Thursday, May 26th 2005:

16:00 - 19:00      REGISTRATION AT THE HOTEL MAESTOSO, LIPICA

19:00                 GET TOGETHER & WELCOME

20:00                 SOCIAL DINNER

Friday, May 27th 2005

08.15   Opening

GLIAL CELLS AND NERVE CELLS I

Chair: Tine Valentinčič                                                                     

08.30-08.55       A. Nistri: Electrical oscillations of brainstem motoneurons: a novel system of motor synchronization

08.55-09.10       G. Taccola: Electrical oscillations induced by the potassium channel blocker 4-aminopyridine in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord and their relation to fictive locomotor patterns

09.10-09.35       P. Haydon: Gliotransmission coordinates synaptic networks

09.35-09.50       M. Potokar: Cytosolic Ca²⁺ and cytoskeleton in vesicle mobility of rat astrocytes

09.50-10.05       T. Pangršič: Surface and volume measurements in cultured astrocytes during hypotonic swelling

10.05-10.30       E. Cherubini: Silent synapses: their role in synaptic plasticity

10.30-10.45       K. Ostroumov: K-ATP channel blockers modulate synaptic and bursting activity in the rat spinal cord in vitro

10.45-11.15 Coffee break

GLIAL CELLS AND NERVE CELLS II

Chair: Tom Finger                                                                             

11.15-11.40       S. Tobet: Development of the hypothalamus

11.40-12.05       G. Majdič: SF-1 knockout mice as a model for hormone independent sexual differentiation

12.05-12.20       N. Grgurevič: Sexual and aggressive behavior in mice with disruption of the steroidogenic   factor - 1 gene

12.20-12.35       T. Budefeld: Sex differences in AgRP, VP, Calbindin and nNOS immunoreactivity in mice brain

12.35-12.50       G. Baj: Have the different BDNF mRNA isoforms a role in neuroblastoma tumour cells survival?

12.50-13.05       F. Minneci: Electrophysiological characterization of a subset of somatostatin-containing, EGFP positive GABAergic interneurones in organotypic hippocampal cultures

13.05-13.20       V. Stoka: Mechanisms of activation and regulation of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis during brain development and aging

13.20-13.35       A. Omrani: Consequences of Pentylenetetrazole kindling on spatial learning and memory

13.35-15.00 Lunch break

ENDOCRINE, MUSCLE CELLS and ADIPOCYTES

Chair: Gregor Majdič        

15.00-15.25       F. Ruzzier: Satellite stem cells, myogenesis and ageing

15.25-15.40       M. Jurdana:  Small-conductance Ca2+- activated K+ channels in cultured skeletal muscle cells: their role in spontaneous activity and possible regulation by nerve-derived factors

15.40-16.05       H. Chowdhury: Insulin responses of single adipocytes

16.05-16.30       R. Zorec: Pituitary cells: molecular mechanisms of exocytosis

16.30-16.45       N. Vardjan: Spontaneous exocytotic events in isolated lactotrophs 

16.45-17.00       A. Fabbro: PC12 cells as a model to study quantal release of ATP

17.00-17.15       S.B. Yang: KATP-channels in beta-cells in tissue slices are directly modulated by millimolar ATP

17.15-17.30       T. Rose: Ca2+-secretion coupling in β-cells of healthy and diabetic rats

17.30-18.00 Coffee break

SENSORY CELLS

Chair: Marjan Rupnik                                                                         

18.00-18.25       A. Menini: Transduction and adaptation in olfactory sensory neurons

18.25-18.50       K. Sugimoto: Mechanisms for transduction and modulation of sweet taste in mouse taste cells

18.50-19.15       S. Kinnamon: Ca signalling and neurotransmitter release in taste buds

19.15-19.40       T. Finger: When taste is not taste and smell is not smell: solitary chemosensory cells of the airways and larynx

19.40-20.05       T. Valentinčič & P. Miklavc: Does chemotopy predict olfactory discrimination in zebrafish (Danio rerio)?

20.05-20.20       K. Pliberšek: Connections between regenerated olfactory epithelium and olfactory bulb in black bullhead catfish (Ameiurus melas)

20.20-20.35       J. Dolenšek: Electrophysiological responses of silent olfactory receptor neurons to amino acids in black bullhead catfish

21.00 Dinner

Saturday, 28th May 2005

GLIAL CELLS AND NERVE CELLS III

Chair: Sue Kinnamon                                                          

08.30-08.55       N. Reist: Mutational analysis of synaptic protein function

08.55-09.20       R. Giniatullin: The role of ATP in pain mechanisms

09.20-09.35       M. Simonetti: Immunocytochemical mapping of pain transducing receptors in rodent trigeminal ganglia

09.35-09.50       E. Fabbretti: Molecular determinants of the function of pain transducing P2X3 receptors 

09.50-10.05       F. Furlan: Interneurons transiently express the ERG K+ channels during development of mouse spinal networks in vitro

10.05-10.20       V. Safiulina: ATP controls the generation of network-driven giant depolarizing potentials in the neonatal rat hippocampus

10.20-10.35       E. Sola: Nicotinic modulation of glutamatergic transmission at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

10.35-10.50       E. Sharifullina: Glutamate induces a novel bursting activity within rat brainstem slice networks

10.50-11.05       C. Le Magueresse: Nicotine-induced enhancement of evoked glutamate release at CA3-CA1 synapses in the rat hippocampus: role of calcium-induced calcium release

11.05-11.35 Coffee break

CELL ENGINEERING (OSTEOID C., CHONDROCYTES, IMMUNE C.)

Chair: Marko Kreft                                                                            

11.35-12.00       M. Jeras: Dendritic cell-based vaccines as inducers of anti-tumor immune responses

12.00-12.15       M. Gabrijel: Measurements of the extent of lysosomal fusion in elelctrofused hybrid cells

12.15-12.30       K. Trontelj: Cell electrofusion in vitro

12.30-12.55       N. Kregar Velikonja: Tissue engineering approaches in cartilage regeneration

12.55-13.20       B. Sotošek: Reconstruction of bone defects with tissue engineered autologous osteoid cells

13.20-13.35       S. Bembich: Antigen phage display libraries for the identification of autoantigens candidate in multiple sclerosis

13:35-16:50     Lunch followed by the visit of “Černigoj Gallery” and the Lipica Stud Farm

ADVANCED MICROSCOPY WORKSHOP

Chair: Robert Zorec                                                                           

16.50-17.15       M. Kreft: Confocal microscopy in Cell Physiology and Bioengineering

17.15-17.40       M. Stenovec: Regulated exocytosis in astrocytes studied by confocal microscopy

17.40-18.05       I. Poberaj: Laser tweezers

18.05-18.30       M. Rupnik: Two photon microscopy

18.30-18.45       N. Žnidaršič: Microscopic and biochemical survey of copper storage in hepatopancreatic S cells

18:45-19:45       Posters (with Vine & Cheese)

20:00                Bus departure to gostilna Kraški hram

21.00 Gala Dinner

Sunday, 29th May 2005

09.00-10.00     Discussion forum

10.30-              Excursion to Karst caves