Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg
University of Oxford, UK
Dr Caroline Pellet-Many
Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Professor Paul Riley
University of Oxford, UK
Regenerating the Cardiovascular System: Mending Broken Hearts and Beyond
This meeting will highlight the recent developments in the field of cardiac regeneration and development, with an emphasis on findings from animal models with natural ability for heart regeneration, including the zebrafish and neonatal mouse.
This meeting is supported by The BHF Oxbridge Centre of Regenerative Medicine.
Sponsors for Event
09:10 Multimodal omics strategies for novel target identification to prevent heart failure following myocardial infarction
Dr Mairi Brittan, University of Edinburgh, UK
09:40 SA01 Decoding spatial heterogeneity in the regenerating heart
Dr Filipa Simoes, University of Oxford, UK
10:10 C01 Crosstalk between circadian rhythm and fish heart regeneration
Dr Gennaro Ruggiero, University of Oxford, UK
10:55 Role of innate immune cells in heart regeneration in neonatal mice
Professor Robin Choudhury, University of Oxford, UK
11:25 SA02 Defining immune cell populations in the zebrafish heart
Dr Rebecca Richardson, University of Bristol, UK
11:55 C02 Understanding the role of prolonged immune response to cardiac injury in regenerating Astyanax mexicanus heart
Esra Sengul, University of Oxford, UK
13:10 Pharmacological targeting of cardiomyocyte cell cycle
Professor Hesham Sadek, UT Southwestern, US
13:40 Cardiomyocyte metabolism and proliferation
Professor Mathilda Mommersteeg, University of Oxford, UK
14:10 C03 Erbb2 could promote heart regeneration in zebrafish by regulating cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation
Laura Peces-Barba-Castano, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Germany
14:25 C04 Induction of cytokinesis in multinucleated cardiomyocytes promotes cardiac regeneration
Dr Nicholas Lam, UT Southwestern, US
15:10 SA03 Genetic modifiers of myocardial regeneration and fibrosis in zebrafish
Dr Juan-Manuel Gonzalez Rosa, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, US
15:40 Impact of respiratory chain assembly on heart regeneration
Professor Nadia Mercader, University of Bern, Switzerland
16:10 C05 Impact of reactive oxygen species on cardiac regeneration and fibrotic elimination in myocardial injury (cryo injury) of adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Dr Muhammed Ibrahim Sekar, University of Madras, India
16:25 C06 Oxidative phosphorylation is required for cardiomyocyte re-differentiation and long-term fish heart regeneration
Konstantinos Lekkos, University of Oxford, UK
09:00 SA05 Tackling myocardial repair from both sides: Roles for the epicardium and endocardium
Professor Nicola Smart, University of Oxford, UK
09:30 SA06 The role of the cardiac lymphatics during neonatal heart regeneration
Professor Paul Riley, University of Oxford, UK
10:00 C10 Examining potential shared mechanisms that govern neovascularisation and lymphangiogenesis in the heart following acute myocardial infarction
Bronwyn Berkeley, University of Edinburgh, UK
10:15 C11 The effects of hypoxic myocardium on coronary vessel development
Dr Sophie Payne, University of Oxford, UK
11:00 RNA therapeutics for cardiac repair and regeneration
Professor Mauro Giacca, King’s College London, UK
11:30 SA04 Impact of cardiac ageing on regeneration
Professor Stefanie Dimmeler, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
12:00 C08 Senolytics enhance cardiac recovery after isoproterenol-induced injury in adult mice
Ahmed Altuwaijri, King’s College London, UK
12:15 C09 Development of a percutaneous myocardial infarction model in 12-week-old rabbits: A platform for regenerative medicine research
Dr Eline Huethorst, University of Glasgow, UK
13:30 Regenerative insights from the embryonic heart
Professor Martin Denvir, University of Edinburgh, UK
14:00 Cardioids unravel human cardiac development and defects
Dr Sasha Mendjan, Institute of Molecular Biology, Austria
14:30 C07 Utilising hiPSCs and functional hydrogels to model heart development in vitro
Dominic Scaglioni, University College London, UK
15:15 SA08 Role of vagus nerve, incretin hormone GLP-1 and cardiac pericytes in cardioprotection against ischaemia/reperfusion injury
Dr Svetlana Mastitskaya, University College London, UK
15:45 SA07 A small molecule PI3Kα activator in cardioprotection and neuroregeneration
Professor Sean Davidson, The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, UK
16:15 C12 The role of lncRNA CARMN and its associated miRNAs during scar regression and cardiac repair
Dr Mukesh Lalwani, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Key information
Key dates
| Registration opens | 06 April 2023 |
| Abstract submission opens | 01 June 2023 |
| Abstract submission closes | 30 June 2023 |
| Conference Attendance Award deadline | 31 July 2023 |
| Early bird registration deadline | 26 July 2023 |
| Online registration deadline | 30 August 2023 |
| Meeting dates | 13 – 14 September 2023 |
Venue
The meeting will take place in the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK.
Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre
Worcester College
Walton Street
Oxford
OX1 2HB
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The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre is around a 12 minute walk from Oxford Station.
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