Programme

Conference Opening

Meeting Chair: Gebhard Schertler (Paul Scherrer Institute)

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ERNEST Update

Chair: Martha Sommer (Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Vice-chair: Jana Selent (Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona)

Session 1: Web-based resources and computational modelling of signal transduction (WG5)

Chairs: David Gloriam (University of Copenhagen) / Jana Selent (University Pompeu Fabra)

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9:00 - 9:30  Lars Juhl Jensen (Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, 

                   University of  Copenhagen, Denmark)

  'Network Biology - How to create and decipher hairballs'

9:30 - 10:00  Alejandro Giorgetti (Università die Verona, Italy; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)

   'Structural Bioinformatics and Multi-scale simulations of GPCRs: It takes two to Tango'

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10:00 - 10:30 Short talks selected from abstracts:

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10:00 - 10:15     Mireia Jiménez Rosés (COMPARE, University of Nottingham and now,

                     Sygnature Discovery Nottingham, U.K.)

    'Prediction of ligand-receptor pharmacological activities using a combined docking           and machine learning approach'

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10:15 - 10:30     Célien Jacquemard (University of Strasbourg, Laboratoire Innovation Thérapeutique,                         Strasbourg, France)

    'Modeling of CCR5 recognition by gp120: how the viral protein exploits

    the conformational plasticity of the coreceptor'

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10:30 - 11:00  Meet the Speakers and WG5 Networking

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Break

Session 2: Advanced methods and technologies in signal transduction research (WG4)

Chairs: Alexey Bondar (Czech Academy of Science) / Maria Majellaro (University of Santiago de Compostela)

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11:15 - 11:45  Davide Calebiro (University of Birmingham, U.K.)

  'Single molecule imaging of GPCRs and their effectors'

11:45 - 12:15 Josef Lazar (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Prague, Czech Republic)

  'Live-cell imaging of protein structure and function by polarization-resolved

  fluorescence microscopy'   

12:15 - 12:45 Short talks selected from abstracts:

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12:15 - 12:30    David Sykes (Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), University of                          Birmingham and University of Nottingham, U.K.)

  'Novel Thermo-FRET and BRET-Based Thermostability Assays Applied to GPCRs'

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12:30 - 12:45    Katarina Nemec (Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany)

   'Revised PTH1R biosensors with improved assay window enable monitoring of

   activation and modulation'

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12:45 - 13:15. Meet the Speakers and WG4 Networking

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Break

Session 3: Insights from structures of complexes and computational modeling into GPCR signaling

Chair: Michael Hennig (leadXpro, Villigen, Switzerland)

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Susanne Roth (InterAx, Villigen, Switzerland)

'Integrating systems biology and artificial intelligence to analyze and predict GPCR signaling'

Session 4: Optogenetics

Chair: Robert Lucas (University of Manchester)

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Akihisa Terakita (Osaka City University, Japan)

'Optogenetic potentials of animal bistable opsins'

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Not recorded upon speaker's request

Session 5: Poster talks

Chair: Maria Majellaro (University of Santiago de Compostela)

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15:00 - 15:10  András Dávid Tóth (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)

   'A general method for quantifying ligand binding to unmodified receptors using

   Gaussia luciferase'

15:10 - 15:20  Ivan Maslov (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia)

   'Sub-millisecond conformational dynamics of the A2A adenosine receptor revealed by    single-molecule FRET'

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15:20 - 15:30  Anna Duran-Corbera (Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain)

    'Photoswitchable antagonists for a precise spatiotemporal control of β2AR'

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15:30 - 15:40  Claudia Gioé (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

    'From cannabinoid designer drugs to selective CB2R agonists'

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15:40 - 15:50  Katrin Denzinger (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

     'Biased ligands differentially shape the conformation of the extracellular loop region

     in 5-HT2B receptors'

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15:50 - 16:00  Alessandro Nicoli (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

    'The ECL2 of class A GPCRs: A structural classification'

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Break

Session 6: Career development

Chair: Yvonne Müller (Paul Scherrer Institut)

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16:15 - 16:45  Prisca Liberali (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical                           Research, Basel, Switzerland)

   'Exploring Academic Careers'

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16:45 - 17:15  Peter Reinhardt (Talent Acquisition & Staffing Business Partner                     Research, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland)

   'Beyond academia - Career paths in the pharma industry for

    scientists'

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17:15 - 17:45  Gregor Cicchetti (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland)

   'Understanding scientific publishing - A look on the other side'

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Management Committee Meeting

Monday 12 April 16:15 - 17:45

For MC members only!

separate password required

Break

Session 7: Keynote Talk

Chair: Gebhard Schertler (Paul Scherrer Institut)

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Bryan Roth  (Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, U.S.)

