Ca2+ is the most ancient and versatile intracellular messenger. Ca2+ signaling plays an important role in most biological processes. Chinese scientists have historically contributed both in the development of Ca2+ imaging methods and in the discovery of Ca2+ signaling mechanisms. With the support of BSC leaders and the Council, the BSC Section of Ca2+ signaling has been founded to promote collaborations and exchanges in Ca2+ signaling studies among Chinese scientists and international colleagues. The inaugural meeting will be held on July 21 followed by invited talks about new advances in different areas related to Ca2+ signaling. 

Chairs

Cheng Heping

CAS academician, Peking University

Wang Shiqiang

Professor, Peking University

Invited speakers & reports

Yan Ning

US National Academy of Sciences member, Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation

Report: Targeting Nav／Cav channels for pain relief 

Xu Haoxin

Professor, Zhejiang University

Report: Lysosomal calcium signaling

Cui Zongjie

Professor, Beijing Normal University

Report: Xue Shaobai and the discovery of Golgi apparatus Ca2+ store

Bai Donglin

Professor, Western University, Canada

Report: Lens gap junction channels and their modulation by divalent cations 

Sun Jinpeng

Professor, Shandong University

Report: Molecular mechanisms of unsaturated fatty acid recognition by the fish oil receptor GPR120 

Liu Jianfeng

Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Report: Allosteric activation mechanisms of GPCR dimers 

Zhou Zhuan

Peking University  

Report: Cocaine induces locomotor sensitization through dopamine-dependent cortico-cortical pathway