UCL PHARMACOLOGY |
Understanding Ion Channel Currents in Terms of MechanismsAnalysis and interpretation of single ion channel records and macroscopic currents using matrix methods. A summer workshop: 25 -29 July 2011, Now open for registration. |
Workshop DescriptionA workshop on analysis and interpretation of single ion channel records and macroscopic currents using matrix methods. Aim of the workshop |
Application
Please apply by email (see below). We will only be able to
take 12 - 16 people because of the need for individual attention in tutorials.
Last year we were heavily oversubscribed. Applicants will be contacted directly
by the organisers for more details about their background and reasons for
interest in the workshop.
Tutorials
Because people from outside UCL may be interested, the workshop will be run full
time for one week, immediately after the end of term. Each day will be
divided into lectures (with some computer demonstrations as part of the lectures)
and tutorials. Each set of lectures will be followed by a tutorial session
(up to four students per tutor) in which the material in the lectures will
be explained and exemplified using programs such as Mathcad (to a lesser extent
we can also cope with Maple and Matlab), as well as our own programs. The use
of our own programs for calculations and fitting will also be shown in the
tutorials. In last year’s workshop, even those with no previous experience
of matrices were able to compute (in Mathcad) things like a burst length distribution
for some specified mechanism by the end of the workshop.
Information in advance
It would be useful to have in advance a description of each student's experience
with (a) ion channels and (b) mathematics. It is also important that
if students bring a laptop computer with them (if you can bring Mathcad too,
so much the better). The laptop should have enough disk space to allow us to
install the programs and other material that you’ll need.
(a) Introductory section for those with no prior knowledge of matrix algebra
(b) Introductory section on statistics for those who need it
(c) Single ion channel analysis
(d) Analysis and fitting of single channel data:
By the end of the workshop you should be able to understand the formula for the burst length distribution that appears on the workshop mug, at least well enough to evaluate it, and at best to be able to derive it.
(Note: in 2007 there was still a Department of Pharmacology
at UCL)
To see some pictures taken on previous workshops, click here.
Apply for a placeThe sessions take place in the Pharmacology seminar room from 9 am every day from 25 - 29 July (inclusive ) 2011 This workshop is offered free of charge to UCL research students and postdoctoral staff (Roberts agenda funds will be used). For all other people, there is a charge of £150 (but if you can't find this amount please email and we'll try to help). To apply for a place please send your CV and state your interest in the workshop, by email to David Colquhoun or Lucia Sivilotti. |
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