Scientific Meetings

"A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done." - Fred Allen.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." - Henry Ford.


We disagree with the American comedian. We agree The absolute majority of conferences we attended helped us work smarter. Plus, many of them allowed us to visit and revisit some truly inspiring places. Just a few examples:

From The Last in the Second Row: "Thank you, David, for organizing the truly historical meeting. Thank you, Rod et colaborants, for changing our perception of what can be done."
  

On the way to GRCs on Ligand Recognition and Molecular Gating in Il Ciocco, we revisit this old 'alpha-helix',

and the Etrurian town nearby. 

While returning to real world from another GRC site, think hard what to do next to get to the next SUR-real one,

 awarding you with that Moment... before leaving for the US Mainland from an AHA Asia-Pacific conference.

Another inspiring place, not far away from where the XXXIXth World Congress of Physiological Societies was held,

and Milford Sound, costing several hundred$ to photocapture it like this from a plane, during that meeting break time.

While returning from the ESF Conference on Cardiac Electrophysiology on Crete, one finally found his favorite Atlantis.

Cooling down French, British, German, Italian, Swiss et al European and American participants of the 1st International Symposium of the Problem Commission on General & Cell Physiology of RAS, held near the City of Peter The Great. 

 

Other well remembered meetings:

1992    The All-Union Conference "Regulation of Physiological Functions", MMA, Saint Petersburg.

1992    The Second USSR-USA Conference on Ion Channels, aka 'The 2nd Kostyuk - Hille Meeting',                      Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev.

1993    The All-Russian Conference on Cardiology, MMA, Saint Petersburg.

1993   The 1st International Conference on ATP-sensitive K+ channels and Sulfonylurea Receptors,                          Houston, TX.

1994   The European Science Foundation Conference on Cardiac Electrophysiology "From the ionic  channel           to arrhythmia mechanisms: Role of potassium channels", Crete.

1995   The All-Russian Conference “Ionic Homeostasis & Cellular Functions”, St. Petersburg.

1995   The Annual FASEB Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

1995  The 19th Meeting of the European Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology    "Potassium            Channels in Normal and Pathological Conditions", Leuven, Belgium.

1996  The 20th Meeting of the European Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology,  Essen,                  Germany.

             1996    The XIIth International Biophysics Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

             1997    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, New Orleans, Lousiana.

             1998    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Kansas City, Missouri.

             1998    The XIIIth World Congress of Cardiology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

             1998    The Gordon Research Conference on Ion Channels, Tilton School, NH.

1998    The Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms, Colby, NH.

1998  The 2nd International Conference on ATP-sensitive Potassium Channels and Diseases, St. Charles, IL.

1999    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD.

1999    “Ion Channel Structures & Function” Conference in Yale University, New Haven, CT.

2000    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, New Orleans, Lousiana.

2000    The Gordon Research Conference on Ion Channels, Tilton School, NH.

2000    The Keystone 2000 Meeting on Potassium Channels, Granlibakken, CA.

2001    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Boston, MA.

2001   The XXXIXth World Congress of Physiological Societies "From Molecule to Malady" in Christ-                       church, NZ, with the Satellite Symposium "Structure and Function of Ion Channels" in Leura, AU.

             2002    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Boston, MA.

2002    The Gordon Research Conference on Ligand Recognition & Molecular Gating, Il Ciocco, Italy.

2002    The Gordon Research Conference on Ion Channels, Tilton School, NH.

2003    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, CA.

2003    Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA.

2004    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD.

2004    The Gordon Research Conference on Ligand Recognition & Molecular Gating, Ventura, CA.          

             2005    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD.

2006    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Salt Lake City, UT.

2006    The Gordon Research Conference on Ligand Recognition & Molecular Gating, Il Ciocco, Italy.

             2007    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD.

             2009    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Boston, MA.

             2010    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, CA.

             2010    The 3rd FEBS Special Meeting on ABC Proteins: From Multidrug Resistance to Genetic                                            Diseases, Innsbruck, Austria.

             2010    Keystone Symposia on Diabetes & Beta-Cell Biology, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

             2010   The XVIth World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology - WorldPharma2010, Focused                                    Conference "Ion channelopathies: new windows on complex disease and therapy". Copenhagen,                                Denmark.

             2011    The Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD.


Next, Dr. Babenko et al Medical Scientists w/o Borders wil go on a long Scientific/Educational Tour of Asia, including Japan and Singapore, where they will visit Spring8 and other world's most advanced research and education centers.


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