Annual
Meeting

of the German Physiological Society (103rd), Austrian Physiological Society and Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) Physiology

19.09 – 21.09.2024
Vienna, Austria

Pre-Congress Program

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

You will find the detailed program of each SIG hereunder (will be updated continuously)

“Pint of Physiology”

Meeting Point:
“Centimeter at the town hall”
Lenaugasse 11
1080 Vienna

Start: 18:00

For further details inquire to junge.physiologen@gmail.com

Ion channels in health and disease

Time:  14:00-18:00

Venue:
Institute of Physiology, MedUni Campus, Schwarzspanierstraße 17, 1090 Vienna
(Kleiner Hörsaal-Raum Nr. 1.10)

Organizers:
Ivan Bogeski (Goettingen, Germany), Albrecht Schwab (Muenster, Germany), Marcus Schewe (Kiel, Germany)

Scientific Program:

14:00 – 14:30
Molecular basis for the diverse unitary conductance of mammalian pacemaker channels HCN1 to HCN4
Klaus Benndorf (Universitätsklinikum Jena, Germany)

14:30 – 15:00
The role of CatSper Ca2+ channels in male infertility – from bench to bedside and back
Timo Strünker (Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany)

15:00 – 15:30
Genetic variants of CACNA1D (CaV1.3) in neurodevelopmental disorders: preclinical models and clinical implications
Nadine Ortner (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

15:30 – 16:00
Structural, functional and MD analysis of store-operated calcium channels
Rainer Schindl (Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria)

16:00 – 16:30
Break

16:30 – 17:00
Modulation of mitochondrial calcium signaling in health and disease
Cristina Mammucari, (University of Padua, Italy)

17:00 – 17:30
Reviving an apparently dead K2P channel
Niels Decher (Philipps University Marburg, Germany)

17:30 – 18:00
mitoBK channels and breast cancer cell metabolism
Helmut Bischof (Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria)

Venue:
Institute of Physiology, MedUni Campus, Schwarzspanierstraße 17, 1090 Vienna
(Großer Hörsaal-Raum Nr. 1.31)

Time:
16:00 – 18:00 

Program:
16:00-16:15
Welcome
(SIG chairs)

16:15-16:30
Potassium channel mediated  NO-induced vasodilation during maturation: dominance of Kv7 channels
(Rudolf Schubert, Augsburg)

16:30-16:45
Comparing inflammatory proteomic signatures in HFpEF versus HFrEF human hearts
(Frankziska Koser, Münster)

16:45-17:00
Identification and functional characterization of endothelial cell microproteins encoded by noncanonical open reading frames
(Mauro Siragusa, Frankfurt)

17:00-17:15
Role of lipoma-preferred partner in the phenotype control of vascular smooth muscle cells
(Jaafer Al-Hasani, Heidelberg)

17:15-17:30
Leveraging cell-penetrating peptides to cleave titin in intact cardiac muscle tissue
(Annika Klotz, Münster)

17:30-17:45
Assessing cardiac function, regeneration, and remodeling after in vivo titin cleavage
(Paulina Hartmann, Münster)

17:45-18:00
Xenotopic expression of alternative oxidase challenges disease paradigms and reveals potential benefits and hazards for its use in humans
(Marten Szibor, Jena)

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20:00
Cardio beer

Meeting Point:
“Centimeter at the town hall”
Lenaugasse 11
1080 Vienna
https://centimeter.at/centimeter-rathaus/

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