| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | ELECTROPORATION AT THE MEMBRANE LEVEL I: MEMBRANE DEMOLITION AND REPAIR |
| Discussion Leader: Lluis M. Mir (Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Justin Teissie (CNRS and University of Toulouse, France)
"Electropermeabilisation of the cell membrane: still a lot of questions" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Raphael C. Lee (University of Chicago, USA)
"Membrane resealing after permeabilisation" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ELECTROPORATION AT THE MEMBRANE LEVEL II: PHASE TRANSITIONS, MOLECULAR RESTRUCTURING AND BILAYER REORGANISATION |
| Discussion Leader: Hanne Gissel (University of Aarhus, Denmark) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Thomas Heimburg (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Lipid ion channels" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Peter Tieleman (University of Calgary, Canada)
"Thermodynamics of defect formation in membranes of different compositions" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | P. Thomas Vernier (University of Southern California, USA)
"Nanoscale electropermeabilization - molecules in models, cells in cuvettes, tumors in tissues" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | THE MOLECULAR BASIS FOR THE GENEREATION OF BIOELECTRIC FIELDS AND HOW THEY GUIDE CELL MIGRATION IN WOUND REPAIR |
| Discussion Leader: Francis Hart (University of the South, Tennessee, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Min Zhao (University of California Davis, USA)
"High throughput screen for molecules and genes underlying electrotaxis" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Richard Nuccitelli (BioElectroMed Corp, California, USA)
"The skin wound's electric field is a non-invasive indicator of wound healing" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ELECTROTRANSFER TO SKIN, BONE AND LUNG TISSUE |
| Discussion Leader: Marie-Pierre Rols (CNRS, Toulouse, France) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Mattia Ronchetti (IGEA SpA, Carpi, Italy)
"Electroporation based treatments of bone metastases" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Anita Gothelf (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Extended applications for gene electrotransfer to skin" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | David A. Dean (University of Rochester, USA)
"Gene electrotransfer to lungs" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PHOTOCHEMICAL MAGNETIC SENSING: FROM BIRD ORIENTATION TO CHRYPTOCHROME PHOTORECEPTORS |
| Discussion Leader: Thorsten Ritz (University of California Irvine, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Henrik Mouritsen (University of Oldenburg, Germany)
"The magnetic senses of migratory birds" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Margaret Ahmad (University of Paris VI, France)
"Cryptochromes" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GENE ELECTROTRANSFER FOR CLINICAL USE |
| Discussion Leader: Maja Cemazar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Richard Heller (Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA)
"Advances in electro gene transfer and translation to the clinic" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | David Weiner (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Electroporation in the context of DNA vaccine technology - Preclinical and clinical studies" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Declan Soden (University of Cork, Ireland)
"Endoscopic drug and gene electrotransfer" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BIOELECTRICITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION |
| Discussion Leader: Colin McCaig (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Ann Rajnicek (University of Aberdeen, Scotland)
"Cellular mechanisms for directional growth and migration by physiological magnitude electric fields" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Mike Levin (Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA)
"Transmembrane potential as regulator of development, regeneration, and neoplasm" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS FROM MEMBRANE DOMAIN TO MACRO DEVICE |
| Discussion Leader: John A. Llewellyn (University of South Florida, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Andrei Pakhomov (Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA)
"Nanopores: A distinct transmembrane passageway in electroporated cells" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Antoni Ivorra (Universitat Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona, Spain)
"Introduction to tissue Irreversible Electroporation and effects of electroporation on tissue passive electrical properties" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Damijan Miklavcic and Gregor Sersa (University of Ljubljana and Institute of Oncology, Slovenia)
"Treatment planning for electrochemotherapy of deep seated tumors" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HOT TOPICS SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Christine Pullar (University of Leicester, England) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Francis Lin (University of Manitoba, Canada)
"Lymphocyte electrotaxis" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Mustafa Djamgoz (Imperial College London, England)
"Ion channels as novel oncogenes and therapeutic targets for clinical management of cancer" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
