European Vascular Biology Organisation

EVBO Seminar Series
2024-05-07 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 7th May 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Research Spotlight

Sikander Hayat, Translational Data Science group, Medicine Clinic II, Uniklinik Aachen, Germany
‘Spatial atlas of Human atherosclerosis for data-driven drug target discovery’

Plenary lecture
Danilo Giuseppe Norata, University of Milan, Italy.
‘Mitochondrial plasticity in the context of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders’

Moderation by Jessica Pauli, Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany

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EMBO Workshop > Building networks 2024: engineering in vascular biology
2024-05-06 - 2024-05-08
Conference overview
Blood vessels are essential for the formation and maintenance of larger tissues and organs. The vascular system regulates exchange of oxygen, nutrients and immune cells – the dysfunction of which can cause severe pathologies. Mouse models, genetics and histology of human samples, coupled with recent advances in imaging, single-cell approaches and computational modelling, have provided significant knowledge to the field of vascular biology. Yet, in vivo models are highly complex and often need to be combined with simpler in vitro studies to get mechanistic and molecular insights.
Growth of in vitro blood vessels presents numerous research challenges due to their complex 3D geometry, and a strong coupling between biology and mechanics.
Recent advances in microfluidic and 3D bioprinting offer a higher degree of control over design, system components and biological function.
With the emergence and consolidation of these technologies, together with human iPS cell technologies, the vascular biology field is starting to model vascularized tissues and human vascular diseases in vitro.
In this meeting, we intend to bring together vascular biologists and bioengineers from across the world to build research synergies to tackle long standing questions in the field of vascular biology.

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EVBO Seminar Series
2024-03-26 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 26th March 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Research Spotlight

Pieterjan Dierickx, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, at Bad Nauheim, Germany.
‘Circadian rhythms in cardiac metabolism and aging’

Plenary lecture
Cecilia Sahlgren, Äbo Akademi University, Finland
‘Notch ligands as mechanosensors in the vasculature’

Moderation by Andreas Fischer, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Göttingen University

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EVBO Seminar Series
2024-10-15 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 15th October 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Summer Time (GMT+02:00)

Research Spotlight
Jaap van Buul, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
‘With a little help from my friends: the vasculature as immune modulator’

Research Spotlight
Maud Martin, Laboratory of Neurovascular Signaling, University of Brussels, Belgium
‘The role of microtubules during sprouting angiogenesis: with or without a Y?’

Moderation by Carmen Ruiz de Almodovar, University of Bonn, Germany

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EVBO Seminar Series
2024-02-27 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 27th February 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Bilal Sheikh, Helmholtz München, Germany
‘Impact of obesity on blood vessels’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Claire Leclech, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, FR
‘Influence of substrate topography on vascular endothelial cells’

Plenary lecture
Andrea Banfi, University of Basel, Switzerland
‘Coupling of angiogenesis and osteogenesis for bone engineering’

Moderation by Saravana Ramasamy, Imperial College London, UK

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EMBO Workshop > The new cardiobiology
2024-02-20 - 2024-02-23
Conference overview
The cardiovascular system is a multicellular and disseminated organ consisting of the heart, a network of vessels and circulating blood, thereby forming an intricately interdependent system, whose dysfunction is the leading cause of human mortality. Despite translational progress with impactful new interventional and pharmacological therapies, cardiovascular dysfunction continues to plague mankind.
The current therapeutic approaches are either organ-centric or tackle the consequences of end-stage cardiovascular disease (CVD). New basic research approaches are focused on a deeper understanding of the causes and early development of CVD to identify mechanisms close to the root of the disease, providing the promise to prevent, halt, and reverse the disease process. In parallel, new tissue engineering and mechanobiology approaches are revolutionizing cardiovascular discovery research and disease modeling by more closely mimicking the human situation. However, these are largely separated research communities, with yet little crosstalk or exchange between the two. This new EMBO Workshop aims to transform the established organ-centric view on single cardiovascular organs into a systems biomedicine approach by tearing down the walls between disciplines and moving on to discussion of the cardiovascular system with an inter-, trans-, and cross-disciplinary approach.
Session topics

