Scientific Program
Nov 15 - 17, 2023 | Leuven, BelgiumWednesday, November 15th
12:30 am – 2:00 pm
Registration
Check-In + set-up Posters
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Opening Lecture
2:00 pm
Welcome
Introduction by Geert Bultynck
2:15 pm
Endoplasmic reticulum biology and Ca2+-release channels
by Jan B. Parys
Jan B. Parys
3:15 PM – 6:30 PM
Session 1: Ca2+ in pathophysiology
3:15 pm
Introduction
by Thomas Voets
3:20 pm
Targeting ER signaling as an approach to treat neurodegeneration
by Ilya Bezprozvanny
lya Bezprozvanny
3:50 pm
Calcium signaling in cancer cells: new challenges
by Natalia Prevarskaya
Natalia Prevarskaya
4:20 pm
Selected Short Talk 1
TBA
4:35 pm
Coffee Break
5:00 pm
Calcium signaling and neuropathy
by Barbara Ehrlich
Barbara Ehrlich
5:30 pm
Selected Short Talk 2
TBA
5:55 pm
Dimitri Staelens
An introduction to Zytology and the history of Belgian Beer
Dimitri Staelens
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Opening Beer & Cheese reception
Thursday November 16th
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Coffee
9:00 am – 12:05 pm
Session 2: Novel insights in Ca2+-transport systems
9:00 AM
Introduction
by Llew Roderick
9:05 AM
Opening Lecture: ORP5/ORP8, phosphatidylserine and STIM1-Orai1 interaction and function
by Shmuel Muallem
Shmuel Muallem
9:35 AM
Keynote Lecture: Lessons learned from in vivo measurements of Ca2+ signals in exocrine glands
by David Yule
David Yule
10:10 AM
Selected Short Talk 3
by TBA
10:25 AM
Selected Short Talk 4
by TBA
10:40 AM
Coffee Break
11:05 AM
Novel insights in NAADP signaling
by Andreas Guse
Andreas Guse
11:35 AM
Selected Short Talk 5
by TBA
11:50 AM
Selected Short Talk 6
by TBA
12:10 pm – 2:10pm
Sandwich lunch with poster session (Odd Numbers)
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Session 3: Cell death and survival
2:15 PM
Introduction
by Patrizia Agostinis
2:20 PM
The sophisticated Ca2+toolkit required for the initiation of development in mammals
by Rafael Fissore
Rafael Fissore
2:50 PM
Selected Short Talk 7
by TBA
3:05 PM
Selected Short Talk 8
by TBA
3:20 PM
Selected Short Talk 9
by TBA
3:35 PM
The Cell Calcium sponsored Keynote lecture: Calcium fluxes in cell death
by Ana Garcia-Saez
Ana Garcia-Saez
4:30 pm – 7:15 pm
Socio-cultural activities or free time
7:30 pm
Dinner at ‘t Oud Gasthuys
Address: Brusselsestraat 63B – Leuven
(Inner Square 30CC near to Roman Gate)
Friday, November 17th
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Coffee
9:00 am – 10:35 am
Session 4: Mitochondrial Ca2+
9:00 AM
Introduction
by Martin D. Bootman
9:05 AM
Licensing of IP3Rs that deliver Ca2+ to mitochondria – a KRAP story
by Peace Atakpa
Peace Atakpa
9:35 AM
Calcium signalling and organelle contact sites: two interconnected elements in physiological and pathological conditions
by Paola Pizzo
Paola Pizzo
10:05 AM
Selected Short Talk 10
by TBA
10:20 AM
Selected Short Talk 11
by TBA
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 am – 1:10 pm
Session 5: Novel insights in Ca2+-binding proteins & effectors
11:00 AM
Introduction
by NN
11:05 AM
Molecular segregation of calmodulin mutation phenotypes
by Malene Brohus
Malene Brohus
11:35 AM
Interplay between stress sensing, signaling and cardiac excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling
by Marek Michalak
Marek Michalak
12:05 PM
Systematic discovery of calcineurin signaling pathways
by Martha Cyert
Martha Cyert
12:35 PM
Selected Short Talk 12
by TBA
12:50 PM
Selected Short Talk 13
by TBA
1:10 PM – 3:10 PM
Sandwich lunch with poster session: even numbers
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Closing Lecture
3:15 PM
Introduction
by NN
3:20 PM
IP3 receptors and ER-mitochondrial contact sites
by Gyorgy Hajnoczky
Gyorgy Hajnoczky
4:20 PM
Concluding Remarks and Awards
by NN
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM
Closing Reception
8:00 PM – END
Party at Bar Vista, indicate on registration if attending
The day following the conclusion of this workshop there will also be an academic session organized on Saturday November 18th in the afternoon celebrating the retirement of Jan Parys. Workshop attendees and speakers are cordially invited to this session in the University Hallen (Naamsestraat 22). More information about this will be provided later.
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