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5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Registration
Welcome Reception
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Registration
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
SESSION 1: Endothelium-dependent Vasodilatations (Chair: Yu Huang)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
NL01 - Robert F. Furchgott Lecture by Barbara Harper
Vasoprotective actions of nitroxyl (HNO): a story of sibling rivalry
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
IL01 - Susan W.S. Leung
Second Messengers for nitric oxide-mediated vascular responses: more than cyclic guanosine monophosphate
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
OR01 - Jay S Naik
Heterogeneous endothelial cell membrane cholesterol restrains hydrogensulfide signaling
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
OR02 - Juan Huang
KLF2 mediates the suppressive effect of laminar flow on vascular calcification by inhibiting endothelial BMP/SMAD1/5 signaling
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
OR03 - Maria Jelinic – YIA competition
Single cell transcriptomic analysis of fibrogenic cellular drivers of vascular stiffening
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sponsored Symposium (Abcam)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
POSTER PRESENTATIONS (PS01‐PS07)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SESSION 2: Smooth Muscle Regulation(Chair: Robert Widdop)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
NL02 - John T. Shepherd Lecture by Julian Paton
Brain chips, devices and repurposed drugs for vasodilatation in disease
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
IL02 - Jane Bourke
Using precision‐cut lung slices to identify novel dilators of intrapulmonary airways and arteries
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
OR04 - Andy W. C. Man – YIA competition
L‐citrulline ameliorates pathophysiology in a rat model of superimposed preeclampsia
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
OR05 - Maria Bloksgaard
Increased velocity and amplitude of endothelin‐1 induced resistance artery contraction in diabetes
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
OR06 - Michelle Broekhuizen – YIA competition
The placental effects of pentoxifylline; a novel therapeutic option for preeclampsia
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Coffee & Tea break
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
SESSION 3: Cell‐cell Communications (Chair: Jo G.R. De Mey)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
NL03 - Tudor Griffith Lecture by Christopher Garland
EDHF to EDH; the evolution of myoendothelial microdomains
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
IL03 - Thomas Jepps
The microtubule network in vascular smooth muscle
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
IL04 - Carmine Cardillo
Vasodilator dysfunction in human obesity: established and emerging mechanisms
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
OR07 - Huige Li
B lymphocyte-deficiency in mice causes vascular dysfunction by inducing neutrophilia
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
OR08 - Valerie Schini‐kerth
Pro‐inflammatory cytokines‐induced SGLT1/2 expression promotes endothelial dysfunction
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