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