Worldwide Sodium Channel Seminars
Next seminar series to start in fall 2026

Scientific Committee



William Brackenbury
Affiliation: University of York, United Kingdom
Research: Role of ion channels in disease, focussing on how aberrant ion channel signalling can alter cell behaviour to promote the progression of solid tumours, including breast cancer.
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Rajesh Khanna
Affiliation:  University of Florida, FL, USA
Research: Allosteric regulation and trafficking of voltage-gated ion channels in chronic pain and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Jan Kucera
Affiliation: University of Bern, Switzerland
Research: Cardiac conduction with an interdisciplinary approach unifying in vitro experiments and computer simulations.
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Céline Marionneau
Affiliation: Nantes Université, France
Research: Identifying the molecular mechanisms mediating the post-translational regulation of cardiac ion channels.
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Sophie Nicole
Affiliation: Université de Montpellier, France
Research: Identifying compounds that could improve muscle function in congenital neuromuscular diseases.
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Moran Rubinstein
Affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Israel
Research: Neuronal and molecular basis for severe epilepsy and autism.
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Kenton Swartz
Affiliation: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS / NIH), MD, USA
Research:  Using biochemical, molecular biological, biophysical and structural techniques to investigate the structure and functional mechanisms of voltage-activated ion channels, TRP channels and P2X receptor channels.
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