Programme
BSCR/BAS Joint Spring Meeting 2014
New frontiers in Cardiovascular Science
Manchester Central, Manchester 2nd- 3rd- June 2014
Organisers, Cathy Holt, Tim Chico, Stephen Wheatcroft, Melanie Madhani
Monday 2nd June (Day 1)
08.00 to 10.00 / BSCR committee meeting10.45 to 12.15 / Molecular mechanisms of novel genes associated with cardiovascular disease
Chairs: Sarah George and Endre Kiss-Toth
Functional role and targeting of microRNAs in atherosclerosis
Christian Weber, Munchen, Germany
TCF21 regulates a smooth muscle cell pathway that involves a number of otherassociated coronary heart disease loci
Thomas Quertermous, Stanford, USA
Discovering Genes That Protect Against Cardiovascular Disease
SekarKathiresan, Harvard, USA
Systematic functional follow-up of genes and variants identified in large lipid cohorts
HeikoRunz, Heidelberg, Germany
12.15 to 13.45
12.30 to 13.30 / Lunch, trade stands
BAS AGM
13.45 to 15.15 / Cellular models and their role in cardiovascular research
Chairs: Sean Davidson, Nicola Smart
The pleaseures and pitfalls of human primary cell culture
Karen Porter, Leeds
In vitro generation of human vascular smooth muscle subtypes with differing disease susceptibility
Sanjay Sinha, Cambridge, UK
iPS cells as models of arrhythmia
Chris Denning, Nottingham, UK
Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells to cardiomyocytes: a methods overview
Robert Passier, Leiden, Netherlands
BSCR/BAS Joint Spring Meeting 2014
Day 1 (continued)
15.15 to 16.00 / Tea, trade stands16.00 to 17.00 / BSCR/BAS Poster Session 1
17.00 to 18.00 / The BCS Named Lecture
18.00 to 19.00 / The BAS John French Lecture
From progression to suppression: intraplaquehaemorrhage and its homeostatic macrophage responses
Joseph Boyle, Imperial, London
19.00 to 20.00 / BHF Reception
20.00 / BSCR/BAS Conference Dinner:
Room Restaurant, King Street
Tuesday 3rd June (Day 2)
08.30 to 10.00 / BSCR/BAS Young Investigators AwardChairs: Martin Bennett, Yvonne Alexander
Early detection of the process of vascular calcification with SPECT-CT and PET-CT using novel bone seeking radiopharmaceuticals in rat models
JayantaBordoloi, KIngs College, London, UK
PMCA1 deletion leads to increased blood pressure and cardiac hypertrophy
Sally Hammad, Manchester, UK
Stromal derived Factor 1 alpha is a mediator of conditioning in human and rat myocardium
Abdul Malik, Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, London, UK
Genetic risk markers for atrial fibrillation influence allelic expression of nearby candidate genes
Ruairidh Martin, Newcastle, UK
RGS-1 regulates leukocyte trafficking in atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysm formation through chemokine receptor desensitisation
Jyoti Patel, Oxford, UK
10.00 to 10.45 / Coffee, trade stands
10.45 to 12.15 / Inflammation in cardiovascular disease and repair
Chairs: Martin Bennett and Barbara Casadei
Inflammation in acute coronary syndromes/acute MI
Gillian Gray, Edinburgh, UK
Inflammation in cardiac regeneration
Nadia Rosenthal, Imperial, London,UK
Inflammation in heart failure
Blanche Schroen, Maastricht, Netherlands
Sterile inflammation in the vasculature
Murray Clarke, Cambridge, UK
12.15 to 13.45
13.45 to 15.15 / Lunch, trade stands
Diabetes and the cardiovascular system
Chairs: David Grieve and Stephen Wheatcroft
Cardiac metabolism in diabetes
Jan Glatz, Maastricht, Netherlands
TIMP3, macrophages and atherosclerosis
Massimo Federici, Rome, Italy
Therapeutic targeting of microRNA’s for diabetic cardiovascular complications
Costanza Emanueli, Bristol, UK
Insulin & IGF receptor interaction, endothelium & vascular repair
Mark Kearney, Leeds, UK
15.15 to 16.00
16.00 / Tea, trade stands
16.00 to 17.00
17.00 to 17.30
17.30 to 18.30 / BSCR/BAS Poster Session 2
Closing remarks and prize giving
The BCS Named Lecture