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany)

Christian Grimm (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, LMU University of MunichFraunhofer Institute Munich, Germany)
News on endolysosomal cation channels: Physiology, pathophysiology and potential as novel drug targets

19:00

Annual meeting of the Association

20:00

Dinner

21:00

Social Event

09:30

Symposium 5: ““Adaptation: how ion channels enable cells to detect changes”

Organized by Joël Tabak (University of Exeter, England)

Qiang Liu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Adaptive Action Potentials and Spike Coding in C. elegans
Sheila Baker (University of Iowa, US)
HCN1 channels in rods control cone-driven retinal responses by preventing saturation of rod responses
Lina Maria Jaime Tobon (INM, Montpellier, France)
How the auditory system achieves high dynamic range

11:15

Coffee break

11:40

Prizes and Meeting closure

12:00

Lunch