CHIMIA (Sep 2010)

Channels and Transporters

  • Raimund Dutzler,
  • Beat Ernst,
  • Matthias A. Hediger,
  • Dietrich Keppler,
  • Peter Mohr,
  • Werner Neidhart,
  • Hans Peter Märki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2010.662
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 9

Abstract

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During a half-day symposium, the topic 'Channels and Transporters' was covered with five lectures, including a presentation on 'Introduction and Basics of Channels and Transporters' by Beat Ernst, lectures on structure, function and physiology of channels and transporters ('The Structural Basis for Ion Conduction and Gating in Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels' by Raimund Dutzler and 'Uptake and Efflux Transporters for Endogenous Substances and for Drugs' by Dietrich Keppler), and a case study lecture on 'Avosentan' by Werner Neidhart. The program was completed by Matthias Hediger who introduced to the audience the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR)-TransCure in his lecture entitled 'From Transport Physiology to Identification of Therapeutic Targets'.

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