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Calcium Oscillations and the 5th UK Calcium Signalling Conference

1—2 May 2003

University of Liverpool



Calcium Oscillations

Organizers:
Jim Gallagher (Liverpool, UK)
John Quayle (Liverpool, UK)
Tomoko Kamishima (Liverpool, UK)
Steve Pennington (Liverpool, UK)
Alexei Tepikin (Liverpool, UK)
Alec Simpson (Liverpool, UK)
Sponsors:

Chair:
Alec Simpson (Liverpool, UK)
Thursday 1 May 2003
08:30 - 09:20 Registration

09:20 - 09:30
Introduction and Welcome
09:30 - 10:10
The hepatocyte's calcium oscillators
Peter Cobbold (Liverpool, UK)
10:10 - 10:50
Calcium oscillations in liver: turning full cycle
Andy Thomas (Newark, NJ, USA)
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

Chair:
Ron Jacob (King's College London, UK)
Thursday 1 May 2003
08:30 - 09:20 Registration

09:20 - 09:30
Introduction and Welcome
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

11:20 - 12:00
Local and global calcium oscillations: mechanisms and physiological significance
Ole Petersen (Liverpool, UK)
12:00 - 12:40
Modulation of calcium oscillations by subtype specific phosphorylation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors
David Yule (Rochester, NY, USA)

Chair:
Alexei Tepikin (Liverpool, UK)
Thursday 1 May 2003
12:40 - 14:20 Lunch, poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

14:20 - 15:00
Calcium entry and the control of calcium oscillations
Trevor Shuttleworth (Rochester, NY, USA)
15:00 - 15:15
Residues within the myristoylation motif determine intracellular targets for neuronal calcium sensor proteins (NCS)
Selected poster presentation - Dermott O'Callaghan (Liverpool, UK)
15:15 - 15:55
Regulation of calcium oscillations by natriuretic peptides
Anne Green and Alec Simpson (Warwick, UK and Liverpool, UK)
15:55 - 16:25 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

17:45 - 18:00 Closing remarks

18:00 - 19:30 MerseyBIO Sponsored Drinks Reception (Foyer of the Sherrington Buildings)

20:00 Meeting Dinner (Liverpool Marina and Harbourside Club)

Chair:
Peter Cobbold (Liverpool, UK)
Thursday 1 May 2003
12:40 - 14:20 Lunch, poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

15:00 - 15:15
Residues within the myristoylation motif determine intracellular targets for neuronal calcium sensor proteins (NCS)
Selected poster presentation - Dermott O'Callaghan (Liverpool, UK)
15:55 - 16:25 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

16:25 - 17:05
Calcium oscillations in T cells: mechanisms and consequences for gene expression
Richard Lewis (Stanford, CA, USA)
17:05 - 17:45
Cardiac calcium signalling
Sir Michael Berridge (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
17:45 - 18:00 Closing remarks

18:00 - 19:30 MerseyBIO Sponsored Drinks Reception (Foyer of the Sherrington Buildings)

20:00 Meeting Dinner (Liverpool Marina and Harbourside Club)

The 5th UK Calcium Signalling Conference


Chair:
Sue Wray (Liverpool, UK)
Friday 2 May 2003
08:30 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:30
Regulation of InsP3 receptors by EF hand calcium binding proteins
Llew Roderick (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Regulating Ca2+ signalling at fertilization
John Carroll (UCL, London, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Calcium influx, release and removal in arterial smooth muscle cells
Tomoko Kamishima (Liverpool, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

12:15 - 14:00 Lunch , poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

Chair:
Rosario Rizzuto (Ferrara, Italy)
Friday 2 May 2003
08:30 - 09:00 Registration

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

11:00 - 11:30
Molecular and cellular requirements for the regulation of adenylyl cyclases by calcium
Dermot Cooper (Cambridge, UK)
11:30 - 11:45
Agonist-induced calcium and oxidative stress responses in endothelial cells
Selected poster presentation - Jenny Wilkinson (King's College London, UK)
11:45 - 12:00
Bcl-2 interacts with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Insp3) receptors and inhibits InsP3-mediated calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum
Selected poster presentation - Clark Distelhorst (Case Western Reserve, OH, USA)
12:00 - 12:15
Integration of calcium and Ras signalling
Selected Poster Presentation - Peter Cullen (Bristol, UK)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch , poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

Chair:
Trevor Shuttleworth (Rochester, NY, USA)
Friday 2 May 2003
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch , poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

14:00 - 14:30
Studies of calcium signalling in pancreatic acinar cells using different uncaging protocols
Alexei Tepikin (Liverpool, UK)
14:30 - 15:00
Anti-arrhythmic actions of polyunsaturated fatty acids in cardiac muscle exerted via the sarcoplasmic reticulum
Steve O'Neill (Manchester, UK)
15:00 - 15:15
Investigation of calmodulin distribution and translocation following stimulation of mast cells
Selected poster presentation - Maria Psatha (Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK)
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

Chair:
Martin Bootman (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
Friday 2 May 2003
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch , poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

15:45 - 16:15
Calcium waves in smooth muscle
John McCarron (Glasgow, UK)
16:15 - 16:45
Regulation of MAP kinase signalling and gene expression by calcium influx
Steve Pennington (Liverpool, UK)

Chair:
Alec Simpson (Liverpool, UK)
Friday 2 May 2003
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch , poster session and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee/tea break , poster viewing and trade exhibition (Human Anatomy Resource Centre)

16:45 - 17:30
LEICA LECTURE - Mitochondrial calcium signalling in health and disease
Rosario Rizzuto (Ferrara, Italy)