4rd European Calcium Channel Conference
Alpbach, Austria – May 24 – 28, 2022

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you for sharing your valuable insights and research during the conference. Your contributions have been truly enriching. Meeting in person and being able to exchange ideas with the amazing speakers and delegates made this event so enjoyable.

As always, you can find our meeting pictures here!

 

TUESDAY, MAY 24

1600

CaVX/MCBO Workshop Scientific Communication for Junior Researchers

Heike WAMSER

2000

WELCOME NOTE (OBERMAIR)

2015

Opening Plenary Lecture: Steven O. MARX // Fight-or-flight responses require augmentation of calcium influx via Rad phosphorylation

CHAIR: Franz HOFMANN

2115

WELCOME PARTY

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in disease

0815

CHAIR/Perspectives: Jörg STRIESSNIG

0825

Ivy DICK // Overcoming challenges in the treatment of CaV1.2 channelopathies

0850

Gabriel STÖLTING // Cacna1dIle772Met/+ mice are a model of primary aldosteronism, seizures and neurological abnormalities (PASNA) syndrome

0915

Melanie MARK // Controlling absence seizures from the cerebellar nuclei via activation of the Gq signaling pathway

0930

Manuel NAVEDO // S1928 phosphorylation tunes vascular L-type channel CaV1.2 and arterial function during angiotensin II signaling and hypertension

0945

Cornelia ABLINGER // Loss of autism-associated α2δ-3 affects synaptic protein expression, presynaptic function, neuronal excitability, and mouse behavior

1000

COFFEE BREAK

Calcium channel regulation

1030

CHAIR/Perspectives: Gerald ZAMPONI

1040

Nathan DASCAL // Full reconstitution of the β-adrenergic cascade regulating CaV1.2: the role of Rad and direct channel-PKA interaction

1105

Manu BEN-JOHNY // Regulation of voltage-gated calcium channel complexes by protein depalmitoylases

1130

Wietske TUINTE // STAC proteins inhibit calcium and voltage dependent inactivation in L-type Ca2+ channels

1145

Eder GAMBETA // Dysregulation of CaV3.2 channel in trigeminal pain

1200

SHORT BREAK

1205

RESEARCH FLASHES A: 7 flash presentations CHAIR: Jutta ENGEL

1235

LUNCH

1420

POSTER SESSION A & COFFEE

Ion channels in networks of excitable cells

1620

CHAIR/Perspectives: Tina PANGRSIC

1630

Nare KARAGULYAN // Using CaV1.3A749G/A749G mutant mice to understand sound intensity encoding at the first auditory synapse

1645

Rohan KAPOOR // Reconstitution of synthetic ribbon-type active zones in a heterologous system: In pursuit of understanding the spatial coupling of calcium channels by the synaptic ribbon

1700

Lu-Yang WANG // Facilitation of presynaptic P/Q-type calcium channels dictates the polarity and magnitude of short-term plasticity

1715

Rosalie DITTRICH // Non-cell-autonomous functions of CaV1.2 in pancreatic beta-cell regulation

1730

DINNER

Special topic: Ion channel structure

1950

CHAIR/Perspectives: Bernhard FLUCHER

2000

Thomas JENTSCH // Molecular identification, structure/function, and physiology of the acid-activated anion channel ASOR

2030

William CATTERALL // Voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels at atomic resolution: structure, function, and pharmacology

2100

Nieng YAN // How to lock down a VSD?

2130

Plenary discussion – 

 

 – followed by BEER & CHIPS & POSTERS

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY, MAY 26

Ion channels in disease 1

0820

CHAIR/Perspectives: Gerald OBERMAIR

0830

Anjali RAJADHYAKSHA // Learning to Forget: Could neuropsychiatric risk gene cacna1c underlie individual susceptibility to addiction?