Where developmental biology meets cardiovascular engineering
Where engineering meets cardiovascular regeneration
Where cardiomyocyte biology meets immunology
Where cardiomyocyte biology meets vascular biology
Where cardiovascular biology meets mechanobiology
Molecular circuits of heart disease

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EVBO Seminar Series
2024-02-13 03:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 13th February 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Holger Winkels, University of Cologne, Germany
‘The role of the olfactory receptor 2 in aortic disease’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Redouane Aherrahrou, University of Lubeck, Germany
‘Secreted protein profiling of human aortic smooth muscle cells identifies vascular disease associations’

Plenary lecture
Menno de Winther, Amsterdam UMC, NL
‘Macrophages in atherosclerosis’

Moderation by Minna Kaikkonen, Universify of Eastern Finland, Finland

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EVBO Seminar Series
2024-01-30 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 30th January 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Lars Holmgren, Karolinska, Sweden
‘Endothelial Junctional Mechanotransduction in Aortic Aneurysm Formation’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Thomas Juan, Max Planck Institute For Heart and Lung Research, Germany
‘Blood flow mechanosensation during cardiac valve development’

Plenary lecture
Friedemann Kiefer, European Institute for Molecular Imaging, Germany
“Enough or not – sneaking a peek on hypoxia”

Moderation by Massimo Santoro, University of Padua, Italy

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EVBO Seminar Series
2024-01-16 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 16th January 2024
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Ruben Marin, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Centre, Canada
‘Endothelial regulation of cardiac regeneration’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Macarena Fernandez-Chacon, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain
‘Incongruence between transcriptional and vascular pathophysiological cell states’

Plenary lecture
Taija Makinen, Uppsala University, Sweden
‘Cellular dialogues in lymphatic vascular growth and disease

Moderation by Pipsa Saharinnen, University of Helsinki, Finland

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-12-12 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 12th December 2023
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Daniela Carnevale, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
‘Neural circuits regulating immune responses involved in cardiovascular pathology’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Marten Hoeksema, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
‘Fine-tuning the macrophage’s inflammatory potential’

Plenary lecture
Ellie Tzima, University of Oxford, UK
‘Mechanical regulation of vessel function’

Moderation by Tom Guzik, University of Edinburgh, UK

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-11-28 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 28th November 2023
16:00-17:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Maria Ulvmar, Uppsala University, Sweden
‘The lymph node vasculature in cancer and aging’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Chi-Chung Wu, European Center for Angioscience, University of Heidelberg, Germany
‘Regulatory mechanisms of cardiomyocyte polyploidization’

Plenary lecture
Tom Quartermous, Stanford University, USA
‘Genetic mechanisms of smooth muscle cell transitions and their role in coronary artery disease risk’

Moderation by Leon Schurgers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-11-14 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 14th November 2023
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Riikka Kivelä, University of Jyväskylä and Wihuri Research Institute, Finland
‘Counteracting skeletal muscle wasting and cardiac atrophy with angiogenic gene therapy’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Diana Passaro, Institut Cochin Paris, France
‘Vascular integration in tissue bioengineering to model the complexity of leukemic microenvironment’

Plenary lecture
Christiana Ruhrberg, University Collecege London, UK
‘BulkECexplorer: a novel app to survey endothelial transcriptomes and predict functional transcription’

Moderation by Joanna Kalucka, University of Aarhus, Denmark

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-10-31 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 31st October 2023
15:00-16:00 Central European Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Jaime Millan, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain
‘Harnessing endothelial RHO GTPase activity to reinforce the vasculature during systemic inflammation’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Laura de Rooij, CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austria
‘Endothelial heterogeneity in health and aging’

Plenary lecture
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, NorthWestern Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
‘The scary path towards vascular dementia’

Moderation by Anna Joutel, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, France

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-10-17 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 17th October 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Sabine Steffens, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
‘Lipid receptors shape vascular inflammation in a sex-specific manner’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Natalia Reglero Real, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain
‘Novel roles for endothelial cell autophagy during inflammation’

Plenary lecture
Federico Bussolino, University of Torino, Italy
‘Transcription factor EB mediates epicardial activation in heart development and in adult life’

