Physiology and Biophysics Events

Channel Journal Club Archives

Spring 2005

Month Date Presenter Paper
January 14 Midhat Abdulreda Interactions between synaptic vesicle fusion proteins explored by atomic force microscopy
  21 David Landowne Activating Mutations in the Gene Encoding the ATP-Sensitive Potassium-Channel Subunit Kir6.2 and Permanent Neonatal Diabetes
  28 Karl Magleby

Salt bridges and gating in the COOH-terminal region of HCN2 and CNGA1 channels

Commentary: Capturing ion channel gating: A little salt on the tail does the trick

February 4 XiaoWei Niu  Carboxy-terminal determinants of conductance in inward-rectifier K channels
Biophysics Meeting, February 12-16
  18 Tony DeFazio  Presynaptic homeostasis at CNS nerve terminals compensates for lack of a key Ca2+ entry pathway 
  25 Yaxia Zhang  Cytoplasmic domain structures of Kir2.1 and Kir3.1 show sites for modulating gating and rectification
March 4 Carsten Mim  Crystal structure of the calcium pump with a bound ATP analogue
  11 Wolfgang Nonner  Divalent cation sensitivity of BK channel activation supports the existence of three distinct binding sites
  18 Chris Shelley  The cooperative voltage sensor motion that gates a potassium channel 
  25 Cancelled Spring Break
April 1 Alex Peyser   Membrane insertion of a potassium-channel voltage sensor  
  8 Cancelled Special Seminar
  15 Junjie Wang Cross-presentation by intercellular peptide transfer through gap junctions
  22 Janet Talbot  An isolated pool of vesicles recycles at rest and drives spontaneous neurotransmission
  29 Zhen Tao  Small-scale molecular motions accomplish glutamate uptake in human glutamate transporters
May 6 Ginny Cruz  The site of action potential initiation in cerebellar purkinje neurons 
  13 Silviu Locovei  Voltage-dependent anion channel-1 (VDAC-1) contributes to ATP release and cell volume regulation in murine cells 
  20 Meiyun Ma  Impaired permeabiliby to Ins(1,4,5)P3 in a mutant connexin underlies recessive hereditary deafness
  27 Luis Garcia-Chacon 

Cyclophilin D-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition regulates some necrotic but not apoptotic cell death." Nature. 434(7033):652-658.

 

 

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