September
馃檪 People: Antonios Pantazis was interviewed by the Biophysical Society about his career so far.
August
馃檪 People: Twinkle Biswas completed her postdoctoral appointment in our lab, with some striking findings on a new calcium-channel variant!
July
馃檪 People: Azra Ay艧e B谋莽akc谋 is joining us as Erasmus+ student to work on calcium channel biophysics and regulation.
June
馃寧 Conference: Antonios was invited to speak at the in Cambridge, UK, about 鈥淚on channel modulation in the cell.鈥� Link to .
馃弳馃挵 Award & Funding: Twinkle won a postdoctoral fellowship from the Lions Research Fund against Common Diseases!
馃寧 Conference: Twinkle and Serena attended the Forum Scientium summer conference
May
馃寧 Conference: Antonios attended the 2026 meeting for the Program for Academic Leaders in Life Science at Kolm氓rden.
馃寧 Conference: Antonios 听was invited to talk about KCNA2 variants at the Nanion Research Insights - Neuroscience Symposium 2026.
馃摪 Publication: Angelini M, McVicar M, Maxfield S, Sokolowski M, Narang S, Scranton K, Yasarbas SS, Savalli N, John SA, Schwingshackl A, Neely A, Pantazis A, Ottolia M, Olcese R. The four voltage-sensing domains of T-type calcium channels activate near the resting membrane potential. Nat Commun. 2026. DOI:
馃帗馃弳 Course & Award: Serena and Suheda attended the 鈥淚on channels and transporters: from atoms to cellular context鈥� EMBO/FEBS lecture course in Erice, Italy. . Suheda was supported by a FEBS Youth Travel Fund Award!
馃寧 Conference: We attended the Center for Systems Neuroscience 鈥淣euroretreat鈥� in S枚derk枚pings Brunn. Zoja, Twinkle, Serena and Suheda presented posters, and Twinkle also gave an oral presentation! Link
馃寧 Conference: Antonios was invited to talk about 鈥淎 sodium-driven modality of CPVT鈥� at the 3rd Olympiad in Cardiovascular Medicine, in Kalamata, Greece.
April
馃摪 Publication: H枚hl M*, Yasarbas SS*, Cappellari MV, Strassert CA, Pantazis A, Junker A: A new phosphorus-rhodamine voltage-sensing dye for optical membrane potential imaging. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2026. DOI: .
* = equal contribution
March
馃摪 Publication: Boon PX, Jauregi-Miguel A, Yasarbas SS, Pozzi S, Karlsson U, Husami A, Ko C, Shillington A, Pantazis A: Differential negative dominance by KCNA2 variants associated with global developmental delay suggests KCNA2 haploinsufficiency in humans. J Physiol. 2026 Apr;604(8):3413-3430. DOI:
馃檪 People: Pei Xin Boon completed her postdoctoral scholarship! She performed wonderful work on KV1.2-channel variants, and their possible pharmacological rescue. Wish you all the best!
February
馃寧馃弳 Conference & Award: We went to Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco! Suheda, Amaya and Pei Xin presented posters. Pei Xin also gave a platform presentation, and Antonios chaired her session. Congratulations to Amaya for receiving a travel award!
馃弳馃挵 Award & Funding: Zoja won a MSCA postdoctoral fellowship by the European Commission! This was a spectacular achievement: her application ranked in the top 5%, in a record hyper-competitive call, with a funding cut-off at 8%. Congratulations!!
馃摪 Publication: Nappi M, Frampton DJA, Kusay AS, Wang K, Yasarbas SS, Pozzi S, Miceli F, Liin SI, Taglialatela M*, Pantazis A*: Two-step voltage-sensor activation of the human KV7.4 channel and effect of a deafness-associated mutation. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 5;17(1):2381.DOI: .
* = corresponding authors
馃寧馃弳 Conference & Award: Serena and Antonios attended the Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference 2026, in Grindelwald, Switzerland (). Serena gave a talk, and Antonios served in the scientific committee and chaired a session. Serena won a travel award!
馃檪 People: Zoja Selimi joined our group as postdoctoral fellow! Dr. Selimi trained at the University of Bern and Ohio State University.
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