Program

To maximize interdisciplinary interactions, the program will include non-concurrent sessions for oral and poster presentations. The following four keynote speakers will provide State-of-the-Art lectures on broad topics related to (and including) gap junctional research. The Organizing and Program Committees would like to thank these speakers for agreeing to participate in our meeting.

  • Barry W. Connors (Brown University): Electrical Synapses in the Brain
  • Annmarie Surprenant (University of Sheffield, UK): Interplay between membrane receptors, pannexin and connexon channels.
  • Paolo Meda (University of Geneva): Connexins in pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Andrew L. Wit (Columbia University): Cardiac Arrhythmias

Final Program

The Organizing Committee hopes you enjoy the beauty of Sedona as well as the scientific program.

** For Conferees only.

Saturday July 25th

3:00 - 8:00 pm Registration
7:30 - 9:30 pm Reception - Desserts, Cheeses and Fruit, cash bar

Sunday July 26th

7:30 - 8:30 am Registration/Breakfast
8:30 - 10:20 am Session 1 Connexins and tissue function, Chair: Klaus Willecke
10:20 - 10:40 am Break**
10:40 - 12:20 pm Session 2 Channel Structure, Chair: Paul Sorgen
12:20 - 1:20 pm Lunch**
1:30 - 3:10 pm Session 3 Connexins in Growth Control and Cell Migration, Chair: Dale Laird
3:10 - 3:30 pm Break**
3:30 - 5:30 pm Session 4 Channel Assembly and Degradation, Chair: Mike Koval
6:00 - 7:30 pm Dinner
7:30 - 10:00 pm Poster session 1 and Cash Bar

Monday July 27th

7:30 - 1:40 pm Free time;
Breakfast & Lunch on your own
1:40 - 3:30 pm Session 5 Connexins in the Nervous System, Chair: Dave Spray
3:30 - 3:50 pm Break**
3:50 - 5:30 pm Session 6 Channel Permeability, Chair: Darren Locke
6:00 - 7:30 pm Dinner
8:00 - 9:40 pm Session 7 Connexins in the Vasculature I, Chair: Jacques-Antoine Haefliger

Tuesday July 28th

7:30 - 1:40 pm Free time;
Breakfast & Lunch on your own
1:40 - 3:20 pm Session 8 Hemichannel Function, Chair: Kathy Iovine
3:20 - 3:40 pm Break**
3:40 - 5:00 pm Session 9 Connexin Interacting Proteins, Chair: Heather Duffy
5:00 - 6:00 pm Business Meeting: IGJC-2011 Belgium, IGJC-2013 Site Proposals
6:00 - 7:30 pm Dinner
8:00 - 10:00 pm Session 10 Pannexins, Chair: Eliana Scemes

Wednesday July 29th

7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast **
8:30 - 10:20 am Session 11 Connexins in the Heart, Chair: Glenn Fishman
10:20 - 10:40 am Break**
10:40 - 12:20 pm Session 12 Connexins in Development, Chair: Elke Winterhager
12:20 - 1:30 pm Lunch**
1:40 - 3:20 pm Session 13 Connexins in the Vasculature II: Brant Isakson
3:20 - 6:00 pm Poster session 2 and beverages**
6:45 - ? Reception and Banquet

Thursday July 30th

7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:10 - 9:50 am Session 14 Immunology, Inflammation and Wound Repair, Chair: Rob Gourdie
9:50 - 10:10 am Break**
10:10 - 11:30 am Session 15 Connexin43 Mutations in Disease, Chair: Jean Jiang
11:30 am Meeting ends

** For conferees only.