8h15-8h45: Registration
8h45-9h00:
Welcome introduction
Session1: Role of ion transporters in cell signaling.
Chair: Rapetti-Mauss R. (RCSI) – Lajaczak N.
(RCSI)
9h00-9h15: Effect of Lipoxin A4 on ion
Transport and Cell Migration in Tumoral Colonic Epithelial Cells. Hollenhorst
M.I.; (NCRC/RCSI, Dublin, Ireland).
9h15-9h30: The Role of Paracrine ATP Signaling
in Mediating the CO2-Dependent Effects on HCO3-
Transport in Human Airway Epithelia. Tuner M.J.; (Newcastle University, Newcastle
UK)
9h30-9h45: Lipoxin Stimulated Epithelial
Repair is Mediated Through Potassium Currents. Buchanan P.J.; (NCRC/RCSI,
Dublin, Ireland)
9h50-10h35: Lecture 1 - Shaping Cancer Cell
Electrical Activity: Insights into the Function of the Sigma 1 Receptor Chaperone.
Dr. Olivier Soriani, IBV, Nice, France
10h35-11h35:
Coffee Break and Poster Session 1
Session2: Ion channel and transporters regulation
Chair: Hendrick
S. (RCSI) – Large R. (DkIT)
11h35-11h50: Pharmacological Profile of TMEM16A
Currents Expressed in HEK Cells. Fedigan S.J.; (DkIT, Dundalk, Ireland)
11h50-12h05: Exploring the Mechanisms Behind
Cigarette Smoke-Induced Internalization of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane
Conductance Regulator. Marklew
A.; (University of North Carolina, USA – University of Newcastle, UK)
12h05-12h20: KATP and KCNQ Channels Are
Activated by Mechanically Induced Stretch in Native Pulmonary Epithelium
(Xenopus laevis). Richter K.;Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen,
Germany)
12h25-13h10: Lecture 2 - Role of CFTR-Dependent
Bicarbonate Secretion in Epithelial Innate Defence. Dr. Michael Gray, Newcastle
University, UK
13h10-14h10:
Lunch and Poster Session 2
Session3: Ion channels and transporters in diseases
Chair: Yusef Robles M. (RCSI) - Rapetti-Mauss R.
(RCSI)
14h10-14h25: Targeting Trypsin-Like Proteases in
Cystic Fibrosis Airways: A Mechanism to Restore Mucociliary Function. Reihill
J.; (Queens University, Belfast, N Ireland)
14h25-14h40: Restoration of Impaired CFTR Function: Assessment of wt CFTR-mRNA Transfection
Efficiency in Human Airway Epithelial Cells. Frenández Frenández E.; (University of Muenster,
Muenster, Germany)
14h40-14h55: Effect of Blockers of
Ca2+-Activated Cl- Channels on Tone in the Rabbit Corpus Cavernosum. Hannigan K.;
(DkIT, Dundalk, Ireland)
15h00-16h00h: Lecture 3 - Sensory Biology:
Roles of Cl- and K+ Channels in Hearing, Touch, and Olfaction. Prof. Thomas
Jentsch, FMP, MDC, Berlin, Germany
18h00 to late: Finger food and wine Reception, The Exchequer Bar, Exchequer Street,
Dublin 2