Moderation by Johnny Kim, TRON Translational Oncology Mainz, Germany

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-10-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 3rd October 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Agnes Noël, University of Liege, Belgium
‘VE-cadherin trafficking and lymphedema’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Roberta Lugano, Uppsala University, Sweden
‘Crosstalk between tumor cells and blood vessels: the role of CD93 in glioma vessel function’

Plenary lecture
Kari Alitalo, Wihuri Research Institute and University of Helsinki, Finland
‘VEGF-B – not yet lost in translation’

Moderation by Ebba Bräkenhielm, INSERM, Rouen Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, France

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-09-19 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 19th September 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Stefan Liebner, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
‘Microenvironmental control of vascular barrier function in the CNS in health and disease’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Aline Verstraeten, University of Antwerpen, Belgium
‘Interrogation of the mechanisms underlying thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection using transcriptomics approaches’

Plenary lecture
Lars Maegdefessel, Technical University of Munich, Germany
‘Targeting smooth muscle cell plasticity in vascular disease’

Moderation by Delphine Gomez, University of Pittsburgh, USA

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EVBO SUMMER SCHOOL 2023
2023-07-05 - 2023-07-07 | The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Ctra de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
Summer Schoool on Single Cell & Spatial transcriptomics and Model Systems for Vascular Biology (organoids, zebrafish, mice)
Event Exclusive to EVBO members
Deadline for application: 15/03/2023
Date for notification of selected participants: 15/04/2023
Registration fee: 50€
Information about venue: https://www.carrerasresearch.org/es
For queries: evbosummerschool@carrerasresearch.org

Confirmed list of speakers:
Paul Kiessling
Claudia Monaco
Elizabeth Jones
Karina Yaniv
Kristina Haase
Paola Campagnolo
Pere Roca-Cusachs
Rui Benedito
Stephan Huveneers
Maria Bernabeu

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-07-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
EVBO Seminar Series
Wednesday, 3rd July 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Julio Saez-Rodriguez, University of Heidelberg, Germany
‘Integration of single-cell multiomic data to understand cardiovascular diseases’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Pilar Villacampa, University of Barcelona, Spain
‘A role for pericyte maturity in retinal vasculopathies’

Plenary lecture
Ralf Adams, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Germany
‘Dynamic modulation and functional specialization of blood vessels in bone’

Moderation by Katrien De Bock, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-06-16 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
EVBO Seminar Series
Wednesday, 16th June 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Michal Mokry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
‘Utilising gene expression to redefine the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Christoph Kuppe, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
‘In-situ spatial multiomics at single molecular resolution’

Plenary lecture
Hellmut Augustin, European Center for Angioscience and German Cancer Research Center, Germany
‘Vascular Control of Metastasis during Aging’

Moderation by Max Mazzone, VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-06-01 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Thursday, 1st June 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Peetra Magnusson, Uppsala University, Sweden
‘Cavernomas and therapeutic strategies’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Simone Bersini, Universita’ della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
‘Biofabrication of human vascularized microphysiological systems for the study of cancer metastases and aging’

Plenary lecture
Manuel Mayr, King’s College London, UK
‘Proteomics Strategies to Identify New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets’

Moderation by Andrew Baker, University of Edinburgh, UK

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New Frontiers in Cardiac and Vascular Biology Symposium
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-24
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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-05-17 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Wednesday, 17th May 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Serge van de Pavert, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), France
‘Heterogenous perivascular macrophages in the brain’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Bart Spronck, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
‘A mechanical perspective on aortic remodelling in hypertension’

Plenary lecture
Britta Engelhardt, University of Bern, Switzerland
‘VE-cadherin: A novel landmark for brain barriers that establish central nervous system immune privilege’

Moderation by Stefan Liebner, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-05-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Wednesday, 3rd May 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Christian Helker, Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Germany
‘Molecular and cellular dynamics regulating tip cell behaviour’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Lars Muhl, Karolinska instutet, Sweden
‘Single-cell transcriptomic inventory of murine smooth muscle cells’

Plenary lecture
Anne Joutel, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, Inserm
‘Insights into the dysfunction and loss of contractile mural cells in the CADASIL cerebral small vessel disease’

