Wihuri Research Institute Symposium “Targeting Vascular Leak, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis”
Wihuri Research Institute Symposium “Targeting Vascular Leak, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis”
August 22-23, 2016
Biomedicum Helsinki, Finland
PROGRAMME (pdf)
August 22 Vascular Tie2/Tek targeting in disease
Chair Pipsa Saharinen
12:00-13:00 Biomedicum Helsinki Seminar, Lecture Hall 1
Susan Quaggin, Chicago: “Under Pressure” – “High Tek” Solutions for Diabetic Complications
Registration
13:00-14:00 Lunch on your own
Lecture Hall 3
14:00-14:30 Peter Campochiaro, Baltimore: Tie 2 in Diabetic Retinopathy
14:30-15:00 Samir Parikh, Boston: Tie2 as a rheostat in infection
August 23 Endothelial cells and atherosclerosis
8.55-9.00 A few words about the Wihuri Research Institute
Chairperson Kari Alitalo
09.00-09.40 Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Los Angeles: Interface of flow and metabolism in the regulation of vascular homeostasis
09.40-10.20 Hellmut Augustin, Heidelberg: Role of Ang/Tie signaling during atherosclerosis progression
10.20-10.50 Coffee break
Chairperson Petri Kovanen
10.50-11.30 Arnold von Eckardstein, Zürich: Interactions of HDL with the endothelium
11.30-12.10 Lars Bo Nielsen, Copenhagen: Lowering plasma cholesterol acutely changes the metabolism of LDL within atherosclerotic lesions
12.10-12.30 Katariina Öörni, Helsinki: LDL instability is a novel modifiable biomarker that predicts future cardiovascular deaths
Registration deadline 12.8.2016