| "Neurophysiology of transporters I" |
Sunday, July 19, 1998
PM Session: |
Session Chairs: Michael Kavanaugh & David Attwell |
| Matthias A. Hediger |
Introduction |
Michael P. Kavanaugh
(Vollum Institute, Portland, OR) |
"Introduction on glutamate transporters" |
Jeffrey Rothstein
(Johns Hopkins) |
"Glutamate transporters and neurodegeneration" |
David Attwell
(University College London) |
"Malfunction of glutamate transporters in ischemia" |
Baruch Kanner
(Hebrew University) |
"Closing in on the pore of glutamate transporters" |
| "Neurophysiology of transporters II" |
Monday, July 20, 1998
AM Session: |
Session Chairs: Henry Lester & Gary Rudnik |
Henry Lester
(California Institute of Technology) |
"Neurotransmitter transporter structure and function" |
Klaus Peter Lesch
(University of Wurzburg) |
"Serotonin transporter gene regulation: from genomics to behavior and psychopathology" |
Gary Rudnick
(Yale University) |
"The Serotonin Transporter: From Function to Structure" |
Don Hilgemann
(University of Texas) |
"GABA transporter mechanisms" |
| "Physiology and Pathophysiology of Amino Acid and Peptide Transport" |
| PM Session: |
Session Chairs: Frederick Leibach & Carol MacLeod |
Manuel Palacin
(University of Barcelona, Spain) |
"Molecular genetics of Cystinuria" |
Yoshikatsu Kanai
(Kyorin University, Tokyo) |
"Transporters for Neutral Amino Acids: Structure and Function" |
Frederick Leibach
(Medical College of Georgia) |
"Peptide Transporters and Drug Delivery" |
Carol L. MacLeod
(University of California, San Diego) |
"CAT2 Knockout Mice May Explain the Nitric Oxide/Arginine Paradox" |
| "Glucose transport and pathophysiology" |
Tuesday, July 21, 1998
AM Session: |
Session Chairs: Ernest Wright & Nancy Carrasco |
Ernest Wright
(UCLA) |
"Physiological and pathophysiological implications of
Na+-coupled glucose transporters" |
Bernard Thorens
(University of Lausanne) |
"GLUT2 knockout mice: relevance to the study of glucose homeostasis and diabetes" |
Nancy Carrasco
(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) |
"Congenital Hypothyroidism Due to Mutations in the NA+/Iodide Symporter (NIS)" |
H. Moo Kwon
(Johns Hopkins University) |
"Transcriptional regulation of the sodium/myo-inisitol cotransporter" |
| "Mini Symposium: Transport - A Walk on the Wild Side" |
Wednesday, July 22, 1998
PM Session: |
Session Chair: Michael Romero |
Stephan Nussberger
(Universitat Munchen) |
"Protein translocation across the mitochondrial outer membrane: structure and channel properties of the translocase" |
Hiroyasu Tsukaguchi
(Harvard Med.) |
"Molecular identification and characterization of a broad selectivity neutral solute channel" |
Christina I. Petersen
(Vanderbilt Univ.) |
"A model for Na+ and 5HT interaction with the Drosophila seratonin transporter" |
| "Metal ion transporters in health and disease" |
Wednesday, July 22, 1998
AM Session: |
Session Chairs: Matthias Hediger & Jerry Kaplan |
Jerry Kaplan
(University of Utah) |
"Yeast Mitochondrial Iron Transport and its Relevance to Human Disease" |
T. Conrad Gilliam
(Columbia University) |
"Wilson’s disease" |
Matthias A. Hediger
(Harvard Medical School) |
"Iron Transport and hemochromatosis" |
Nathan Nelson
(Tel Aviv) |
"Metal ion transporters in yeast and mammals" |
| "ABC transporters and cystic fibrosis" |
| PM Session: |
Session Chairs: Ron Kopito & Phil Rea |
David Gadsby
(Rockefeller University) |
"Control of CFTR channel gating by ATP hydrolysis, one molecule at a time" |
Ron Kopito
(Stanford University) |
"Synthesis and Degradation of
the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, CFTR" |
Philip Rea
(University of Pennsylvania) |
"MRP subclass ABC transporters from plants and yeast: new insights into their mammalian counterparts and related transporters" |
Elod Z. Szabo
(McGill Univ.) |
"Functional characterization of the Na+/H+ exchanger NHE5 isoform" |
Michael F. Romero
(Case Western Reserve Univ.) |
"Electromagnetic Na/HCO3 cotransport via NBC: cation and voltage dependence" |
Samantha Greuheid
(McGill Univ.) |
"Characterization of the mammalian iron transporter Nramp2 using specific polyconal antiserum" |
Dandan Sun
(Univ. Wisconsin) |
"Functional characterization of Na+-K+-2Cl cotransporter in primary cultures of rat cortical neurons" |
Robert A. Colvin
(Ohio Univ.) |
"Kinetic analysis of Zinc transport by the Zn2+/2H+ antiporter (ZAP) in rat brain" |
| "Cation and Anion transporters" |
Thursday, July 23, 1998
AM Session: |
Session Chairs: Peter Meier and Vadivel Ganapathy |
Heini Murer
(University of Zurich) |
"Degradation and resynthesis in the control of renal Na+/phosphate cotransport" |
Hermann Koepsell
(University of Wurzburg) |
"Polyspecific organic cation transporters" |
Vadivel Ganapathy
(Medical College of Georgia) |
"Cloning Functional Charcterization and Tissue
Distribution of Organic Cation Transporters" |
Peter Meier
(University of Zurich) |
"Bile acid transporters" |
| "Water pores, urea transporters, NaCl transporters and hemi-gap junctions" |
| Afternoon Session: |
Session Chairs: Luis Reuss and Steven Hebert |
Alan S. Verkman
(UCSF) |
"Physiology and Biophysics of Aquaporin Water Channels" |
Steven Hebert
(Vanderbilt University) |
"Na(K)Cl cotransporters and their regulation" |
Chairat Shayakul
(Harvard Med.) |
"Properties and regulation of Urea transporters" |
Luis Reuss
(University of Texas) |
"Functional hemi-gap junctions in
isolated epithelial cells" |
|
Business Meeting |
| Keynote Lecture |
| PM Session: |
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Walter Boron
(Yale University) |
"Molecular physiology of bicarbonate and CO2 transport" |
