Cellular Processes
Development
Co-sponsored by Cure HHT
Chairs: Courtney Griffin, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and
Rosemary Akhurst, University of California, San Francisco
Holger Gerhardt, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine
Functional plasticity in vascular networks - a developmental perspective
Victoria Bautch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How blood vessels form in space and time
Angiogenesis and Arteriogenesis I
Co-sponsored by the European Vascular Biology Organisation
Chairs: Anna Randi, Imperial College London and Rong Wang, University of California, San FranciscoLuisa Iruela-Arispe, University of California, Los Angeles
Common and distinct operative mechanisms during vascular growth and sprouting angiogenesis
Young-Guen Kwon, Yonsei University
New regulators of vascular sprouting and remodeling
Angiogenesis and Arteriogenesis II
Co-sponsored by the Japanese Vascular Biology and Medicine Organization
Chairs: Brant Weinstein, NICHD/NIH and Takashi Minami, Kumamoto University
Hong Chen, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The role of endocytic adaptor proteins, epsins in vascular biology
Nobuyuki Takakura, Osaka University
Apelin/APJ system for the vascular maturation
Extracellular Matrix
Chairs: Robert Mecham, Washington University and Thomas Wight, Benaroya Research Institute
Tatiana Byzova, Cleveland Clinic - Lerner Research Institute
Integrin-dependent crosstalk between microglia and vasculature
Martin A. Schwartz, Yale School of Medicine
Fluid shear stress mechanotransduction in vascular health and disease
Vascular Remodeling
Chairs: C. Keith Ozaki and Mark Feinberg, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
David G. Harrison, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Immune mechanisms in cardiovascular disease
Andrew Baker, University of Glasgow
The influence of non-coding RNA on vascular cell function
Permeability
Chairs: Radu Stan, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and
Peter Hordijk, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
Lena Claesson-Welsh, Uppsala University
Therapeutic targeting of VEGF-regulated vascular permeability
Dietmar Vestweber, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine
Regulation of endothelial junction integrity
Immunity I
Co-sponsored by the American Society of Nephrology
Chairs: William A. Muller, Northwestern University/Feinberg School of Medicine and
S. Ananth Karumanchi, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Tanya N. Mayadas, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Leukocyte trafficking in renal autoimmune disease
Klaus F. Ley, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
Harnessing protective autoimmunity to vaccinate against cardiovascular diseases
Immunity II
Chairs: Masayuki Yoshida, Tokyo Medical & Dental University and
Francois Mach, University Hospital/Geneva Medical School
Sussan Nourshargh, Barts and The London School of Medicine
Neutrophil transmigration in vivo: Mode, mechanisms and novel concepts
Paul Kubes, University of Calgary Medical Center
Monocyte/macrophage recruitment to sites of inflammation
Calcification
Chairs: Linda Demer, University of California, Los Angeles and
Catherine Shanahan, King's College London
Cecilia M. Giachelli, University of Washington
Cellular regulation of vascular calcification
Elena Aikawa, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
The role of microvesicles in cardiovascular calcification
Lipid Mediators
Chairs: Dipak Panigrahy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Hong Chen, Boston Children's Hospital
Ingrid Fleming, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
The identification of novel biologically active PUFA epoxides and diols
in angiogenesis and vascular disease
Timothy Hla, Weill Cornell Medical College
Sphingosine 1-phosphate biology at the nexus of vascular and hematopoietic systems
