Abstracts selected for oral presentation
Winners

14:00 - 14:15
XF. Ming (1), C. Barandier (1), H. Viswambharan (1), S. Rusconi (2), JP. Montani (1), Z. Yang (1).
THROMBIN STIMULATES HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL ARGINASE ACTIVITY VIA RHOA/ROCK PATHWAY: INHIBITION BY THE HMG-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR FLUVASTATIN.
Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology (1) and Biochemistry (2), University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
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14:15 - 14:30
N. Benhassine.
BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN NEOCORTICAL LAYER 5 PYRAMIDAL NEURONS.
Institute of Physiology, University of Bern
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14:30 - 14:45
Choby Cecile, Weingart Robert.
DIFFUSIONAL PROPERTIES OF CX43, CX45 AND CX40 HEMICHANNELS AND GAP JUNCTION CHANNELS.
Dept of Physiology, University of Bern
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14:45 - 15:00
Colin Ehnes, Katja Kohler, Andrea Bacconi, Jürg Biber, Heini Murer and Ian C Forster.
Topology of extracellular loops of the type IIa Na/Pi-cotransporter and their contribution to the cotransport function.
Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich.
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15:00 - 15:15
M. Giugliano, H.-R. Lüscher.
IRREGULAR IN VIVO-LIKE BACKGROUND SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY RECREATED IN IN VITRO NEOCORTICAL SLICES.
Institute of Physiology, University of Bern.
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15:15 - 15:30
C. Moret, M. H. Dave, N. Schulz, F. Verrey, C. A. Wagner.
IDENTIFICATION OF RENAL GLUTAMINE TRANSPORTERS REGULATED BY METABOLIC ACIDOSIS.
Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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15:30 - 15:45
Johannes Vogel.
EXCESSIVE ERYTHROCYTOSIS IN TRANSGENIC MICE OVEREXPRESSING ERYTHROPOIETIN IS ACCOMPANIED BY A MODERATELY INCREASED WHOLE BLOOD VISCOSITY DUE TO AN INCREASED ERYTHROCYTE FLEXIBILITY.
Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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15:45 - 16:00
C. Winter (1,2), N. Schulz (1), G. Giebisch (2), J. P. Geibel (2,3), C. A. Wagner (1).
RAPID NON-GENOMIC STIMULATION OF VACUOLAR H+-ATPase ACTIVITY IN OUTER MEDULLARY COLLECTING DUCT INTERCALATED CELLS BY ALDOSTERONE.
(1) Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Departments of (2) Cellular and Molecular Physiology and (3) Surgery, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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16:00 - 16:15 Jury session

16:15 Award of the Asher-Hess Prize 2003