Calcium ions are important signals stimulating many processes in live cells including gene expression, excitation-contraction coupling, exocytosis, synaptic plasticity and cell survival. Calcium signaling is initiated by activation of calcium channels that couple membrane depolarization to inward calcium current and transient increase in intracellular calcium concentration. A large number of proteins are implemented in calcium signal transduction, and elucidation of their coupling to other signaling cascades and microdomains in cell-specific environment became one of the major directions in biomedical physiology. This symposium is focused on three main areas of biomedical investigation of calcium signaling molecular physiology. Beginning with structure-functional links and regulation of calcium channels, the Meeting will highlight new aspects and new players in calcium signaling cross-talk and demonstrate new links and principles in cardiovascular and neurosecretory functions.

Meeting Dates:  June 28-30, 2007 (Thursday-Saturday)
Location:  Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL)
                    Salisbury Cove, Maine

Partial support for this meeting is provided by: