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March 26-29, 2023: Vancouver, Canada

The third bi-annual meeting was held on March 26-29, 2023, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The meeting began at 3:00 PM on Sunday, March 26, and continued through 10:15 AM on Wednesday, March 29. 

Leducq ReVAMP 3rd Biannual Meeting in Vancouver,
Sunday, March 26 - 29, 2023

Organizing PI: Josef Penninger, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Logistical Planning: Sharda Muni, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Sunday, March 26

 

Time (PDT) Activity & Location Time

03:15 - 03:30 PM PDT

(15 min)

Welcome
Room 1330
Welcome Notes - Josef Penninger
03:30 - 04:00 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 1
Room 1330

Speaker: Mitzy Cowdin, PhD Student

Cleaver Lab, UT Southwestern Medical Center (USA)

04:00 - 04:15 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 1
Room 1330

Session 1 (PIs only discussion)

General admin and strategy

04:15 - 04:45 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 2
Room 1330

Speaker: Peter Luo, MSTP Student

Cleaver Lab, UT Southwestern Medical Center (USA)

04:45 - 5:00 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 2
Room 1330

 

05:00 - 06:30 PM PDT

(90 min)

Trainee-only Discussion
Room 1330

(concurrent sessions)

Trainee-led discussion conducive to collaborations, interactions, sharing of reagents, protocols, etc.
Discussion Leader: Mitzy Cowdin

Record Keeper: Danielle Pi

05:00 - 06:30 PM PDT

(90 min)

PI-only Discussion
Room 1330

(concurrent sessions)

PI-led discussion on improving collaboration efforts.
Discussion Leader:

Record Keeper:

06:30 PM PDT

 

Meeting concludes

Monday, March 27

 

Time (PDT) Activity & Location Time

08:00 - 09:00 AM PDT

(1 hour)

Breakfast
LSI Faculty Lounge
Room 1346
Breakfast reception
09:00 - 09:15 AM PDT

(15 min)

Introduction
Room 1330

Luisa Arispe welcome message and review of day’s objectives

09:15 - 09:45 AM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 4
Room 1330

Speaker: Jocelyn Salvador, PhD Student
Arispe Lab, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (USA)
Topic: Updates on Vimentin’s role in shielding endothelial nuclei from the effects of shear stress

09:45 - 10:00 AM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 4
Room 1330

 

10:00 - 10:30 AM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 5
Room 1330

Speaker: Danielle Pi, MSTP Student
Arispe Lab, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (USA 

10:30 - 10:45 AM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 5
Room 1330

 

10:45 - 11:30 AM PDT

(45 min)

PI-only Discussion
Room 1384

(concurrent sessions)

PI-led feedback/discussion on our first program report - Leducq Year 1
Discussion Leader:
Record Keeper:

10:45 - 11:30 AM PDT

(45 min)

 Trainee-only Discussion
Room 1388

(concurrent sessions)

Trainee-led discussion on professional development opportunities within the network and report back to PIs
Discussion Leader: Danielle Pi
Record Keeper: Mitzy Cowdin

11:30 - 12:15 PM PDT

(45 min)

Group Discussion
Room 1330

Trainees and PIs report back on collaboration and professional development goals and actionables
Record Keeper:

12:15 - 01:15 PM PDT

(1 hour)

Lunch
LSI Faculty Lounge
Room 1346

 

01:15 - 01:45 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 7
Room 1330

Speaker: Chaker Aloui, PhD
Tournier-Lasserve Lab, INSERM (France)

01:45 - 02:00 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 7
Room 1330

 

02:00 - 02:30 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 8
Room 1330

Speaker: Elisabeth Tournier Lasserve, MD
PI, Tournier-Lasserve Lab, INSERM

02:30 - 02:45 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 8
Room 1330

 

02:45 - 03:00 PM PDT

(15 min)

BREAK

 

03:00 - 03:30 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 9
Room 1330

Speaker: Angela Quiesser, PhD
Vikkula Lab, deDuve Institute (Belgium)
Topic: Characterization of isolated primary endothelial cells from patients with vascular diseases to identify novel treatment options
03:30 - 03:45 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 9
Room 1330

