Christopher Ahern
Professor - Molecular Physiology & Biophysics The University of Iowa
Seminars
Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Mapping Cardiac Sodium Channel Isoform Composition to Improve Ion Channel Selectivity & Reduce Arrhythmia Risk During Drug Development
9:15 am
- Revealing how neuronal and skeletal muscle sodium channel isoforms are differentially expressed across cardiac tissues beyond the canonical NaV1.5 paradigm
- Demonstrating how disease remodeling and pharmacological perturbation alter sodium channel composition to influence cardiac arrhythmia risk
- Applying protein engineering and ion channel pharmacology approaches to improve safety assessment for next-generation voltage-gated sodium channel therapeutics
Thursday 24th September 2026
Chair’s Opening Remarks
8:45 am
Thursday 24th September 2026
Chair’s Closing Remarks
4:00 pm
