EUROPEAN CALCIUM CHANNEL CONFERENCE 2025

Preliminary Scientific Program – Highlights

Interactive workshops for Early Career Researchers organized by CaVX students

Monday, May 26, 2 pm

Using AI in Scientific Research and Writing

Prof. Anita E. Weidmann, MRPharmS, SFHEA, PhD, Head of the Clinical Pharmacy Department at the University of Innsbruck

Monday, May 26, 4.30 pm

Ion Channels in Drug Discovery

Michael Ahlijanian, PhD, drug discovery professional and talented leader with more than 25 years in the pharma/biotech industry and a strong expertise in neuroscience. 

Plenary Lectures

Monday, May 26, 8 pm

Opening Plenary Lecture

Pascal S. Kaeser, Harvard Medical School // Modular and dynamic active zone structure for Ca2+-triggering of neurotransmitter release

Thursday, May 29, 8:30 am

Midterm Plenary Lecture

Spencer Freeman, University of Toronto

Friday, May 30, 8 pm

Closing Plenary Lecture

Dan Minor, University of California, San Francisco // Electrosome assembly: a first structural view of ion channel biogenesis

Special Symposium

Tuesday, May 27

Symposium in honor of the late Bill Catterall

Chairs: Johannes Hell, UC Davis, and Jörg Striessnig, University of Innsbruck

  • ·         Lori L. Isom, University of Michigan Medical School // Discovering gene-modifying therapies for the developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, Dravet syndrome
  • Massimo Mantegazza, Cote d'Azur, CNRS & Inserm, France // Functional analysis and phenotypes of SCN1A/NaV1.1 variants
  • Amy Lee, The University of Texas-Austin // Ca2+ channel switching at the cone photoreceptor synapse

Symposium sessions

Tuesday, May 27 –
 Friday, May 30

Symposia on (Talks and short talks will be selected from abstracts)

  • Voltage-gated calcium channels in disease
  • Calcium channel regulation
  • CaV1.x channels at work in neural and cardiac systems
  • Ion channels in disease
  • Calcium homeostasis by NAADP and endo-lysosomal channels
  • TRP channels
  • Ion channel structure and function
  • Ion channel imaging

Poster Sessions and Research Flash Presentations

Tuesday, May 27

Wednesday, May 28

Friday, May 30

Research Flash Presentations (Groups A, B, and C)

Poster Sessions (Groups A, B, and C)