0855

Annette DOLPHIN // A CACNA2D1 point mutation in the Cache domain of α2δ-1 leads to loss of function

0920

Bernd FLEISCHMANN // Modulation of the cardiac scar and impact on electrical vulnerability of the heart

0945

Susanna ZIERLER // Two-Pore Channels: Regulators of inter-organellar calcium homeostasis, mast cell reactivity and anaphylaxis

 

 

1000

COFFEE BREAK

TRP channels 1

1100

CHAIR/Perspectives: Vladimir CHUBANOV

1110

Klaus GROSCHNER // Regulatory lipidation of TRPC channels – new insights into structure-function relations

1135

Shmuel MUALLEM // TRPC3 channel gating by lipids requires localization at ER-PM junctions defined by STIM1

1200

Katharina ZIMMERMANN // TRPC5 cold sensing: Teeth and beyond

 

 

1225

SHORT BREAK

1230

RESEARCH FLASHES B: 7 flash presentations CHAIR: Stefanie GEISLER

1300

LUNCH

1400

POSTER SESSION B & COFFEE

Two pore channels

1600

CHAIR/Perspectives: Martin BIEL

1610

Michael ZHU // Mechanism of two-pore channel regulation of mTORC1 during macroautophagy

1635

Andreas GUSE // NAADP signaling and calcium microdomains

1700

Christian GRIMM // TPC2 modulation rescues lysosomal storage in Mucolipidosis type IV, Niemann-Pick type C1 and Batten disease

1725

Marc FREICHEL // Organellar Ca2+ regulators (OCaRs) determining NAADP-mediated Ca2+ release from acidic intracellular stores in pancreatic acinar cells and cardiomyocytes

1750

DINNER

Ion channel structure and function

1940

CHAIR/Perspectives: Marta CAMPIGLIO

1950

Riccardo OLCESE // The early molecular transitions governing CaV1.1 opening and EC-coupling in skeletal muscle

2015

Erick HERNANDEZ-OCHOA // Functional site-directed fluorometry of voltage sensor movement of CaV1.1 during an action potential in skeletal muscle fibers

2040

Filip VAN PETEGEM // Channelopathies at high resolution: a structural investigation of muscle excitation-contraction coupling components

2105

Elena LILLIU // On the molecular origin and physiological role of phasic store-operated calcium entry in skeletal muscle

2120

BEER & CHIPS & POSTERS

 

 

   

 

FRIDAY, MAY 27

TRP channels 2

 

CHAIR: Andrea FLEIG / Indu AMBUDKAR

0830

Anant PAREKH // Targeting CRAC channels in human disease

0855

Indu AMBUDKAR // STIM2 and Ca2+ influx in ER-PM junctions

0920

Andrea FLEIG // Crosstalk of magnesium transport and calcium signaling

0945

COFFEE BREAK

Special workshop: Ion channel Imaging

1015

CHAIR/Perspectives: Martin HEINE

1025

Tobias MOSER // Topography of Ca2+ channels at the presynaptic active zone

1050

Klaus BENNDORF // New tools to study the function of ligand-gated ion channels

1115

SHORT BREAK

Ion channels in disease 2

1130

Chair/Perspectives: Johannes HELL

1140

Philippe LORY // Modeling the aberrant CaV3 activity in brain diseases

1205

Andrea MARCANTONI // Dysregulation of calcium released from ryanodine receptors induces synaptic impairments during Alzheimer’s disease onset

1220

Maximiliano ZULUAGA-FORERO // Patient derived CACNA1A mutations affect calcium channel localization and synaptic function in an in-vivo model

1235

Jian YANG // Midchannel proteolysis of CaV2.1 P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channel

1250

LUNCH (Packed lunch)

 

 

 

 

 

AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES (Individual dinner)

 

 

 

 

1800

CaVX Workshop for young researchers: Bringing life science ideas into the realm of bioentrepreneurship Andreas LAUSTSEN-KIEL

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, MAY 28

Physiological roles of calcium channels 1

0830

CHAIR/Perspectives: Emilio CARBONE

0840

Samuel M. YOUNG // Presynaptic CaV2 calcium channel subtype abundance, organization, and the regulation of neurotransmitter release

0905

Stephanie ECKRICH // CaV1.3 calcium channels show slow turnover rates and are critical for transcriptional regulation of BK channel expression in mature cochlear inner hair cells

0920

Anouar BELKACEMI // Role of CaVβ2 and CaVβsubunits of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in pancreatic β-cells

0945

Hartwig SEITTER // A novel CaVβ2 splice variant with unique properties predominates in the retina

