Bridging the Gap Between Immunology and Ion Channel/Transporter Physiology and Structure Research

Friday May 21st, 2021, 11:15 am – 5 pm (EST)
Where: Zoom
Registration Fee: $25 (The workshop is complimentary for SGP members.)

Introduction
11:15 am – 11:30 am

Stefan Feske, MD

Jeffrey Bergstein Professor, Department of Pathology; Director, Ion Channel & Immunity Program, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY

Bimal Desai, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, VA

Ion Channels for Immunologists
11:30 am – 1:30 pm (1 hour Sessions)

Ion channel physiology and function11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Lily Jan, PhD

Professor, Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, University of California, San Francisco

Ion channel structure & function 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Stephen Long, PhD

Professor, Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Immunology for Physiologists
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (1 hour Sessions)

Introduction to innate and adaptive immunology
2:00 - 3:00 pm

Hidde Ploegh, PhD

Senior Investigator, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Member of the Faculty, Boston Children’s Hospital

Signaling mechanisms in immune cell
3:00 - 4:00 pm

Leslie Berg, PhD

Professor & Chairman, Department of Immunology & Microbiology, University of Colorado

Ca2+ signaling and channels in immune cells
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Richard Lewis, PhD

Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University