Moderation by Henar Cuervo, CNIC – National Center for cardiovascular Research, Spain

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European Society for Microcirculation Meeting - Aarhus
2023-04-24 - 2023-04-27
European Society for Microcirculation Conference Aarhus, Denmark 24 – 27 April 2023
Abstract Deadline EXTENSION – 29th January 2023
Registration and abstract submission for the ESM conference in Aarhus, in the spring of 2023 is now open and has been extended. We have an amazing group of faculty, who will deliver wonderful, insightful lectures on many aspects of the microcirculation – this meeting is probably the best microvascular conference in the world!
We have programmed ample time for networking and we look forward very much to welcoming you in Aarhus.
Programme here: ESM Conference programme 2023
Please note that there is a unique opportunity for junior microvascular researchers to take part in the free course entitled “What you need to know about life in the arterial wall” . The course encompasses the topics of the conference and will assist the junior researchers to fully appreciate the conference lectures and reflect on the content following the meeting.
Conference Details
Date: 24 – 27 April 2023
Venue: Musikhuset Aarhus, Thomas Jensens Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Abstract Submission Deadline: 29th January 2023. Please submit via the link below

EVBO Seminar Series
2023-04-18 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Tuesday, 18th April 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Bart Ghesquière, KU Leuven, Belgium
‘Tracing Metabolism’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Lothar Dieterich, University of Heidelberg, Germany
‘Immune-regulatory functions of lymphatic endothelial cells in the lymph node microenvironment’

Plenary lecture
Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK
‘Pericyte regulation of tumour growth and metastasis’

Moderation by Oriol Casanovas, Catalan Institute of Oncology and IDIBELL, Spain

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-04-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | ZOOM meeting
EVBO Seminar Series
Monday, 3rd April 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Hester den Ruijter, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
‘Sex differences in atherosclerosis’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Sheida Moghadamrad, Università della Svizzera Italiana (University of Lugano), Switzerland
‘Intestinal angio-lymphangiogenesis in liver disease’

Plenary lecture
Tatiana Petrova, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
‘Mechanisms of Adult Lymphatic Renewal and Repair’

Moderation by Friedemann Kiefer, European Institute for Molecular Imaging and University of Münster, Germany

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-03-17 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Friday, 17th March 2023
15:00-16:00 European Winter Time (GMT+01:00)

Short talk
Johanna Laakkonen, University of Eastern Finland, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, Finland
‘The secret agent of endothelial cells – fibroblasts in PI3K-driven vascular lesions’

Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Rudra Das, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
‘A new route of blood vessel formation: Lessons from zebrafish’

Plenary lecture
Mark Kahn, Cardiovascular Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
‘Mechanisms of cavernous malformation gleaned from mouse models’

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-03-02 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Thursday, 2nd March 2023
15:00-16:00 European Winter Time (GMT+01:00)
Short talk
Mark Dweck, Uppsala University, Sweden
‘Imaging coronary plaque’
Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Jurjan Aman, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
‘An endothelial perspective to pulmonary disease’
Plenary lecture
Martin Bennet, University of Cambridge, UK
‘Effects of senescence on smooth muscle cells – from humans to mice and back again’

Moderation by Guido de Meyer, Antwerp University, Belgium

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EVBO Seminar Series
2023-02-15 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Wednesday, 15th February 2023
15:00-16:00 European Summer Time (GMT+01:00)
Short talk
Kaska Koltowska, Uppsala University, Sweden
‘Molecular and cellular dynamics regulating lymphatic vessel development in zebrafish’
Young Investigator Spotlight (YIS)
Ana Ribeiro, Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisbon, Portugal
‘Making, breaking and repairing the spinal cord vasculature in zebrafish’
Plenary lecture
Holger Gerhardt, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
‘Mechanisms and mechanics in vascular remodeling’

Moderation by Shane Herbert, University of Manchester, UK

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VAC 2023
2023-01-31 - 2023-02-03
VAC 2023; This is a translational meeting in the field of vascular anomalies: from basic science via preclinical modelling towards therapeutic trials. Thus, it is both for basic scientists working in the field of angiogenesis, and for clinicians with interest in translational work. Please website for more details.