'Structure-guided discovery: small molecule discovery at G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)'

Poster Pesentations - Posters 1 - 20

Live-hosted presentations in Zoom breakout rooms

recommended: Zoom Desktop Client 5.3.0 or higher, Zoom Mobile App, or H.323/SIP device

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No recordings available

Session 8: Design and optimization of molecular modulators of signal transduction (WG3)

Chairs: Antonella di Pizio / György M. Keserű

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9:00 - 9:30. Dan van der Ees (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)

'Chemical probes for the Adenosine Receptors'

9:30 - 10:00. Maria Majellaro (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

'Innovative chemistry to illuminate biology: Novel fluorescent ligands to study GPCRS binding and signaling'

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10:00 - 10:30. Short talks selected from abstracts 

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10:30 - 11:00. Meet the Speakers and WG3 Networking

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Break

Session 9: RCPG-Physio-Med Network (GDR3545)

Chairs: Ralf Jockers / Erika Cecon

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11:15 - 11:40. Jean-Philippe Pin (Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), University of Montpellier, F)

'Structure of signaling complexes of class C GPCRs'

11:40 - 12:05. Chris De Graaf / Stacey Southall (Sosei Heptares, Cambridge, U.K.)

'GPCR Signalling Complexes: From StaR Structural Insights to Structure-Based Drug Discovery'

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12:05 - 12:30. Bernard Mouillac (Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), University of Montpellier, F)

'Structure of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin receptor signalling complex'

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12:30 - 12:55. Nicolas Gilles (CEA/DRF, University of Paris-Sacaly, France)

'A snake toxin as a theranostic agent for type 2 vasopressin receptor-related diseases'

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12:55 - 13:15. Meet the Speakers and RCPG-Physio-Med Network (GDR3545) Networking

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Frontiers Breakout Session

Frontiers and ERNEST research collections

Session 10: Insights from structures of complexes and computational modeling into GPCR signaling

Chair: TBD

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                 Ziva Vuckovic (leadXpro, Switzerland)

'Structural insights into the active state of M4 muscarinic receptor'

Session 11: Optogenetics

Chair: TBD

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                 Philipp Sasse (Universität Bonn, Germany)

'The enlightened heart: Optogenetic methods to investigate and treat cardiac arrhythmia'

Session 12: Poster talks

Chairs: TBD

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15:10 - 15:20. TBD

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15:30 - 15:40. TBD

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15:40 - 15:50. TBD

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15:50 - 16:00. TBD

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Break

Session 13: Mapping Group Session

Introduction

Chairs: Marcel Bermudez and Mariona Torrens

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XX:XX - XX:XX. Group for GRK-dependent signaling

Chair: Marcel Bermudez

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                     Carsten Hoffmann (University of Jena, Germany)

'Quadruple GRK2/3/5/6 knockout cells: Novel tools to study the influence of GRK subtypes on GPCR/β-arrestin interactions'

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XX:XX - XX:XX. Group for controlling GPCR signaling by small molecular modulators

Chairs: Tomek Stepniewski and Mariona Torrens

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XX:XX - XX:XX. Group for the signaling map

Chair: Jana Selent

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                     Irina Moreira (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

'Exploring the GPCR interactome using computational and data-driven approaches'

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XX:XX - XX:XX. Group for the standardisation & best practice for data sharing

Chair: Johanna Tiemann

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Break

Session 8: Design and optimization of molecular modulators of signal transduction (WG3)

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Chairs: Antonella di Pizio (Technical University of Munich) / György M. Keserű (Research Center for Natural Sciences)

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9:00 - 9:30    Daan van der Es (Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands)

    'Chemical probes for the Adenosine Receptors'

9:30 - 10:00   Maria Majellaro (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

     'Innovative chemistry to illuminate biology: Novel fluorescent ligands to study GPCRS 

     binding and signaling'

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10:00 - 10:30  Short talks selected from abstracts:

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10:00 - 10:15     Stefanie Kampen (Uppsala University, Sweden)

    'Structure-guided Design of G Protein-coupled Receptor Polypharmacology'

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10:15 - 10:30     Jakub Jakowiecki (University of Warsaw, Poland)

    'Allosteric modulation of CB 1 cannabinoid receptor by cannabidiol – the molecular 

    modeling of the allosteric-orthosteric coupling'

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10:30 - 11:00  Meet the Speakers and WG3 Networking

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Break

Session 9: RCPG-Physio-Med Network (GDR3545)

Chairs: Ralf Jockers (INSERM) / Erika Cecon (INSERM) 

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11:15 - 11:40   Jean-Philippe Pin (Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), Univ. of Montpellier, France)

   'Structural basis for asymmetric dimer activation in class C GPCRs'

11:40 - 12:05  Chris De Graaf / Stacey Southall (Sosei Heptares, Cambridge, U.K.)

