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Workshop 1: Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia (September 25-29, 2006)

Organizers: Jim Keener and Rai Winslow

The workshop will concentrate on atrial and ventricular electrophysiology from models of the biophysics of single ion channels to predicting the electrocardiogram recorded at the body's surface. An overarching theme will be how mathematical models can elucidate mechanisms, improve diagnoses, and identify therapeutic targets for cardiac arrhythmias.

Topics will include:

  • Molecular Biology of Cardiac Ion Channels and Transporters
  • Formulation and Application of Integrative Models of the Cardiac Myoycte
  • Tissue and Organ Models
  • Arrhythmia Mechanisms
  • Excitation-Contraction Coupling

Schedule

Monday, September 25
Molecular Biology of Cardiac Ion Channels and Transporters
8:45-9:00am Welcome and Introduction: Avner Friedman and Jim Keener
9:00-9:05am Raimond Winslow: Introduction to Workshop 1
9:05-9:10am Don Bers: Introduction to Session 1
9:10-10:00am Colleen Clancy: Cardiac Na Channels Models
10:00-10:15am Coffee Break
10:15-11:05am Randy Rasmusson: Biology and Modeling of Cardiac K Channels
11:05-11:20am Coffee Break
11:20-12:10pm Jon Lederer: Cardiac Ca Dynamics
12:10-12:40pm Catteral, Clancy, and Rasmusson: Panel Discussion - Channels and Models
12:40-2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30-3:20pm Don Bers: Cardiac L-type Ca Channels, RyR2s and SERCA2a
3:20-3:35pm Coffee Break
3:35-4:25pm Don Bers: Na-Ca Exchange in Cardiac Myocytes
4:25-4:55pm Panel Discussion - Cardiac Ca-Handling Proteins
5:00-8:00pm Reception held in Math Tower, Room 724
Tuesday, September 26
Formulation and Application of Integrative Models of the Cardiac Myocyte
8:30-8:35am Yoram Rudy: Introduction to Session 2
8:35-9:25am Yoram Rudy: Ventricular Myocyte Model, Channelopathies and Arrhythmia
9:25-9:40am Coffee Break
9:40-10:30am Raimond Winslow: Calcium-Induced Calcium-Release: Insights From Studies of Heart Failure
10:30-10:45am Coffee Break
10:45-11:35am Martin Falcke: Stochastic models of complex molecules
11:35-1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00-1:30pm Panel Discussion - Future Directions for Integrative Cell Modeling
1:30-1.45pm Coffee Break
1:45-1:50pm Peter Hunter: Introduction to Session
1:50-2:40pm Peter Hunter: Tissue and organ level cardiac electrophysiological modelling
2:40-2:55pm Coffee Break
2:55-3:45pm Michael Miller: Computational Anatomy and the Infinite Dimensional Diffeomorphisms
3:45-4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00-4:30pm Hunter and Miller: Panel Discussion - Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Cardiac Anatomy
6:30pm Public Lecture Series
Carlos Castillo-Chavez: Emergent Disease and the Challenges of Globalization
Location: Fawcett Center Auditorium, 2400 Olentangy River Road
Wednesday, September 27
Tissue and Organ Models
8:30-9:20am Sasha Panfilov: Modeling Electrical Conduction in the Cardiac Ventricles
9:20-9:35am Coffee Break
9:35-10:25am Natalia Trayanova: Bidomain Models: Inducing and Terminating VF
10:25-10:40am Coffee Break
10:40-11:30am Candido Cabo:Cellular Mechanisms of Stability of Reentrant Tachycardias in Infarcted Hearts
11:30-11:45am Coffee Break
11:45-12:35pm Craig Henriquez: Modeling the Arrhythmogenic Substrate: Incorporating Heterogeneity at the Microscale in Cardiac Tissue Models
12:35-1:00pm Panel Discussion - Future Directions for Large-Scale Electrical Modeling
1:00-2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30-2:35pm David Rosenbaum: Introduction to Session
2:35-3:25pm Michael Guevara: Synchronization rhythms in the heart
3:25-3:40pm Coffee Break
3:40-4:30pm Guy Salama: Wavelets, Wavebreaks and Ventricular Fibrillation
4:30-5:00pm Panel Discussion -
Thursday, September 28
Arrhythmia Mechanisms
9:00-9:50am Mario Delmar: Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC): A disease of the intercalated disc
9:50-10:05am Coffee Break
10:05-10:55am David Rosenbaum: Alternans
10:55-11:10am Coffee Break
11:10-12:00pm Igor Efimov: Reentrant Arrhythmias
12:00-1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:20pm Kenneth Laurita: Arrhythmia Mechanisms: Myocardial Infarction
2:20-2:50pm Panel Discussion: Arrhythmia Mechanisms
2:50-3:05pm Coffee Break
3:05-3:10pm Saleet Jafri: Introduction to Session
3:10-4:00pm Sandor Gyorke: Biology of RyR2
4:00-4:15pm Coffee Break
4:15-5:05pm Clara Franzini-Armstrong: Structure of the Dyad
6:00pm Dinner at the Holiday Inn on the Lane
Friday, September 29
Excitation-Contraction Coupling
9:00-9:50am Saleet Jafri: Biology and Computational Models of Ca Sparks
9:50-10:05am Coffee Break
10:05-10:55am Greg Smith: A probability density approach to modeling local calcium signaling and stochastic functional unit activity in cardiac myocytes
10:55-11:25am Panel Discussion - Ec Coupling
11:25am Wrap-up