Thursday 19 September

 

SESSION AT TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV

Assembly Hall, 2nd floor, Institute of Continuing Education, 36 Vasylkivska str.

 

9.00 – 10.00 Registration & Opening

9.00 - 9.30 Coffee and Registration

9.30 - 10.00 Opening and Welcome. Introduction from the organizers, administration of central University and ESC “Institute of Biology”, and Visiting Professors

10.00 – 12.20 Introduction to calcium signaling in health and disease

10.00 - 11.00 Dr T. Curtis “Optical imaging and microscopy”

11.00 - 12.00 Prof G. McGeown “Measurement and imaging of intracellular calcium”

12.00 - 12.20 Coffey Break

12.20-16.00 Mini symposium “Channeling calcium”

12.20 - 13.20 Prof A. Zholos “An introduction to electrophysiology and calcium channelopathies”

13.20 - 14.00 Free time

14.00 - 15.00 Prof J. Soboloff “STIM and Orai, the molecular mediators of store-operated calcium entry”

15.00 - 16.00 Dr F. Lundy “Novel models to study human TRP channel expression and functionality in the oral cavity”

16.00 - 17.00 Presentations of the Physiological Society

16.00 - 16.30 Prof G. McGeown “Introduction to The Physiological Society”

16.30 - 16.50 Dr G. Tolstanova “The Physiological Society representation in Ukraine

 

STUDENT’S DISCO-PUB “PLANETA"

55/57 Lomonosov str.

 

20.00 – 22.00 Cultural Programme

20.00 – 22.00 Welcome get-together

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Friday 20 September

 

SESSION AT TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV

Assembly Hall, 2nd floor, Institute of Continuing Education, 36 Vasylkivska str.

 

09.00 - 15.00 Mini symposium “Calcium signaling and calcium homeostasis”

09.00 - 10.00 Prof G. McGeown “Calcium sources and activities”

10.00 - 11.00 Prof J. Soboloff ““Converting calcium signals into physiological responses”

11.00 - 11.20 Coffey Break

11.20 - 12.20 Dr K. McCloskey “Ion channels and calcium signaling in cancer””

12.20 - 13.20 Dr T. Curtis “Role of calcium signalling in angiogenesis”

13.20 - 14.20 Dr N. Scholfield “Localisation, microdomains and cell function: Ca2+ in cellular organelles

14.20 - 15.00 Free time

 

SESSION AT TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV

Room 308, 3rd floor, Institute of Biology, 2 Glushkov Ave. (only for group combination)

 

15.00 - 16.00 Training Modules

How to achieve a successful scientific career - Session I “Communication Skills”

1. Dr N. Scholfield “Research ethics and objectivity in Science. Understanding animal research.”

2. Dr F. Lundy “Using human tissue for research purposes”

3. Prof M. Ennis”Research ethics and plagiarism and fraud in science”

4. Dr K. McCloskey “Getting published – a day in the life of a Journal Editor”

Image data storage and analysis - Computer-based Session I

5. Prof A. Zholos “Introduction to image analysis and graphing using Origin and ImageJ”

6. Dr T. Curtis “Olympus Confocal Simulator”

16.00 - 18.00 Student Poster Session

Nomination of the “Best poster” award from The Physiological Society and nomination of 3 posters for oral presentations on Tuesday 24 September.

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Saturday 21 September

 

11.00 – 16.00 Cultural Programme

11.00 – 16.00 - Open-air museums of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine “Pirohovo” (Attention!!! Organizers will be waiting for participants AUISBS-2013 near Institute of biology at 11 o’clock)

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Sunday 23 September

 

Rest day

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Monday 23 September

 

SESSION AT THE A.A. BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY IN KIEV

Conference Hall, 4 Bogomoletz Str.

 

09.00 – 10.00 Special Guest Lecture

10.00 - 11.00 Special Guest Lecture: Prof T. Burdyga “Heterogeneity of calcium signalling in myocytes and pericytes of ureteric arteriolar and venular networks in situ”

11.00 – 14.00 Mini symposium “Neuronal calcium signaling and pain”

11.00 – 12.00 Prof Nickolai Veselovsky "Quantal synaptic transmission and calcium"

11.00 - 12.20 Coffey Break

12.20 - 13.20 Dr Nickolai Kononenko "Circadian clock in mammals"

13.20 - 14.00 Free time

 

SESSION AT THE A.A. BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY IN KIEV

Conference Hall, 4 Bogomoletz Str. (only for group combination)

 

14.00 – 17.00 Training Modules

14.00 - 17.00 Practicals supervised by Oxana Rybachuk, Alexander Dovgan and Christina Sukhanova

14.00 - 15.30  “Working with the Olympus and Zeiss confocal imaging systems. Calcium imaging. Confocal immunohistochemistry. Transplantation of neural stem cells after ischemic brain injury in vitro.

15.30 - 17.00 Introduction to patch-clamp techniques. Patch-clamp recording of ion currents in neurons

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Tuesday 24 September

 

SESSION AT TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV

Assembly Hall, 2nd floor, Institute of Continuing Education, 36 Vasylkivska str.

 

09.00 – 15.00 Mini symposium “Calcium signaling in disease”

09.00 - 10.00 Prof M. Ennis “Mast cells and calcium”

10.00 - 11.00 Dr L. McGarvey “Respiratory viruses, airway nerves and cough – implications for novel therapy’”

11.00 - 11.20 Coffey Break

11.20 - 12.20 Prof A. Zholos “Cholinergic excitation-(Ca2+)-contraction coupling in visceral smooth muscles and related disorders”

12.20 - 13.20 Dr N. Scholfield “Calcium and death: apoptosis and neurodegeneration”

13.20 - 14.00 Free time

 

SESSION AT TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV

Room 308, 3rd floor, Institute of Biology, 2 Glushkov Ave. (for group combination)

 

14.00 - 15.00 Training Modules

How to achieve a successful scientific career - Session II “Communication Skills”

1. Prof M. Ennis “What makes a good poster” (with reflections on student poster session)

2. Dr L. McGarvey “Thesis writing”

3. Dr K. McCloskey “Career planning and the importance of networking to enhance your research”

4. Dr T. Curtis “Giving a research talk”

Image data storage and analysis - Computer-based Session II

5. Prof A. Zholos & Dr N. Scholfield “Analysis of patch-clamp data”

6. Prof J. Soboloff “Quantitative Ca2+ measurements, cytolocalization and FRET analysis”

15.00 – 18.00 – Closing Remarks

15.00 - 16.00 Prof. G. McGeown, Dr K. McCloskey, and Prof M. Ennis: Research and study opportunities at CVVS, CCRCB and CII, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Science, Queen’s University Belfast

16.00 - 17.00 3 selected student presentations (1st, 2nd & 3rd winners of the poster session)

17.00 - 18.00 Reception and informal discussions with students