    'GPCR Signalling Complexes: From StaR Structural Insights to Structure-Based Drug 

    Discovery'

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12:05 - 12:30  Bernard Mouillac (Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF), Univ. of Montpellier, France)

    'Structure of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin receptor signalling complex'

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12:30 - 12:55  Nicolas Gilles (CEA/DRF, University of Paris-Sacaly, France)

     'A snake toxin as a theranostic agent for type 2 vasopressin receptor-related diseases'

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12:55 - 13:15  Meet the Speakers and RCPG-Physio-Med Network (GDR3545) Networking

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Frontiers Session: Frontiers and ERNEST research collection

Chairs: Emilie Schrepfer (Frontiers) / Ralf Jockers (INSERM)

Milka Vrecl - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Marialessandra Contino - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Antonella Di Pizio - Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany

Marián Castro - University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Katarina Nikolic - University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Ralf Jockers - INSERM, Université de Paris, Paris, France

Emilie Schrepfer - Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne, Switzerland

Session 10: Insights from structures of complexes and computational modeling into GPCR signaling

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Chair: Emiliya Poghosyan (Paul Scherrer Institut)

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Ziva Vuckovic (leadXpro, Villigen, Switzerland)

'Structural insights into the active state of M4 muscarinic receptor'

Session 11: Optogenetics

Chair: Dragana Trifunovic (University-Eye-Clinic, Tuebingen)

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Philipp Sasse (Universität Bonn, Germany)

'The enlightened heart: Optogenetic methods to investigate and treat cardiac arrhythmia'

Session 12: Poster talks

Chair: Maria Mallejaro (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

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15:00 - 15:10  Francesca Intranuovo (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy)

    'Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new 4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinolin-3-adamtilamides derivates to develop CB2R fluorescent probes'

15:10 - 15:20  Edda Matthees (University of Jena, Germany)

    'The C-terminus is not enough – Deciphering GRK-mediated β-arrestin recruitment
    to the β2-adrenoceptor, the vasopressin V2R, and the β2V2 chimera'

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15:20 - 15:30. Raphael Haider (University of Jena, Germany)

    'β-arrestin1 and 2 exhibit distinct conformations when coupling to the same GPCR'

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15:30 - 15:40  Filip Pamula (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen / ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

    'Structural studies of GPCR-G protein complexes'

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15:40 - 15:50  Diane Barret (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen / ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

    'Structure of the heterotetrametric cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from retinal rods'

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15:50 - 16:00  Infant Sagayaraj Ravhe D (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)

    'Evolutionary history of histamine receptors'

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Break

Session 13: Mapping Group Session 

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16:15 - 16:25  Opening

                       Marcel Bermudez (Freie Universität Berlin) and Mariona Torrens (Pompeu Fabra University)

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16:25 - 16:45 Group for GRK-dependent signaling

    Chair: Marcel Bermudez (Freie Universität Berlin)

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             Carsten Hoffmann (University of Jena, Germany) 

    'Quadruple GRK2/3/5/6 knockout cells: Novel tools to study the influence of

     GRK subtypes on GPCR/β-arrestin interactions'

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16:45 - 17:05 Group for controlling GPCR signaling by small molecular modulators

    Chairs: Tomek Stepniewski (Pompeu Fabra University) and Mariona Torrens

    (Pompeu Fabra  University)

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                      David Reiner-Link (University of Copenhagen)

    'Probe dependent affinities for histamine H3 receptor ligands – a case for secondary 

    binding sites?'

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17:05 - 17:25  Group for pathway data integration and signaling maps

     Chair: Jana Selent (Pompeu Fabra University)

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                       Irina Moreira (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

     'Exploring the GPCR interactome using computational and data-driven approaches'

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17:25 - 17:45  Group for the standardisation & best practice for data sharing 

      Chair: Johanna Tiemann (University of Copenhagen)

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                   Peter Kolb (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)

                       'Functional Selectivity Committee'

Break

Session 14: Keynote Talk

Chair: Stephan Grzesiek (Biozentrum, University of Basel)

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Xavier Deupi (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)

'Structural determinants of selective protein-protein recognition in GPCR signaling complexes'

Poster Presentations 21 - 56

Live-hosted presentations in breakout rooms

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recommended: Zoom Desktop Client 5.3.0 or higher, Zoom Mobile App, or H.323/SIP device

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No recordings available

Session 15: Biological roles of signal transduction (WG2)

Chairs: Necla Birgul Iyison (Boğaziçi University) / Nina Vardjan (University of Ljubljana)

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9:00 - 9:30   Elena Seiradake (University of Oxford, U.K.)

