Gateway Ion Channel Symposium

July 8-10, 2025 | Chicago IL

Empowering the next generation of scientists

Interested in hosting in 2027? We will be accepting proposals to host soon.

This is the official webpage for the 2025 Gateway Ion Channel Symposium, held July 8-10, 2025 at Northwestern University, Chicago Campus. Starting in 2025 this symposium will be held every other year.

We look forward to seeing you in 2027!

POSTER CONTEST WINNERS

(Left to right) Noelle Roberts; Sé Ferrell; Madison O'Brian; Pengfei Liang, PhD; Richa Agrawal, PhD; Rosa Scalia, PhD; Kayla Kindig, PhD

FULL SIZED PHOTOS

Group | Poster Winners

SPEAKERS

Colin Nichols, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

Juan Du, PhD

Northwestern University

Lori Isom, PhD

University of Michigan

Rama Ranganathan, MD, PhD

University of Chicago

Alexandria Miller, PhD

University of Iowa

David Jones, PhD

University of Michigan

Richard Smith, PhD

Northwestern University

Vivian Gonzalez-Perez , PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

ORGANIZERS

Christopher Ahern, Ph.D.

Sudha Chakrapani, Ph.D.

Baron Chanda, Ph.D.

Isabelle Deschenes, Ph.D.

Juan Du, Ph.D.

Alfred L. George, Jr., M.D.

Jeanne Nerbonne, Ph.D.

Eduardo Perozo, Ph.D.

LOCATION

Northwestern University, Downtown Chicago Medical Campus

303 E Superior st, Chicago IL 60611

Check-in will take place in the shared lobby of the Simpson Querrey & Lurie Medical Research buildings (303 E. Superior). Upon arrival to the address, signage will point to check-in. Talks will take place in the Hughes Auditorium*. Dinners and other meals will take place in the same building lobby.