Session 5: Physiology II
Tom Longden (University of Maryland)
Jie Zheng (UC Davis)
David Jones (University of Michigan)
Zhaozhu Qiu (Johns Hopkins University)
León Islas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Nick Bellono (Harvard University)
10:35 AM - 12:35 PMFri
Session Chair: Colin Peters
10:35–11:00 Tom Longden
Brain capillary pericytes are metabolic sentinels that control blood flow through KATP channel activity
11:00–11:25 Jie Zheng
Energetics of TRPV1 intermediate activation states
11:25–11:35 David Jones
KCNH2 encodes a nuclear-targeted polypeptide that mediates hERG1 channel gating and expression
11:35–11:45 Zhaozhu Qiu
Molecular identification and function of novel proton-activated chloride (PaC) channel
11:45–12:10 León Islas
Proton and other ion channels in coral
12:10–12:35 Nick Bellono
Taste by touch in octopus