1000

COFFEE BREAK

Calcium regulation

1030

CHAIR/Perspectives: Mark DELL’ACQUA

1040

Bernd FAKLER // Fast Ca2+-transport by PMCA-neuroplastin/basigin complexes

1105

Fiona BARTOLI // Endothelial Piezo1 sustains muscle capillary density and contributes to physical activity

1120

Beatrix DIENES // The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channels contribute to the arterial medial calcification

1135

Mehmet KAPLAN // Actions of CaV1.1 in the formation of the neuromuscular synapse

1150

SHORT BREAK

1200

RESEARCH FLASHES C: 7 flash presentations CHAIR: Petronel TULUC

1230

LUNCH

1400

POSTER SESSION C & COFFEE

Physiological roles of calcium channels 2

1600

CHAIR/Perspectives: Christian WAHL-SCHOTT

1610

David BEECH // PIEZO1 in cardiovascular health and disease

1635

Rajesh KHANNA // Unlocking CaV2.2’s pain potential

1700

Noelia JACOBO-PIQUERAS // Molecular mechanisms responsible for the sexual dimorphism in pancreatic β-cell insulin release

1715

Matteo MANGONI // The “pacemaker” L-type CaV1.3 (α1D) calcium channel in heart automaticity

1740

DINNER

2000

Closing Plenary lecture: Thomas VOETS // TRPM3 – from the sensory nerve endings to the brain CHAIR: Thomas GUDERMANN

2100

Closing remarks ( GUDERMANN / FLOCKERZI / OBERMAIR)

 

GOODBYE PARTY

 

 

Participants:

  • Indu Ambudkar, NIH NIDCR
  • David Beech, University of Leeds
  • Manu Ben-Johny, Columbia University
  • Klaus Benndorf, Universitätsklinikum Jena
  • Martin Biel, LMU Munich
  • Marta Campiglio, MU Innsbruck
  • Emilio Carbone, University of Torino
  • William A. Catterall, University of Washington
  • Nathan Dascal, Tel Aviv University
  • Mark L. Dell’Acqua, University of Colorado
  • Valentina Di Biase, MU Innsbruck
  • Ivy Dick, University of Maryland
  • Annette Dolphin, UCL
  • Jutta Engel, Saarland University
  • Bernd Falker, University of Freiburg
  • Andrea Fleig, University of Hawaii
  • Bernd Fleischmann, University of Bonn
  • Veit Flockerzi, PZMS Homburg
  • Bernhard E. Flucher, MU Innsbruck
  • Stefanie Geisler, LFU Innsbruck
  • Klaus Groschner, Medical University Graz
  • Thomas Gudermann, LMU Munich
  • Andreas Guse, UKE Hamburg
  • Martin Heine, University of Mainz
  • Johannes W. Hell, UC Davis
  • Erik Hernandez-Ochoa, University of Maryland
  • Franz Hofman, Technical University of Munich
  • Thomas Jentsch, MDC Berlin
  • Rajesh Khanna, University of Arizona
  • Alexandra Koschak, LFU Innsbruck
  • Amy Lee, University of Texas-Austin
  • Philippe Lory, CNRS Montepellier
  • Matteo Mangoni, University of Montpellier
  • Steven O. Marx, Columbia University
  • Tobias Moser, University of Göttingen
  • Shmuel Muallem, NIH NIDCR
  • Gerald J. Obermair, KLU Krems
  • Riccardo Olcese, UCLA
  • Nadine Ortner, LFU Innsbruck
  • Tina Pangrsic, University of Göttingen
  • Anant Parekh, University of Oxford
  • Anjali Rajadhyaksha, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
  • Tuck-Wah Soong, National University of Singapore
  • Kathy Steece-Collier, Michigan State University
  • Jörg Striessnig, LFU Innsbruck
  • Petronel Tuluc, LFU Innsbruck
  • Elizabeth Tunbridge, University of Oxford
  • Filip Van Petegem, University of British Columbia
  • Thomas Voets, KU Leuven
  • Norbert Weiss, Charles University Prague
  • Nieng Yan, Princeton University
  • Samuel M. Young, University of Iowa
  • Gerald Zamponi, University of Calgary
  • Michael X. Zhu, University of Texas