The 35th Ion channels meeting Preliminary program for the 2026 edition

16:00 - 19:00

Registration / Check-In

Welcome of the meeting attendees

19:00

Welcome drink and Dinner

21:00

Plenary lecture: Pr. Stefan Feske (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA)

Novel Ion channels and Transporters in Immunity

8:30

Opening session

8:45

Symposium 1: “When mechanics drives biology”

Organized by Rémi PEYRONNET (Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany)
Thomas Grutter (CBST, UMR 7199, Strasbourg, France)
Optical control of PIEZO channels provides new insights into mechanogating
Medha M. Pathak (UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA)
Molecular Choreography of Piezo1 in Development and Repair
Annette Hammes (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin,Germany)
PIEZO2 mechanotransduction in coronary angiogenesis and endothelial fate specification

Selected speaker

Thomas Manicom Ramsamy (Institut for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France)
An epigenetic BRG1–P300 module gates mechanosensitive-channel expression and endothelial dysfunction in cerebral cavernous malformations.

10:30

Sponsor presentation

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Oral communication session 1 : “Ion channel/transporter diversity across species”

Organized by Laetitia MONY (Institut de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
Sara Kaaki (Laboratoire Physiologie, Ecologie et Environnement (P2E), Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France)
Honeybee α1α8β1 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor generates several distinct stoichiometries associated to acetylcholine activation.
Luca Pigelet (Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France)
Species-specific properties of ASICS in human DRG neurons.
Sarah Shoushrah (Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Bonn, Germany)
Do homomeric assemblies of human epithelial sodium channels (ENAC) exists? Limitations of the Xenopus laevis oocytes model.
George Parsons (Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom)
Reshaping the binding pocket of APC superfamily solute carriers (SLCs).

12:15 -12:45

1‐minute oral presentation for posters (even numbers)

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Poster session 1 (even numbers)

15:30

Coffee break

15:45

Sponsor presentation

16:00

Symposium 2: ““Channelopathies & Transporteropathies: rare variants, broad impact”

Organized by Olga ANDRINI (MeLiS, CNRS UMR 5284, INSERM U1314, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France)

Elena Bossi (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy)
GABA Homeostasis and Neurodevelopment: How SLC6A1 (GAT1) Mutations Disrupt GABAergic Transmission
László Csanády (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Molecular pathology of cystic fibrosis associated rare CFTR mutations
Michael Pusch (Instituto di Biofisica, CNR, Genova, Italy)
Dominant effects of loss- and gain-of-function variants in neuronal endosomal CLC transporters

Selected speaker

Alexandra Typou (Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France)
In vivo characterization of a disease-associated NALCN variant using a conditional knock-in mouse model.

17:45-18:45

Oral communication session 2: “Ion channels in cancer: from cellular adaptation to therapeutic response”

Organized by Valerio FARFARIELLO (CRCLille laboratory, UMR9020 CNRS - U1366 Inserm - Université de Lille - CHU de Lille - Université de Picardie Jules Verne Team IoniC, France)
Juan Manuel Gómez-Sedeño (Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico)
Expression profiling of TRPM2 in colorectal cancer: a combined in silico and ex vivo analysis.
Estefania Torres Ortiz (CNRS-IBV Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France)
Membrane depolarization drives Wnt/β-catenin signaling in colonic homeostasis and colorectal cancer.
Théo Branchu (Laboratoire 4CS, Université de Poitiers, France)
Carboxyamidotriazole impacts store-operated calcium entries and decreases stem-like properties in glioblastoma stem cells
Alice Hasselsweiller (CRCLille, UMR9020 CNRS – U1366 Inserm, Lille, France)
TRPM2 promotes therapeutic resistance in triple-negative breast cancer

19:30

Apéritif dinatoire Sétois

Dedicated to European Calcium Society symposia

08:45

Symposium 3: “The neglected CRAC Proteins : Orai2, Orai3 and STIM2"

Organized by Bruno CONSTANTIN (IFR Santé, Laboratoire 4CS, Université de Poitiers, CNRS UAR BioS N° 2038)

Barbara Niemeyer (Saarland University, Saabrücken, Germany)
STIM2 and Orai and calcium entries
Juan A. Rosado (University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain)
Functional role of Orai3 in the pathophysiology of luminal breast cancer
Rajender K. Motiani (UNESCO-Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Delhi-NCR, India)
Demystifying the mystery of Orai3 function and regulation in Pancreatic Cancer

Selected speaker

Leonie Hoppe (Saarland University, Saabrücken, Germany)
STIM2 mutations found in a patient with non-tuberculous Mycobacterium infection display altered Store-operated Ca2+ influx (SOCE)

10:30-11:00

1‐minute oral presentation for posters (odd numbers)

11:00

Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45

Poster session 2(odd numbers)

12:45

Lunch

13:45

Appointment for Social event

17:15

Symposium 4: “Intracellular ion channels in health and diseases”

Organized by Natacha PREVARSKAYA (CRCLille laboratory, UMR9020 CNRS - U1366 Inserm - Université de Lille - CHU de Lille - Université de Picardie Jules Verne Team IoniC,France)

Irina Serysheva (McGovern Medical School, Houston, USA)
Structural Insights into Isoform-Specific Regulation of IP3 Receptors

Andrea Guse (Center for experimental medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany)
NAADP evoked Calcium Signaling

Christian Grimm (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Department of Pharmacology, LMU University of MunichFraunhofer Institute Munich, Germany)
Endolysosomal TRPMLs/TPCs: New aspects of their physiological and pathophysiological relevance

Selected speaker

Quentin Lelievre (LP2M, CNRS, Nice, France)
Biophysical properties of acid-sensitive twik1 dynamic selectivity: insights into iron metabolism.

19:00

Annual meeting of the Association

20:00

Dinner

21:00

Social Event

09:30

Symposium 5: ““Adaptation: how ion channels enable cells to detect changes”

Organized by Joël Tabak (University of Exeter, England)

Qiang Liu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Adaptive Action Potentials and Spike Coding in C. elegans
Lina Maria Jaime Tobon (INM, Montpellier, France)
How the auditory system achieves high dynamic range

Selected speakers

Marvin Gaillardon (Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France)
Ionic mechanisms of parasympathetic regulation of heart rate.
Josep Marti-Solans (Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, CNRS/Sorbonne Université, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France)
Ion channel-driven voltage dynamics as spatial cues for morphogenesis in ascidians.

11:15

Coffee break

11:40

Prizes and Meeting closure

12:00

Lunch