Microbial Senses and Ion Channels.- Mechanosensitive Channels and Sensing Osmotic Stimuli in Bacteria.- Roles of Ion Channels in the Environmental Responses of Plants.- Ion Channels, Cell Volume, Cell Proliferation and Apoptotic Cell Death.- TRPV Ion Channels and Sensory Transduction of Osmotic and Mechanical Stimuli in Mammals.- Mechanisms of Thermosensation in TRP Channels.- TRPC Family of Ion Channels and Mechanotransduction.- Mechano- and Chemo-Sensory Polycystins.- Biophysics of CNG Ion Channels.- Sensory Transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans.- Epithelial Sodium and Acid-Sensing Ion Channels.- P2X3 Receptors and Sensory Transduction.- Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Nociception.