Abstracts selected for oral presentation
14:00 - 14:15
A. Bacconi, L.V. Virkki, J. Biber, H. Murer and I.C. Forster .
Renouncing electroneutrality is not free of charge: switching on electrogenicity in a Na + - coupled phosphate cotransporter .
Institute of Physiology and Centre of Human Integrative Physiology (CHIP), University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland.
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14:15 - 14:30
 CE Chadjichristos(1), CM Matter(2), I Roth(1), E Sutter(1), G Pelli(1), TF Luscher(2) and BR Kwak(1)
REDUCED CONNEXIN43 EXPRESSION INHIBITS BALLOON-INDUCED INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC MICE .
 (1)Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland and (2) Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich and Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
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14:30 - 14:45
P. Freund (1), T. Wannier (1,2), E. Schmidlin (1) , J. Bloch (3), A. Mir (4), M.E. Schwab (2), E.M. Rouiller (1).
DENSITY OF CORTICOSPINAL (CS) FIBERS CAUDAL TO A CERVICAL HEMISECTION IN MONKEYS CORREALTES WITH BEHAVIORAL RECOVERY AND BOTH ARE ENHANCED BY ANTI-NOGO-A TREATMENT.
(1) Dept Medicine, Univ. of Fribourg (2) Dept Neuromorph., Univ. and ETH Zürich (3) Dept Neurosurg., Univ. Hospital Lausanne (4) Novartis Inst. Biomed Res, Basel, Switzerland.
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14:45 - 15:00
Hélène Jousset (1), Maud Frieden(1), Oliver Hartley(2), and Nicolas Demaurex(1).
Effects of STIM1 invalidation on cell calcium homeostasis measured with genetically encoded fluorescent indicators .
(1)Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva , Switzerland. (2)Dept of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Geneva , Switzerland.
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15:00 - 15:15
C. Jung (1), A. Zima (2), L. A. Blatter (2), E. Niggli (1).
Calcium Release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Activated by the Low Affinity Calcium Chelator TPEN in Ventricular Myocytes .
(1) Dept. of Physiology, Univ. Bern , Switzerland ;(2) Dept. of Physiology, Loyola Univ. , Maywood IL , USA.
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15:15 - 15:30
C. Kopp, J.R. Nicholson and A. Luthi.
EX VIVO CHANGES IN HIPPOCAMPAL LONG TERM SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY AFTER SLEEP DEPRIVATION .
Biozentrum, Division Pharmacology-Neurobiology, University of Basel.
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15:30 - 15:45
Philip-Couderc P., Roatti A., Baertschi AJ .
DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF KATP CHANNELS IN NEONATAL CARDIAC FIBROBLASTS AND MYOCYTES FROM 4 CHAMBERS OF THE RAT HEART: A ROLE FOR FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS?
 Laboratory of Cardiac Physiology, CMU, University of Geneva.
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15:45 - 16:00
Soliz Jorge, Joseph Vincent, Soulage Christophe, Becskei Csilla, Vogel Johannes, Pequignot Jean Marc, Ogunshola Omolara, Gassmann Max.
Erythropoietin regulates hypoxic ventilation in mice by interacting with brainstem and carotid bodies.
 Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, and Center for Integrative Human Physiology (CIHP), University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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16:00 - 16:15 Jury session

16:15 Award of the Asher-Hess Prize 2005