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National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS)
The 55th NIPS International Symposium
in conjunction with NIPS International Workshop
"The forefront and future prospects of ion channel research"
| Date / Venue |
| Date: December 1-4, 2025 | |
|---|---|
| December 1 (Mon) | Oral session(start at 9 AM) (Held as NIPS International Workshop), Reception party |
| December 2 (Tue) | Oral session, Poster session |
| December 3 (Wed) | Oral session, Poster session, Information exchange party |
| December 4 (Thu) | Oral session (adjourn at around 13 PM) |
Venue:
Okazaki Conference center (of NIPS), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
| Organizers |
Organizers
Yuichiro Fujiwara (Hiroshima Univ)
Yoshihiro Kubo (NIPS)
Koichi Nakajo (Jichi Med Univ)
Yasushi Okamura (Univ Osaka)
Yoshihiro Kubo (NIPS) ( Email : ykubo(a)nips.ac.jp )
| Program & Registration |
[ Program, click here (in preparation) ]
[ Program & Abstract (PW protected), click here (in preparation) ]
Please contact ykubo(a)nips.ac.jp for password.
[ Call for registration and poster presentation (Sep 15-Oct 15), click here ]
The registration site is only in Japanese.
To OVERSEAS general participants: Please contact ykubo(a)nips.ac.jp
| Speakers |
Rene Barro-Soria (Miami, USA)
Modulation of KCNQ channel gating via a calmodulin–PIP₂ Regulatory Axis
Derek Bowie (Montreal, Canada)
AMPA Receptors Under the Knife: How Splicing and Editing Sculpt Brain Signaling
Jianmin Cui (St Louis, USA)
Mechanisms of KCNQ1/IKs channel activation
David Fedida (Vancouver, Canada)
Unusual high affinity allosteric blockade of KCNQ1 channels
Seok-Yong Lee (Durham, USA)
Molecular Mechanism of TRPM8 Gating
Daniel Minor (San Francisco, USA)
Electrosome assembly: a first structural view of ion channel biogenesis
Ji Sun (Singapore)
Tissue-specific modulation and gating of KCNQ
Edward Twomey (Baltimore, USA)
Structure and function of ionotropic glutamate receptors at physiological temperatures
Filip Van Petegem (Vancouver, Canada)
Cryo-EM and functional analysis of Ryanodine Receptors: from disease mechanisms to pharmacology
Zhiqiang Yan (Beijing, China)
TMC and TMEM63 superfamily of mechanically gated ion channel
Huanghe Yang (Durham, USA)
Ion channels and lipid scramblases in health and disease
Shujia Zhu (Shenzhen, China)
Atomic Insights into the Structure and Function of Native NMDA Receptors
Domestic speakers (confirmed) and tentative presentation titles:
Kazuhiro Abe (Sapporo)
Structural physiology of the primary transporters P-type ATPase
Yuichiro Fujiwara (Hiroshima)
Mechanistic Insights into Lipid Modulation of Voltage-Gated Proton Channels and Additional Regulatory Factors
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi (Tokyo)
Structural physiology of distinctive water channels
Masayuki Iwamoto (Fukui)
Dynamic control of channel gating by membrane tension explored with the Contact Bubble Bilayer method
Shigeki Kiyonaka (Nagoya)
Novel chemical tools uncover the trafficking mechanism of AMPA-type glutamate receptors during synaptic plasticity
Nobuyasu Koga (Suita)
De novo design of proteins via rule-based approach
Koichi Nakajo (Shimotsuke)
Mechanistic Insights into Voltage Sensor Dysfunction and Cardiac Pathogenesis in KCNQ1 and HCN4 Channels
Ai Niitsu (Yokohama)
Rational design principles for peptide-based ion channels
Takushi Shimomura (NIPS)
A novel cation-dependent modulatory mechanism of the Cys-loop receptor anion channels
Ayumi Sumino (Kyoto)
Structural dynamics of ion channels studied by high-speed atomic force microscopy: implications for cooperative activation
Akiyuki Taruno (Kyoto)
Discovery of the epithelial channel synapse and its biological functions
Atsuko Yamashita (Suita)
Structural basis for recognition of diverse taste substances by type 1 taste receptors
Daisuke Yoshioka (Suita)
Imaging the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels at
the Axon Initial Segment
