SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PIONEERS OF MAGNESIUM RESEARCH |
| Discussion Leader: BM Altura (Brooklyn, USA) |
| BM Altura and Bella T Altura (Brooklyn, USA)
Magnesium Deficiency-Induced Hypertension & Cell Signaling |
| S Wallach (Clearwater, USA)
Compartmental Magnesium Control |
| HG Classen (Stuttgart, Germany)
Mg and stress - early roots |
| Mario Barbagallo (Palermo, Italy)
Remembering Lawrence M Resnick; re Magnesium, Insulin Resistance and the Metabolic Syndrome |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETIC DISORDERS OF MAGNESIUM TRANSPORT |
| Discussion Leader: Rudolf Schweyen (Vienna, Austria) |
| Andrea Fleig (Honolulu, USA)
Regulation of cellular Mg2+ influx |
| AM Scharenberg (Seattle, USA)
Molecular Mechanisms of Magnesium Homeostasis in Lymphocytes |
| KP Schlingmann (Marburg, Germany)
Hereditary Disorders of Magnesium Homeostasis |
10:15 am | Photo |
| RJ Bindels (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
TRPM6&TRPM7: chanzymes essential for Mg2+ homeostasis |
| RR Preston (Philadelphia, USA)
Molecular structure of the Mg2+-specific ion channel in Paramecium |
| R Schweyen (Vienna, Austria)
The MRS2 family of mitochondrial Mg2+ channels |
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 | VASCULAR EFFECTS OF MAGNESIUM |
| Discussion Leader: Rhian M. Touyz (Montreal, Canada) |
| Jeannette A. Maier (Milano, Italy)
Molecular mechanisms of magnesium in atherosclerosis and vascular injury |
| RA Khalil (Boston, USA)
Magnesium regulation of vascular tone - mechanisms beyond calcium |
| JR Romero (Boston, USA)
Cellular regulation of magnesium - implications in cardiovascular and sickle cell disease |
| IC Gerling (Memphis, USA)
Magnesium and aldosterone - new concepts in cardiovascular pathology |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EFFECTS OF INTRACELLULAR MAGNESIUM |
| Discussion Leader: Andrea Romani (Vienna, Austria) |
| Dorothee Günzel (Berlin, Germany)
Quantification of Mg2+ extrusion and cytoslic Mg2+ buffering in Xenopus Oocytes |
| Jong-Dae Lee (Fukui, Japan)
Effect of Mg2+ on prostacyclin synthesis in rat vascular cells |
| KN Dalby (Austin, USA)
Activation of protein kinases by magnesium |
| DS Steele (Leeds, UK)
Mg2+ regulation of RyR function in normal and malignant hyperthermia-susceptible skeletal muscle |
| NG Walter (Ann Arbor, USA)
Magnesium ions - aiding RNA to master versatile catalysis |
| K Mubagwa (Leuven, Belgium)
Magnesium-inhibited cation channel in cardiac myocytes |
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 | MAGNESIUM AND THE HEART |
| Discussion Leader: Wolfgang Vierling (Munich, Germany) |
| JR Berlin (Newark, USA)
Influence of magnesium on ion channels of the heart |
| W Vierling (Munich, Germany)
Interactions between magnesium and calcium in heart muscle |
| M Shechter (Tel Hashomer, Israel)
Magnesium in heart disease |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MAGNESIUM IN NEUROLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Vink (Adelaide, Australia) |
| K Muir (Glasgow, UK)
The IMAGES trial |
| J Saver (Los Angeles, USA)
FAST-MAG: evaluating magnesium sulfate for acute stroke in the hyperacute time window |
| R. Mittendorf (Chicago, USA)
Using pharmacologic doses of antenatal magnesium sulfate in clinical
trials: Pitfalls and potential benefits |
| R Vink (Adelaide, Australia)
Intracellular versus extracellular effects of magnesium: implications
for therapeutic success or failure |
| K Torimitsu (Kanagawa, Japan)
Effect of magnesium on neural activities and its analysis using
micro-electrode array-based measurement |
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 | MAGNESIUM AND OXIDATIVE STRESS |
| Discussion Leader: André Mazur (St. Genes Champanelle, France) |
| Andrea Hartwig (Berlin, Germany) Magnesium and genomic stability: role in DNA repair processes and interactions with toxic metal compounds |
| E Rock (St. Genes Champanellev, France)
Relationship between low magnesium status and oxidative stress: putative role of immune cells rap |
| IT Mak (Washington, USA)
Cardiovascular Oxidative Stress in Mg-deficiency: Role of Substance P |
| Federica I. Wolf (Rome, Italy)
Magnesium and oxidative stress: implications in proliferation, DNA oxidative damage and aging |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MAGNESIUM BALANCE AND DIAGNOSIS OF MAGNESIUM STATUS |
| Discussion Leader: Kay Franz (Provo, UT) |
| T Miller (Lakeside, USA)
Magnesium research: A commercial perspective |
| FH Nielsen (Grand Forks, USA)
Magnesium balance as an indicator of magnesium status and experimental magnesium depletion in humans |
| Aurélie Chanson (St. Genès Champanelle, France)
Evaluation of Mg metabolism: interest of stable isotope |
| RJ Elin (Louisville, USA)
Assessing magnesium status in health and disease |
| Kay B Franz (Provo, USA)
Functional biomarkers for magnesium |
| B Silver (Foster City, USA)
Historical Development of Cellular Magnesium Nano-Analysis Impacting Treatment of Magnesium Deficiency Syndromes |
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 | MAGNESIUM, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VARIOUS DISEASES |
| Discussion Leader: Ragnar Rylander (Gotenborg, Sweden) |
| WK Al-Delaimy (Boston, USA)
Magnesium Intake and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease |
| F Guerrero-Romero (Durango, Mexico)
The role of magnesium in metabolic disorders of glucose |
| R Lopez-Ridaura (Boston, USA)
Magnesium and type 2 diabetes - pro and con |
| R Rylander (Gotenborg, Sweden)
Causality? - the magnesium dilemma |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |