Program

Session topics

  • Chromogranins – Chairs Sushil Mahata and Nitish Mahapatra
  • Mechanisms of membrane fusion – Chair Ira Milosevic
  • Nanoscale organization of the fusion pore – Chair Manfred Lindau
  • Secretory vesicles – Chair Ricardo Borges
  • Emerging nano biotechnologies – Chairs Dekel Rosenfeld and Valentina Carabelli
  • Ion channels and secretion – Chairs Emilio Carbone and Paul Kammermeier
  • Synaptic transmission – Chair Meyer Jackson
  • Aquaporin 4 vesicle dynamics in health and disease – Chair Robert Zorec
  • The PACAP neuropeptide and secretion  – Chair Sarah Gray
  • Granule biogenesis and trafficking – Chair Michael Ailion
  • Membrane fission/endocytosis – Chair Ling-Gang Wu
  • Dense core vesicle exocytosis – Chair Matt Brody
  • SNAREopathies – Chair Jacqueline Burre
  • Intracellular trafficking – Chair Rajesh Ramachandran
  • Plenary speakers: James Rothman, Lukas Tamm, Nathalie Guerineau, Robert Edwards and Ling-Gang Wu

Schedule

Sunday, July 13

  • 13:30: Check In and dinner on your own
  • 18:00: Introduction and opening session
  • 20:00: Reception (location TBD)

Monday, July 14

  • 9:00: Plenary talk
  • 10:00: Morning session
  • 11:00: Coffee break
  • 11:30: Mid-morning session
  • 12:30: Lunch + posters
  • 14:00: Parallel sessions
  • 16:00: Coffee break
  • 16:30: Evening session
  • 17:30: Dinner on your own and free time

Tuesday, July 15

  • 9:00: Plenary talk
  • 10:00: Morning session
  • 11:00: Coffee break
  • 11:30: Mid-morning session
  • 12:30: Lunch + posters
  • 14:00: Excursion (TBD)
  • 18:00: Parallel sessions
  • 20:00: Dinner on your own and free time

Wednesday, July 16

  • 9:00: Plenary talk
  • 10:00: Morning session
  • 11:00: Coffee break
  • 11:30: Mid-morning session
  • 12:30: Lunch + posters
  • 14:00: Parallel sessions
  • 16:00: Coffee break
  • 16:30: Evening session
  • 17:30: Wine/cheese + posters
  • 19:00: Dinner on your own and free time

Thursday, July 17

  • 9:00: Plenary talk
  • 10:00: Morning session
  • 11:00: Coffee break
  • 11:30: Mid-morning session
  • 12:30: Lunch + posters
  • 14:00: Excursion (TBD)
  • 16:30: First evening session
  • 17:30: Coffee break
  • 18:00: Second evening session
  • 19:00: Banquet dinner

Friday, July 18

  • 9:00: Depart

Speakers

  • Andrew Frank, University of Iowa
  • Anne Moscona, Columbia University
  • Ann-Sofie Cans, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • Ege Kavalali, Vanderbilt University
  • Elizabeth Seward, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Emilio Carbone, University of Turin, Italy
  • Emilyn Alejandro, University of Minnesota
  • Geert van den Bogaart, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • Geoffrey Pitt, Weill-Cornell Medical College
  • Heidi Hamm, Vanderbilt University
  • Ira Milosevic, MIA-Portugal & Oxford University, UK
  • Jacqueline Burre, Weill-Cornell Medical College
  • James Rothman (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2013), Yale University
  • Jefferson Knight, University of Colorado, Denver
  • Jenny Hinshaw, NIH
  • Jeremy Dittman, Weill-Cornell Medical College
  • Jihong Bai, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute
  • Joshua Zimmerberg, NIH
  • Kathy Engisch, Wright State University
  • Kevin Currie, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
  • Kiel Ormerod, University of Toledo
  • Lee Eiden, NIH
  • Ling-Gang Wu, NIH
  • Luis Miguel Gutierrez, Universitas Miguel Hernandez, Spain
  • Lukas Tamm, University of Virginia
  • Makaia Papasergi-Scott, University of Rochester
  • Manfred Lindau, University of Miami
  • Manu Sharma, Weill-Cornell Medical College
  • Matt Brody, University of Michigan
  • Meyer Jackson, University of Wisconsin
  • Michael Ailion, University of Washington
  • Michael Cousin, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Nathalie Guerineau, University of Montpellier, France
  • Nicolas Vitale, University of Strasbourg, France
  • Nitish Mahapatra, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  • Peter Arvan, University of Michigan
  • Ricardo Borges, University of La Laguna, Spain
  • Robert Edwards, University of California, San Francisco
  • Robert Zorec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Ruth Heidelberger, UT Houston Medical School
  • Sarah Gray, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
  • Sebastian Barg, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Shyam Krishnakumar, Yale University
  • Skyler Jackman, Vollum Institute
  • Sushil Mahata, University of California, San Diego
  • Teresa Pasqua, University of Calabria, Italy
  • Tijana Ivanovic, NIH
  • Tina Lee, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Uri Ashery, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Ute Becherer, University of Saarland, Germany
  • Valentina Carabelli, University of Turin, Italy
  • Vitaly Klyachko, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Volker Kiessling, University of Virginia
  • Walther Mothes, Yale University
  • Yongsoo Park, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar