Ion Channels as
Therapeutic Targets 2009

The objective of the conference is to encourage communication and scientific interaction between biologists and medicinal chemists with a shared interest in ion channels, with particular focus on channels that offer potential as targets for therapeutic intervention.

The conference will be organized around a series of focused seminars by both chemists and biologists working in ion channel research whilst the conference will be opened and closed by plenary lectures providing a broader perspective on ion channels as drug targets. 

A poster session on the evening of 5 February will provide a valuable forum at which participants can discuss their work with a cross disciplinary group of ion channel scientists; the conference dinner on the night of the 5 February will facilitate scientific interaction in a less formal setting.

Confirmed Speakers include:

Plenary Lecture:  The structure and function of voltage gated sodium channels
William Catterall (Washington, USA)

Stuart Bevan (King's College London)
Henry Danahay (Novartis, UK)
Declan Doyle (SGC, Oxford)
John Dunlop (Wyeth, USA)
Allen Duplantier (Pfizer GRD, USA)
Steven England (Pfizer GRD, UK)
Richard Evans (Leicester, UK)
Laura Faravelli (Newron Pharmaceuticals, Italy)
Connie R Faltynek (Abbott Laboratories, USA)
Vijay Gore (Amgen)
Anant Parekh (Oxford, UK)
Derek Trezise (GlaxoSmithKline)
Simon Ward (GlaxoSmithKline)
David Wyllie (Edinburgh)  

Poster Submission

Offers of posters reflecting the theme of the meeting are invited.  Abstracts should be submitted for consideration via the BPS website by 11 December.

Further information

The meeting will be held at the Novartis Horsham Research site.  Accommodation can be booked at the Crowne Plaza Gatwick-Crawley hotel, which is also the venue for the Conference Dinner.  There is no parking at Novartis but coach transfers will be provided each day between this hotel and Novartis. 

There are reduced registration fees for members of RSC or BPS and bursaries for postgraduate students.

Dates:  11 December    Poster submissions, Bursary applications
               9 January         Late booking fee applies
              22 January       Application closed

Full details are included in the second circular and application form.

Please click here for a copy.