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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas.  Subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 15, 2020. The Saturday Subgroup programs are heavily attended and include exciting scientific symposia, awards presentations, student and postdoc talks, and business meetings, which are open to members of each subgroup. 

To view a subgroup's 2020 symposium program, click on the subgroup's name. Subgroup programming details will be posted as they become available. 

For those attending subgroup symposia, registration will be open on Friday and Saturday for badge pick-up prior to the subgroup sessions. Registration for the Annual Meeting is required to attend the subgroup symposia.

 

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Channels, Receptors, and Transporters

Subgroup Chair: Renae Ryan, University of Sydney, Australia

Symposium Time:  8:30AM- 12:30PM PST

Symposium Room:  Petree Hall C

Business Meeting:  10:45AM - 11:00AM EST

Speakers:

8:35 AM Juan Du, Northwestern University, USA
Molecular Evolution of TRPM2: from Channel-Enzyme to Thermosensor

 

9:05 AM Willow Coyote-Maestas, University of California, San Francisco, USA
How to Discover Sequence to Function Relationships Across Multi-Pass Membrane Proteome

 

10:05 AM Jorge Contreras, University of California, Davis, USA
Connexins and Pannexins: Not Just Large-Pore Channels but Versatile Transporters

 

11:00 AM Mette Poulsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Channel-Transporter Crosstalk: Regulation of pH-Sensing Ion Channel by Transporter Family

 

12:00 PM Ben Corry, Australian National University, Australia
Mechanical Activation Opens a Lipid Lined Pore in OSCA/TMEM63 Channels

 



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