8th RSC-BMCS / SCI Symposium on Ion Channels as Therapeutic Targets
Event
8th RSC-BMCS / SCI symposium on Ion Channels as Therapeutic Targets
Dates
31st March – 1st April 2025
Place
Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge
Important links and downloads
Twitter hashtag – #IonChannels25
Registration
Please click here to register.
RSC/SCI Member £390
Non-Member £485
RSC/SCI Student Member £170
Student Non-Member £210
Registration closes Midnight (GMT) 14th March, 2025
Registration fees will include the conference dinner. Limited on-site accommodation is available to book by following the instructions in your registration confirmation email you will receive shortly after registering.
Call for Abstracts
Abstract submission is open, click here to submit your abstract.
Deadline for poster submissions – Midnight (BST) 20th December, 2024
Deadline for oral submissions – Midnight (BST), 1st November, 2024.
Bursaries
The RSC-BMCS and SCI are offering a small number of bursaries to attend the meeting in person. Applications are open to PhD and post-doctoral applicants studying at academic institutions or non-profit institutions. Preference will be given to members of the RSC-BMCS and SCI. Bursary applications are also invited from RSC, SCI or EFMC members who are of working age, but currently unemployed and from those who may have difficulty in funding their attendance. The bursary application deadline is Friday 10th January.
Please click here to download the BMCS bursary form.
Please click here to download the SCI bursary form.
Please send all completed application forms to events@hg3.co.uk
Confirmed Speakers
Radu Aricescu, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The wide wild world of human GABAA receptors
Martin Brandhøj Skov, NMD Pharma
Selective modulation of Nav1.4 voltage gated sodium channels
Henry Danahay, Enterprise Therapeutics
ENaC blocker for the treatment of cystic fibrosis
Niels Decher, Philipps University of Marburg
Potassium channel TASK-5 forms functional heterodimers with TASK-1 and TASK-3 to break its silence
Anna Moroni, University of Milan
Therapeutic approaches to discuss on cardiac and neuronal diseases, related to HCN channels, as well as on neuropathic pain
Michael Morton, ApconiX
TBC
Alison Obergrussberger, Nanion Technologies GmbH
Emerging technologies for targeting, assaying and modulating ion channel targets
Katie Simmons, University of Leeds
Discovery of novel KCNT1 ion channel inhibitors for the treatment of epilepsy
Jack Terrett, Genentech Inc
Discovery of TRPA1 antagonist GDC-6599: a potential first-in-class therapy for respiratory disease
Thomas Voets, KU Leuven
TRPM3 as a therapeutic target for pain and neurological diseases, from structure-function analyses to animal models and drug development
Organising Committe
Rose Bardell-Cox (Evotec) Treasurer
Michael Clegg (MSD) Chair
Brian Cox (University of Sussex)
Sarah Major (Dark Blue Therapeutics)
Alex Preston (GSK)
Jason Tierney (Medchemica)
Exhibitor Opportunity – click here to register.
The exhibitor package comprises-
– Stand space measuring 3 metres wide x 2 metres deep
– Table measuring 240cm wide x 80cm deep and chair
– Electrical and wifi access
– One stand personnel
– Your logo and full promotional page in the delegate handbook
– Your logo in the rolling slide, shown during the breaks
– Full attendance at the technical programme, poster sessions and conference evening dinner for stand personnel
£1400.00 including one full delegate
Sponsor Opportunities
Sponsorship includes –
– Your logo in the pre-event announcements
– Your logo in the delegate handbook
– Your logo in the rolling slides, shown during the breaks
Minimum suggested sponsorship amount is £500.00
Sponsored Lanyards – £500.00
– Delegate lanyards with company logo, sponsor provides
Delegate Inserts – £500.00
– -No more than two pages of A4 fixed together, sponsor provides.
Exhibitors
Sponsors
Secretariat Contact
Hg3 Conferences Ltd
+44 (0)1423 529333
