SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Control of cell function and differentiation by extracellular electric fields |
| Discussion Leader: Raphael C. Lee (University of Chicago Medical Center, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Horacio Cantiello (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) "Electrodynamic properties of cytoskeletal elements and their potential role in cell function" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Michael Cho (University of Illinois, USA) "Facilitated stem cell differentiation mediated by non-invasive electrical stimulation and tissue engineering applications" |
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 | Using electric fields for cancer detection and therapy |
| Discussion Leader: Dietmar Rabussay (Genetronics Inc, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Anarosa Arcangeli (University of Firenze, Italy) "Unconventional ion channel signalling in cancer cells: interaction between K+ channels, adhesion receptors and metastasis" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Mustafa Djamgoz (Imperial College, UK) "Tumor detection by changes in tissue electrical potential and control of metastasis with electric fields" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Richard Nuccitelli (BioElectroMed Corp, USA) "Detection and treatment of malignant skin lesions using electric fields" |
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 | Gene electrotransfer to cells and tissues |
| Discussion Leader: Pernille Hojman (Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Lluis Mir (CNRS, France) "Gene electrotransfer to muscle: a view with future prospects" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Hanne Gissel (Aarhus University, Denmark) "Muscle function and integrity after DNA electrotransfer: mechanistic roles of ion pores and pumps" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Electrical control of stem cell differentiation and regeneration |
| Discussion Leader: Joachim Wegener (Muenster, Germany) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Michael Levin (Forsyth Institute, USA) "Bioelectric signals link cellular and embryo-wide polarity in left-right patterning" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Dany Adams (Forsyth Institute, USA) "Hydrogen ion gradients control regeneration and development" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Nestor Oviedo (Forsyth Institute, USA) "Bioelectric control of regeneration and stem cell regulation" |
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 | Electric field effects at the membrane |
| Discussion Leader: Discussion Leader: Eberhard Neumann (University of Bielefeld, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Yasushi Okamura (Okazaki Center for Integrative Bioscience, Japan)
"Mechanisms of voltage-sensing phosphoinositide phosphatases: linking electrical signals and phosphoinositide signals" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Leslie Loew (University of Connecticut Health Center, USA)
"New Optical Probes for imaging membrane potential" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Electrical control of CNS function and repair |
| Discussion Leader: Colin McCaig (University of Aberdeen, UK) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Steven Schiff (Penn State University, USA)
"Towards spatiotemporal control of brain cortex with feedback electrical fields" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Jed Hartings (University of Cincinnati, USA) "Cortical spreading depolarizations following acute injury to the human brain" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Jorge Collazos-Castro (Hospital Nacional de Paraplejicos, Spain) "Development of an electrochemical device for stimulation of mammalian spinal cord repair" |
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 | Post electrotransfer of genes: DNA transport to the nucleus |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Heller (University of South Florida, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Marie-Pierre Rols (IPBS-CNRS, France) "DNA/membrane interaction: a key step in gene electrotransfer" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | David Dean (University of Rochester, USA)
"Augmenting post electrotransfer of DNA to the nucleus: mechanisms and applications" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Controlling cell responses to electric fields: wound healing |
| Discussion Leader: Frank Hart (USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Ann Rajnicek (UK) "Guiding nerves and epithelial cells with electrical and mechanical cues" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Romana Kucerova (UK) "Electrical control of mouse wound healing by the transcription factor Pax6" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Christine Pullar (Leicester University, UK) "Cellular mechanisms that control guidance of keratinocyte migration and re-epithelialisation by electric fields" |
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 | Hot Topics |
| Discussion Leader: Julie Gehl (Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Raoul Kopelman (University of Michigan, USA) "Voltage-sensing in living cells with ‘Nanopebbles’" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Thomas Heimburg (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "The action potential as a propagating density pulse" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |