The first Meeting of COST Action BM1406 took place at IIMCB

On September 24-25, 2015 IIMCB was hosting the first Meeting of COST Action BM1406. The main objectives of the meeting were:

1. Network objectives

  • to establish long lasting collaboration of experts with biophysics of immune cells,
  • to establish working relationships, structuring the community around the Working Groups (WG), planning the activities of each WG, establish internal means of communication.

2. Scientific obectives

  • to bridge the gap between ion channel, immune fuction and physiopathology of immune diseases,
  • identification of preclinical animal model relevant for immune diseases.

Group picture

The Ionchan-Immunrespon network is a novel and exciting enterprise that involves internationally recognised scientists across 15 European countries. The specific aims are to develop a strong European workforce to understand the role of ion channels in immune cells, and how deregulation of their function can cause disease, to identify new targets for therapeutic immuno-interventions through modulation of ion channels. The unique combination of biophysical approaches combined with molecular biology, cell biology and immunology provides a powerful approach for dissecting the functional cell biology of the immune system.