IRN - First meeting of the International Research Network on Ion Channels and Marine Biology

09.00-09.30: Welcome coffee and registration.

09.30-10.00: Opening of the meeting by André Le Bivic, Laurent Counillon & TBA
Words from the organizers / Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS and Taiwanese representatives

10.00-10.30: Overview of the France-Taiwan MarIONIC network – 22 research teams.

10.30-10.45: Stefano Tiozzo (LBDV/IMEV, France)
IRN MARSCALE, West Pacific Marine Biology Network 


10.45-11.15: coffee break


11:15-12.00: Keynote lecture by Lena Van Giessen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Evolution of ion channels and excitability.


12.00-14.00: Lunch


14.00-16.30: Session#1 – Ion Channels and the Evolution of Biological Traits across marine organisms
Oral communications (20 min + 5 min)

14.00-14.25: Yi-Jyun Luo (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Convergent evolution of animal photosymbiosis through co-option of an ancestral endodermal program.

14.25-14.50: Jr-Kai Yu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Reconstructing the Ancestral Chordate Brain: Lessons from the Amphioxus Central Nervous System

14.50-15.15: Yi-Hsien Su (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
The Hemichordate Larval Nervous System: Ciliary Band Homology and Common Deuterostome Neural Origins

15.15-15.40: Josep Mari-Solans (Banyuls, France)
Ion channels and bioelectric control of development in the Sea squirt.

15.40-16.05: Mike Althaus (H-BRS, Germany)
Evolution of Epithelial Sodium Channels


16.05-16.30: coffee break.


17.30-18.30: Official signing ceremony for the MoU between UniCA and NYCU
Grand Chateau du campus Valrose, schedule to be confirmed.


18.30: Cocktail / Dinner (speakers and PIs).

8.30-10.10: Session#2 - Marine Physiology and Pharmacology of ion channels & transporters
Oral communications (20 min + 5 min)

08.30-08.55: Yung-Che Tseng (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Energetic constraints on branchial proton and ammonium transport from pelagic squid to hydrothermal vent crabs.

08.55-09.20: Tzyh-Chang Hwang (NYCU, Taiwan) - Structural basis of a highly efficacious CFTR potentiator.

09.20-09.45: Eric Honoré (IPMC, CNRS, France) – Sensing force with ion channels and modulation by marine lipids.

09.45-10.10: Aldine Amiel (IRCAN, Inserm, France) – Deciphering the role of iGluRs in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.


10.10-10.40: coffee break


10.40-12.20: Session#3 - Marine Ecotoxicology and One Health
Oral communications (20 min + 5 min)

10.40-11.05: Benny K.K. Chan (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) - Microplastic contamination in seafood - how can we enjoy them but eat less plastics?

11.05-11.30: Marie-Yasmine Bottein (UniCA, France)
Marine Biotoxins: Seafood Contamination and One Health implications.

11.30-11.55: Hyeryeong Jeong (IMEV, France)
Lithium bioaccumulation in bivalves: biological controls and isotope perspective.

11.55-12.20: Speaker to be confirmed.


12.20-14.00: Lunch


14.00-16.30: Session#4 - Physiology and Pathophysiology of ion channels: from Octopus to human diseases.
Oral communications (20 min + 5 min)

14.00-14.25: Kuo-Sheng Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Interoception and Exteroception in Mice and Octopuses.

14.25-14.50: Shi-Bing Yang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Potassium Channelopathies: From Physiology to Metabolic Diseases.

14.50-15.15: Chung Jiuan Jeng/Chih-Yung Tang (NYCU, Taiwan)
Targeting Potassium Channel Proteostasis: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities in SCA19/22 and LQT2.

15.15-15.40: Wei-Hsin Sun (NYCU, Taiwan)
The role of ASIC3 in neuropathic pain.

15.40-16.05: Chih-Cheng Chen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
ASICs and acupuncture.

16.05-16.30: Cheng-Chang Lien (NYCU, Taiwan)
New Vista in Chronic Pain: Pain Engram Hypothesis.


16.30-17.00: coffee break.


17.00-18.00: General assembly of the France-Taiwan MarIONIC network (executive committee, managers of the transversal research axis, outlook for the coming years, possibilities for internship/fellowship/research grant applications, discussion with master/PhD students and postdocs...).


18.00: Concluding remarks and meeting closure.