Ion Channels,
Smart Materials
&
Neuroscience Conference

22-23 February 2024, Auditorium, Centre for Life Science

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Programme

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Opening Remarks

Tuck Wah SOONG

Terrance Snutch

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy – Searching for an underlying Mechanism

Terrance SNUTCH

University of British Columbia

Anjali M Rajadhyaksha

Altered mRNA translation drives social deficits in a mouse model of Cacna1c (Cav1.2) deficiency

Anjali M RAJADHYAKSHA

Cornell University

Tea Break

Gerald Zamponi

T-type calcium channels, cannabinoids and their roles in pain

Gerald ZAMPONI

University of Calgary

Gerald Obermair

α2δ mutations linked to brain disorders affect synaptic functions

Gerald OBERMAIR

Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

Tao Jin

Epigenetic mechanisms underlying trigeminal neuropathic pain

Jin TAO

Medical College of Suzhou University

Lunch

Matteo Mangoni

Catecholamines increase the heart rate via L-type Cav1.3 (alpha1D) and ‘funny’ f-(HCN) channels

Matteo MANGONI

Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle

Nadine J. Ortner

Same, yet different: gating-modifying CACNA1D (Cav1.3) variants in human disease

Nadine J. ORTNER

University of Innsbruck

Petronel Tuluc

Altered glucose-induced electrical activity and insulin release during pancreatic β-cell postnatal development

Petronel TULUC

University of Innsbruck

Tea Break

Jai Santosh Polepalli

Synaptic architecture of remote memory recall

Jai Santosh POLEPALLI

National University of Singapore

Chng Toh Hean

The role of Importin-β1 in synapse to nucleus transport of proteins during transcription-dependent plasticity

Toh Hean CHNG

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

End of Day 1

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Liu Bin

Living Materials for Wound Healing

Bin LIU

National University of Singapore

Daria Andreeva-Baeumler

Ionic channels in artificial membranes for healthcare applications

Daria ANDREEVA-BAEUMLER

National University of Singapore

Tea Break

Richard Tsien

How ion channel alternative splicing varies with neuronal activity and cell type

Richard TSIEN

New York University

Ivy E. Dick

Diverse mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of calcium channelopathies

Ivy E. DICK

University of Maryland

Bernhard FLUCHER

Identification of the CaV1.1 voltage-sensing domain controlling skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling

Bernhard FLUCHER

Medical University of Innsbruck

Lunch

John Chua Jia En

Shaping Neuronal Networks by FEZ1-mediated trafficking

John Jia En CHUA

National University of Singapore

Manu Ben-Johny

Engineered depalmitoylases tune ion channel activity and neuronal function

Manu BEN-JOHNY

Columbia University

Ling Shuo-Chien

Deciphering TDP-43 functions in health and disease

Shuo-Chien LING

National University of Singapore

Tea Break

Sarah Luo Xinwei

Liver-brain axis in metabolic regulation

Sarah Xinwei LUO

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Cao Mian

Impaired synaptic vesicle recycling in Parkinson’s disease

Mian CAO

Duke-NUS Medical School

Philippe LORY

Modeling Cav3.1 channelopathies in mice

Philippe LORY

Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle

End of Day 2

Event Speakers

Speaker DAB

Daria ANDREEVA-BAEUMLER

National University of Singapore

Speaker MBJ

Manu BEN-JOHNY

Columbia University

Speaker BF

Bernhard FLUCHER

Medical University of Innsbruck

Speaker CM

Mian CAO

Duke-NUS Medical School

Speaker CTH

Toh Hean CHNG

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

Speaker JC

John Jia En CHUA

National University of Singapore

Speaker IED

Ivy E. DICK

University of Maryland

Speaker LSC

Shuo-Chien LING

National University of Singapore

Speaker LB

Bin LIU

National University of Singapore

Speaker PL

Philippe LORY

Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle

Speaker SL

Sarah Xinwei LUO

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Speaker MM

Matteo MANGONI

Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle

Speaker GO

Gerald OBERMAIR

Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

Speaker NJO

Nadine J. ORTNER

University of Innsbruck

Speaker JAI

Jai Santosh POLEPALLI

National University of Singapore

Speaker AMR

Anjali M RAJADHYAKSHA

Cornell University

Speaker TS

Terrance SNUTCH

University of British Columbia

Speaker TJ

Jin TAO

Medical College of Suzhou University

Speaker RT

Richard TSIEN

University of New York

Speaker PT

Petronel TULUC

University of Innsbruck

Speaker GZ

Gerald ZAMPONI

University of Calgary

Event Venue

Auditorium, Centre for Life Science

National University of Singapore

28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456

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