Dear Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel aficionados,

Voltage-gated sodium channels are the basis of cellular excitability. Most of us learned about their impressively rapid gating during their first physiology classes, including that its quick opening underlies the fast upstroke of the action potential, and its fast inactivation is conveyed by a “ball-and-chain” or “hinged-lid” mechanism within the channel protein.
In recent years, high-resolution CryoEM structures confirmed and challenged some of these fundamental understandings. High-power computer analyses combined with electrophysiology, biochemistry, and more systemic methods expanded our understanding of the structure-function relation of the channels, their role in physiology, and disease.
With this lecture series, we aim to bring together sodium channel researchers worldwide to share their latest findings, engage in discussions, and further our understanding of this fascinating protein family of the human body.

We are extremely grateful to all participants of the recent on-site #WSCC26 conference held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, from February 4–6, 2026. The first #WSCC24 conference of 2024 was a huge success and laid the foundation for this continued series of meetings.
More information can be found here.

Stay tuned for the next worldwide sodium channel seminar series to start in fall 2026.

Co-organizers: Prof. Angelika Lampert & Prof. Hugues Abriel with Dr. Jannis Körner, Dr. Pauline Kinny, Dr. Oksana Iamshanova, Dr. Ana Stojiljkovic, Dr. Jean-Sébastien Rougier, and Anne Kortemeyer.

If you have any questions, please contact us via :  nav@ukaachen.de