MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME
International Workshop on
Experimental and Theoretical Calcium Dynamics
October 24 - 27, 2000
Scientific Coordinators:
| M. Falcke | J. D. Lechleiter | D. Malchow | J. Sneyd |
|---|---|---|---|
| MPI-PKS Dresden | University of Texas, San Antonio | University of Konstanz | Massey University, Auckland |
| Germany | USA | Germany | New Zealand |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23
| 18:00 | REGISTRATION
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| 19:00 | Welcome reception (Cafeteria at the Max Planck Institute)
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
| 08:15 - 08:30 | OPENING | ||
| 08:30 - 09:05 | Albert Goldbeter (Brussels) | ||
| From simple to complex calcium oscillations | |||
| 09:05 - 09:40 | Ursula Kummer (Heidelberg) | ||
| Different information encoded in qualitatively different | |||
| patterns of calcium dynamics | |||
| 09:40 - 10:15 | Klaus Prank (Hannover) | ||
| Quantifying the information coded in the amplitude and | |||
| interspike interval of intracellular calcium spikes | |||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 10:45 - 11:20 | Trevor Shuttleworth (Rochester) | ||
| Reciprocal regulation of calcium entry pathways and the control of | |||
| calcium oscillations | |||
| 11:20 - 11:55 | Christina Schlatterer (Konstanz) | ||
| Calcium and oscillations in Dictyostelium discoideum | |||
| 11:55 - 12:30 | V. Nanjundiah (Bangalore) | ||
| to be announced | |||
| 12:30 | LUNCH | ||
| 14:00 - 14:35 | U. B. Kaupp (Jülich) | ||
| How to make a Ca2+ sensitive pore | |||
| 14:35 - 15:10 | Anthony Galione (Oxford) | ||
| to be announced | |||
| 15:10 - 15:45 | Nicholas C. Spitzer (La Jolla) | ||
| Global and local regulation of neuron differentiation by | |||
| spontaneous calcium transients | |||
| 15:45 - 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 16:15 - 16:50 | Ole H. Petersen (Liverpool) | ||
| Direct visualization of fast Ca2+ movements inside the | |||
| endoplasmic reticulum | |||
| 16:50 - 17:25 | Marisa Jaconi (Geneva) | ||
| Inositol-(1,4,5)trisphosphate regulation of cardiac automaticity | |||
| 17:25 - 18:00 | Llewelyn Roderick (San Antonio) | ||
| Bidirectional communication between the cytosol and the | |||
| endoplasmic reticulum by calcium | |||
| 18:00 | SUPPER | ||
| 19:30 | POSTER SESSION: 2nd floor |
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
| 08:30 - 09:05 | Ian Parker (Irvine) | ||
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| Role of elementary Ca2+ puffs in generating repetitive global Ca2+ waves | |||
| 09:05 - 09:40 | Colin W. Taylor (Cambridge) | ||
| Regulation of IP3 receptors by Ca2+ and IP3 | |||
| and of the Ca2+ stores by parathyroid hormone | |||
| 09:40 - 10:15 | Martin Bootman (Cambridge) | ||
| Local and global calcium signalling | |||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 10:45 - 11:20 | Suresh Joseph (Philadelphia) | ||
| Measuring the activity of recombinant IP3R channels | |||
| 11:20 - 11:55 | John Pearson (Los Alamos) | ||
| Modeling the dynamics of the IP3 receptor | |||
| 11:55 - 12:30 | Herbert Levine (La Jolla) | ||
| The role of stochasticity in intracellular calcium wave dynamics | |||
| 12:30 | LUNCH | ||
| 14:00 - 14:35 | Ylya Bezprozvanny (Dallas) | ||
| Inositol trisphosphate receptors and calcium signalling | |||
| 14:35 - 15:10 | Irene Schulz (Homburg) | ||
| Hormone induced Ca2+ waves and their modulation by | |||
| intracellular Ca2+ stores in isolated mouse pancreatic | |||
| acinar cells | |||
| 15:10 - 15:45 | David Yule (Rochester) | ||
| Intracellular Ca2+ waves in exocrine cells: a role of IP3 | |||
| and ryanodine receptors | |||
| 15:45 - 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 16:15 - 16:50 | Leslie Loew (Farmington) | ||
| Morphological control of intracellular calcium signals | |||
| 16:50 - 17:25 | Gary Bird (Research Triangle Park) | ||
| to be announced | |||
| 17:25 - 18:00 | Manfred Wussling (Halle) | ||
| Calcium dynamics of living cells compared to | |||
| cell organelles embedded in agarose gel | |||
| 18:00 | SUPPER | ||
| 19:30 | POSTER SESSION: 2nd floor |
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
| 08:30 - 09:05 | Karlene Gunter (Rochester) | ||
| The rapid mode of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake: | |||
| Characteristics in liver, heart, and brain mitochondria | |||
| 09:05 - 09:40 | Thomas E. Gunter (Rochester) | ||
| Mitochondrial Ca2+ transport: Mechanisms | |||
| and possible function | |||
| 09:40 - 10:15 | Guy A. Rutter (Bristol) | ||
| Regulation of mitochondrial metabolism and secretory | |||
| function by Ca2+ in pancreatic islet ß-cells | |||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 10:45 - 11:20 | David Friel (Cleveland) | ||
| ER/mitochondrial contribution to neuronal Ca2+ signaling: | |||
| qualitative insights from quantitative Ca2+ flux measurements | |||
| 11:20 - 11:55 | Marko Marhl (Maribor) | ||
| The role of mitochondria in complex calcium oscillation | |||
| 12:00 | LUNCH | ||
| 14:00 | Excursion to Pillnitz and Workshop Dinner |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
| 08:30 - 09:05 | Andrew Charles (Los Angeles) | ||
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| Intercellular calcium signaling in neurons and astrocytes | |||
| mediated by connexins | |||
| 09:05 - 09:40 | Hans G. Othmer (Minneapolis) | ||
| Extracellular messengers in glial cells: their role in | |||
| calcium wave propagation | |||
| 09:40 - 10:15 | Thomas Höfer (Berlin) | ||
| A model of intercellular calcium waves in astrocyte networks | |||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | ||
| 10:45 - 11:20 | Bernhard Zimmermann (Potsdam) | ||
| Control of IP3-induced Ca2+ oscillations and waves in an | |||
| insect salivary gland | |||
| 11:20 - 11:55 | Andrew P. Thomas (Newark) | ||
| Periodic calcium waves and intercellular signalling | |||
| 11:55 - 12:30 | Laurent Combettes (Orsay) | ||
| Mechanism of intercellular calcium waves in hepatocytes | |||
| 12:30 | LUNCH | ||
| 14:00 - 14:35 | Thomas H. Steinberg (St. Louis) | ||
| ATP- and gap junction-mediated intercellular calcium signalling | |||
| 14:35 - 15:10 | Roger C. Young (Charleston) | ||
| Contractility of pregnant human myometrium: | |||
| action potential, calcium waves, and tissue level signalling | |||
| 15:10 - 15:45 | Michael Sanderson (Worcester) | ||
| to be announced | |||
| 15:45 - 16:20 | Ileana Micu (Aberdeen) | ||
| Physiological electric field induced calcium transients in | |||
| corneal epithelial cells | |||
| 16:20 | CLOSING SPEECH | ||
| 18:00 | SUPPER |