09.15-10.00 Welcome with coffee and tea
Keynote lecture
10.00-11.00 Beyond the consensus G protein coupling profile of GPCRs: towards physiology and system bias
Ralf Jockers (Institut Cochin, INSERM, Paris)
Oral communications (morning session)
11.00-11.15 Role of macro-molecules in activating human Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor D: allosteric/orthosteric ligand or mechano-sensitive?
Rohit Arora, Joni Heymans, Nikola Papovic, Kenny M. Van Theemsche, Alain J Labro (UGhent & UAntwerp)
11.15-11.30 A non-canonical effect of BAPTA inhibits glycolysis, resulting in cell death in Mcl-1-dependent cancers
Sneyers F., Kerkhofs M., Welkenhuyzen K., Ghesquière B., Dewerchin, M., Bootman M.D., Bultynck G (KULeuven)
11.30-11.45 Changes in irisin (FNDC5) and myostatin expression in doxorubicin-treated C2C12 myotubes
Van Asbroeck Birgit, Dombrecht Dorien, Van Craenenbroeck Emeline, Guns Pieter-Jan, Van Breda Eric (UAntwerp)
11.45-12.00 Early detection of chemotherapy induced cardiotoxicity
Dustin Krüger, Matthias Bosman, Constantijn Franssen, Pieter-Jan Guns (UAntwerp)
12.00-12.15 Glucose inhibits glucagon secretion of mice with α-cell-specific deletion of KATP channels
Manjitha Parambath, Bao-Khanh Lai, Heeyoung Chae, Eva Gatineau, Susumu Seino, Patrick Gilon (UCL & Kobe Univ Japan)
12.15-12.30 TRPM3 – novel target to alleviate chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain (CIPNP)
Vincenzo Davide Aloi, Silvia Pinto, Rita van Bree, Katrien Luyten, Thomas Voets, Joris Vriens (KULeuven)
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12.15 – 13.00 Lunch and Posters
Posters:
• Neuromorphic circuits for undergraduate neurophysiology courses
Sébastien Szczepanski, Maëlle Limpens, Alexandre Legrand, Anne-Emilie Declèves, Alexandra Tassin (UMons)
• Adiponectin pathway in a murine model of disuse muscle atrophy: an in vivo study
Shlyonsky V, Dupuis F, de Prelle B, Gall D (ULB)
Oral communications (afternoon session)
13.15-13.30 The important role of PAR2 in early implantation processes
Martina Ciprietti, Joris Vriens (KULeuven)
13.30-13.45 TRPV2 is involved in trophoblast branching of the mouse placenta
Katrien De Clercq, V. Perez-Garcia, J. Lopez-Tello, E. Van Den Broek, T. Voets, A. Sferruzzi-Perri, J. Vriens (KULeuven & UCambridge UK)
13.45-14.00 Glycemic control in TRPM4 knockout mice during pregnancy
Caroline Wuyts, Koenraad Philippaert, Silvia Pinto, Caroline Simoens, Rudi Vennekens (KULeuven)
14.00-14.15 Studying endometrial dysfunction in PCOS with a prenatally androgenized mouse model
Luyckx L, Virtanen N, Arffman R, Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen R, Piltonen T, Vriens J (KULeuven)
14.15-14.30 Effect of a rare mutation of the Nav1.4 channel, L1436P, on its biophysical properties
L. Dubois, Y. Sun, K. Jacquerie, B. Lakaye, FC Wang, V.Seutin (ULiège)
14.30-14.45 Cardiomyocyte differentiation from iPS cells is delayed following knockout of Bcl-2
Tim Vervliet (KULeuven)
14.45 – 15.15 Coffee – Tea
Closing lecture
15.15-16.15 TRPM3 – a hot channel on steroids
Thomas Voets (KULeuven)