   'Molecular mechanisms for combinatorial guidance receptor function'

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9:30 - 10:00  Ozge Sensoy (Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey) 

   'Phi values provide a mechanistic insight into dynamics of Switch II domain in

   G protein activation'

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10:00 - 10:30 Short talks selected from abstracts 

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10:00 - 10:15     Max Meyrath (Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg)

    'The atypical chemokine receptor ACKR3/CXCR7 is a broad-spectrum scavenger for 

    opioid peptides'

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 10:15 - 10:30    Dayana Abboud (University of Liège, Belgium)

   'GPR101 drives growth hormone hypersecretion and gigantism in mice via constitutive    activation of Gs and Gq/11'

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10:30 - 11:00  Meet the Speakers and WG2 Networking

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Break

Session 16: Protein dynamics and the macromolecular interactions in signaling pathways (WG1)

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Chairs: Mickey Kosloff (University of Haifa) / Milka Vrecl Fazarinc (University of Ljubljana)

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11:15 - 11:45  Stuart Maudsley (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

                   'G protein-coupled receptor signaling diversity in aging and disease'

11:45 - 12:15  Aylin Hanyaloglu (Imperial College London, U.K.) 

                   'Targeting GPCR crosstalk in human labour'

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12:15 - 12:35 Short talks selected from abstracts:

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12:15 - 12:25    Antoniel A.S. Gomes (Univ. de Montpellier, France and Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) 

  'Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of GPCRs and their favorite intracellular   partners'

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12:25 - 12:35   Yasmin Aydin (Leipzig University Germany) 

                  'Mapping the Interaction of ꞵ-arrestin 1 with a Class B GPCR via genetically encoded                           crosslinkers'

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12:35 - 13:15 Meet the Speakers and WG1 Networking

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Break

Session 17: Insights from structures of complexes and computational modeling into GPCR signaling

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Chair: Masha Niv (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

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Ana-Nicoleta Bondar (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

'Protonation-Couples Drug Binding to Opioid GPCRs:

"Graph-based algorithms for dynamic h-bond networks and force-field parametrization for protonated opioids"

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Session 18: Optogenetics

Chair: Slawomir Filipek (University of Warsaw, Poland)

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Sonja Kleinlogel (University of Berne, Switzerland)

'Opto-GPCRs: personalized optogenetics in light of vision restoration and chronic pain treatment'

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Session 19: Poster talks

Chair: Franziska Marie Heydenreich (Stanford University /MRC LMB)

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15:00 - 15:10  Ilana Kotliar (The Rockefeller University, USA)

    'Multiplexed analysis of the secretin-like GPCR-RAMP interactome by suspension 

    bead array'

15:10 - 15:20  Itziar Muneta-Arrate (University of the Basque Country & CIBERSAM, Bizkaia, Spain)

    'Differential G-protein signalling signatures of hallucinogenic and non-hallucinogenic     5-HT2A receptor agonists in post-mortem human brain'

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15:20 - 15:30  Gabriella Collu (Paul Scherrer Institute / ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

    'Towards cryo-EM structural studies of class A GPCRs in the inactive state'

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15:30 - 15:40  Philip Rössler (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

    'GPCR activation states and effector interactions studied by NMR spectroscopy'

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15:40 - 15:50  Valérie Panneels (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland)

    'Mammalian rhodopsin dynamics using an X-ray free electron laser'

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15:50 - 16:00  Adrian Morales-Pastor (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain)

    'Prediction of preferential G protein coupling using machine learning algorithms'

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Break

Session 20: GPCRdb/GPCRmd

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16:15 - 17:00  GPCRdb - new tools and updates

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    David Gloriam (University of Copenhagen): 'Introduction'

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                    Gaspar P.-Szekeres (University of Copenhagen): 'G protein research platform news'

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                   Albert Kooistra (University of Copenhagen): 'Structure analysis resource (all new)'

17:00 - 17:45  GPCRmd updates

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   Jana Selent (Pompeu Fabra University): 'Introduction' 

   Mariona Torrens (Pompeu Fabra University): 'GPCRmd updates'

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                    Brian Medel (Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas): 'GPCRmeta -                           molecular and energetic insights into ligand (un)binding '

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                   Jana Selent (Pompeu Fabra University): 'Progression of the 2nd simulation round'

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Break

Session 21: Keynote Talk

Chair: Peter Hegemann (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

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Evi Kostenis (University of Bonn, Germany)

'Concepts and paradigms in GPCR signal transduction: Afraid of a change or ready for the next chapter?'

18:45 - 19:15

Conference Closing & Prizes

Chairs: Martha Sommer (Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin) / Gebhard Schertler (Paul Scherrer Institute)

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