Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
The Multiple Facets of Calcium Signaling
Discussion Leader: Barbara Ehrlich (Yale University School of Medicine, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Thomas Sudhof (Stanford University, United States)
"Calcium Signaling in Synapse Formation and Synaptic Plasticity"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Inna Slutsky (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Regulating the Interplay Between Stability and Plasticity by Calcium in Hippocampal Neurons"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Fan Yang (Zhejiang University, China)
"Molecular Mechanisms Underlying a Gain-of-Function Mutation in TRPV3 Ion Channel in Olmsted Syndrome"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Role of Calcium Signaling in Cancer and Redox Biology
Discussion Leader: Christine Peinelt (University of Bern, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Mohamed Trebak (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Non-Canonical Functions of STIM Proteins in Cancer"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Volker Ellenrieder (Department of Gastroenterology, Germany)
"Calcium and NFAT Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Development and Therapy Resistance"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Rhian Touyz (McGill University, Canada)
"Calcium Signaling and Redox Biology in Health and Disease"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Jose Antonio Enriquez (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Spain)
"The Interplay Between H+ , Na+ and Ca2+ in Maintaining the Mitochondrial Electrochemical Gradient"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Jeremy Smyth (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, United States) and Paola Pizzo (University of Padova, Italy)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Role of Calcium Signaling in Skin and Immune Cells
Discussion Leader: Patrick Hogan (La Jolla Institute for Immunology, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Stefan Feske (New York University School of Medicine, United States)
"SOCE and its Role in Th1 Mediated Immunity to Infection and Autoimmunity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Charlotte Odendall (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Calcium-Calmodulin Signalling at the Host-Pathogen Interface"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Andreas Guse (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany)
"Novel Insights in NAADP Signaling"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Calcium Signaling in Subcellular Compartments
Discussion Leaders: Shmuel Muallem (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, United States) and Celia Regina Garcia (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Fabiana Perocchi (HMGU, Germany)
"Systematic Reconstruction of Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling Networks"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Thomas Langer (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Germany)
"Proteolytic Control of Mitochondrial Calcium Homeostasis"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Rajini Rao (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Inter-Organellar Crosstalk by Secretory Pathway Ca2+-ATPases"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Israel Sekler (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Physiological Implications of the Metabolic and Ca2+ Signaling Cross-Talk Between NCLX and the Cell Membrane"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Hong Zhang (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Decoding ER Ca2+ Transients to Assemble Autophagosome Initiation Sites"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Calcium Signals at Membrane Contact Sites
Discussion Leader: Nicolas Demaurex (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Tamas Balla (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, United States)
"Mutual Dependence of Lipid Transfer and Calcium Signaling at ER-PM Contact Sites"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Marisa Brini (University of Padova, Italy)
"Parkinson’s Disease Related Proteins Impact on Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling by Modulating Organelle Contact Sites"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Paola Pizzo (University of Padova, Italy)
"Modulation of Membrane Contact Sites by Calcium Signals"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Calcium Channels and Transporters
Discussion Leaders: Richard Lewis (Stanford University, United States) and Annette Dolphin (University College London (UCL), United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Grace Stutzmann (Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, United States)
"Shared Ca2+ Handling Deficits in Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Cognitive Common Denominator?"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
David Yule (University of Rochester, United States)
"Regulation of IP3R by Ca2+ and ATP"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Isabella Derler (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria)
"Novel Insights in Orai1 Channel Dynamics"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Murali Prakriya (Northwestern University, United States)
"Regulation of Astrocyte Reactivity and Brain Inflammation by Orai1 Calcium Channels"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Indu Ambudkar (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, United States)
"Structural Determinants of STIM2 N-Terminus that Control its Function"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Novel Technologies for Calcium Research
Discussion Leader: Yasuo Mori (Kyoto University, Japan)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Robert E. Campbell (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Expanding the Color Selection and Capabilities of Genetically Encoded Calcium Ion Biosensors"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm
Vsevolod Belousov (Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies, Russia)
"Thermogenetic Calcium Modulation: From Cells to Organs and Functions"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Calcium Signaling in Physiology and Pathology
Discussion Leaders: Aldebaran Hofer (Harvard Medical School and VA Boston Healthcare System, United States) and James Putney (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Donald Gill (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Calcium Signaling: The First 30 Years of the GRC"
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Discussion
9:15 am - 9:35 am
Gaiti Hasan (National Centre for Biological Sciences, India)
"The IP3 R and Mitochondrial Function in Flight Promoting Dopaminergic Neurons of Drosophila"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Jen Liou (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Regulation of PI Cycle at ER-PM Junctions During Receptor-Induced Calcium Signaling"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Geert Bultynck (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"BCL-2 Proteins in Ca2+ Signaling: Impact of Disease-Related Mutations and Accessory Proteins"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Anant Parekh (NIH, United States)
"CRAC Channels in the Innate Immune System"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Keynote Session: Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling
Discussion Leader: Alexei Tepikin (The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Gyorgy Hajnoczky (Thomas Jefferson University, United States)
"ER-Mitochondrial Calcium Coupling"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:10 pm
Rosario Rizzuto (Dept. Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy)
"Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling in Inflammation"
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:50 pm
Kevin Foskett (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Bioenergetic Implications of ER-Mitochondria Ca2+ Signaling"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure