5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Registration
Welcome Reception
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SESSION 1: Endothelium-dependent Vasodilatation
(Chair: Yu Huang & & Ching L. Cheung)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
NL01 - Robert F. Furchgott Lecture by Barbara Kemp-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 (YIA competition)
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
Antibody selection and enhanced validation strategies
Speaker: Alejandra Solache
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
MODERATED POSTER PRESENTATIONS
(Moderators Yu Huang & Ching L. Cheung)
PS02 - Pengcheng Zhang
Clusterin mediates the metabolic function of adipose SIRT1
PS03 - Sandeep Singh (YIA Competition)
Angiotensin ii activates p25/cdk5 pathway and regulates SIRT1 signaling in endothelial cells
PS04 - Musammat Kulsuma Begum
Abnormal accumulation of leucine in per2 mutant mice contributes to diastolic cardiac dysfunction
PS05 - Haoyun Li
Lipocalin-2 variants in mice and humans
PS06 - Lei He (YIA competition)
The role of defective tfeb-autophagic flux axis in endothelial dysfunction in diabetic mice
PS07 - Candela Diaz Canestro (YIA competition)
Molecular choreography of chronic exercise in overweight individuals with prediabetes
LA01 - Lufengzi Yuan
Neutrophil serine proteases as the endogenous suppressors of white adipose browning and adaptive thermogenesis in obesity
2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
SESSION 2: Smooth Muscle Regulation
(Chair: Robert Widdop & Connie W. H. Woo)
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 – 4:15 PM
Coffee & Tea break
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
SESSION 3: Cell‐cell Communications
(Chair: Jo G.R. De Mey & Aimin Xu)