Abstracts selected for oral presentation

Asher-Hess competition - Abstract submission
Deadline for abstract submission: August 20, 2006
Instructions and criteria
(Register first and then continue to abstract submission!)


14:15 - 14:30
 M. Arsiero (1), H.-R. Luescher(1), B.N. Lundstrom(2), M. Giugliano(1,3).
Single-neuron computation and the impact of synaptic input fluctuations in Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons of the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex.
(1) Inst. of Physiol., Univ. of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; (2)Dep. of Physiol. and Biophysics, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA; (3) LNMC, BMI, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

14:30 - 14:45
Emanuela Borter (1), Markus Niessen (2), Richard Züllig (2), Giatgen Spinas (2), Patrick Spielmann (1), Gieri Camenisch (1), and Roland H. Wenger (1).
Glucose-stimulated insulin production in mice deficient in the PAS kinase PASKIN.
(1)Institute of Physiology and Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP); (2)University Hospital Zürich, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

14:45 - 15:00
L. Cueni, A. Lüthi.
Control of neuronal oscillations by intracellular calcium sequestratio.
Neurobiology, Biozentrum Basel, Basel  
15:00 - 15:15
C. Jung (1), N. Shirokova (2), E. Niggli (1).
ABNORMAL STRETCH SENSITIVITY IN CARDIOMYOCYTES ISOLATED FROM DYSTROPHIC MDX MICE.
(1) Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Switzerland, (2) Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, USA.
15:15 - 15:30
Jakob Ogrodnik, Ernst Niggli.
PKA-MEDIATED STIMULATION OF LOCALIZED SR CA2+ RELEASE IN GUINEA-PIG VENTRICULAR MYOCYTES.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF BERN, BERN, SWITZERLAND.

15:30 - 15:45
Philip-Couderc P (1), Isidoro Tavares N (2), Roatti A (1), Lerch R (2), Montessuit C (2), Baertschi AJ (1).
Forkhead transcription factors (Fox) regulate metabolically coupled K+ channels in neonatal and adult infarcted hearts.
(1) Department of Neuroscience and (2) Division of Cardiology, Centre Médical Universitaire, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
15:45 - 16:00
Damon Poburko, Cyril Castelbou, Nicolas Demaurex.
Regulation of cytosolic and mitochondrial pH during agonist stimulation in intact cells. Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Switzerland..
 

16:00 - 16:15
Scheckenbach KLE (1), Chadjichristos CE (2), Foglia B (1,2), Scerri I (1), Roth I (2), Richani Sarieddine M (1), Van Veen AAB (3), Kwak BR (2), Chanson M (1).
PROTECTIVE ROLE OF ENDOTHELIAL Cx40 IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY.
(1) Department of Pediatrics, HUG and (2) Division of Cardiology, HUG, Geneva,, Switzerland; (3) Department of Medical Physiology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

 

16:20 - 16:35 Jury session

16:35 Award of the Asher-Hess Prize 2006