The Seventh Annual Ion Channel Retreat Vancouver, Canada, June 29–July 1, 2009

Seven years ago, Aurora Biomed Inc. (Vancouver, BC) recognized the need to create a forum for scientific discourse spanning the spectrum of ion channel disciplines. Since then, researchers from both academia and industry have been invited each year to share their knowledge on the advancement of ion channel research and technology, drug discovery, and safety pharmacology. Aurora Biomed’s 2009 Retreat continued this tradition by covering a variety of topics including Ion Channels as Disease and Pain Targets, TRP Ion Channels, Ion Channel Screening Technologies, Ion Channels in Safety Pharmacology, Structure & Function of Ion Channels, Ion Channels in Disease Pathology, and New Horizons in Life Sciences.