03:45 - 04:45 PM PDT

(60 min)

Talk 10
Room 1330

Speaker: Salim A. Seyfried, PhD

PI, University of Potsdam (Germany)
04:45 - 05:15 PM PDT

(30 min)

Discussion 10
Room 1330

05:15 PM - 05:45 PDT

(30 min)

Talk 11 (virtual)
Room 1330

Speaker: JQ Wang, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia, (Canada)
Topic: islet vascularization.
05:45 - 06:00 PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 11 (virtual)
Room 1330

06:00 PM PDT

Meeting concludes

07:00 PM PDT

Dinner for all attendees

Browns Crafthouse
101-6111 University Blvd, UBC Campus

Tuesday, March 28

 

Time (PDT) Activity & Location Time

08:45 - 09:45 AM PDT

(60 min)

Breakfast
LSI Faculty Lounge
Room 1346
Breakfast reception
09:45 - 10:00 AM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 12
Room 1330

Miikka Vikkula welcome message and review of day’s objectives

10:00 - 10:30 AM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 13
Room 1330

Speaker: Jie Jiao, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)

10:30 - 10:45 AM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 13
Room 1330

 

10:45 - 11:15 AM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 14
Room 1330

Speaker: Gideon Pomeranz, visiting scholar, Penninger Lab at UBC, David Long Lab, University College London
Topic: Furthering blood vessel organoids

11:15 - 11:30 AM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 14
Room 1330

 

11:30 - 12:00 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 15
Room 1330

Speaker: Jun Wang, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)
Topic: heart vascularization

12:00 - 12:15 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 15

Room 1330

 

12:15 - 01:15 PM PDT

(60 min)

LUNCH

LSI Faculty Lounge

Room 1346

 

01:15 - 01:45 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 16
Room 1330

 Speaker: Junseong Lee, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)
Topic: capillary modelling of atherosclerosis

01:45 - 02:00 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 16
Room 1330

 

02:00 - 02:30 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 17
Room 1330

Speaker: Nico Werschler, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)
Topic: lymphatic vessels

02:30 - 02:45 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 17
Room 1330

 

02:45 - 03:15 PM PDT

(30 min)

BREAK
LSI Faculty Lounge
Room 1346

 

03:15 - 03:45 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 18
Room 1330

Speaker: Clement Quintard, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)
Topic: microfluidics

03:45 - 04:00 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 18
Room 1330

04:00 - 05:00 PM PDT

(60 min)

Group Discussion
Room 1330

Discussion on Candidates
05:00 - 06:00 PM PDT

(60 min)

Virtual Presentation
Room 1330

Speaker: Li-Kun Phng, PhD
Team Leader
Laboratory for Vascular Morphogenesis
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)
2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0047, Japan
likun.phng@riken.jp

Topic: Endothelial cell mechanobiology in blood vessel remodeling and vessel malformations

Wednesday, March 29

 

Time (PDT) Activity & Location Time

08:00 - 08:15 AM PDT

(15 min)

Welcome
Room 1312
Welcome and setup for discussion on candidates
08:15 - 09:15 AM PDT

(60 min)

Virtual Presentation
Room 1312

Speaker: Roxana Ola, PhD
Junior Professor of CardioVascular Pharmacology
Experimental Pharmacology Mannheim (EPM)
European Center for Angioscience (ECAS)
Medical Faculty Mannheim
Heidelberg University
roxana.ola@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

Topic: Physiological crosstalk SMAD4-Fluid Shear Stress protects against Arterial-Venous Malformations

09:15 - 10:15 AM PDT

(60 min)

Virtual Presentation

Room 1312

Speaker: Yogesh Goyal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Center for Synthetic Biology
(By Courtesy) Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(By Courtesy) Department of Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University
yogesh.goyal@northwestern.edu

Topic:

02:45 - 03:15 PM PDT

(30 min)

BREAK
LSI Faculty Lounge
Room 1346

 

03:15 - 03:45 PM PDT

(30 min)

Talk 18
Room 1330

Speaker: Clement Quintard, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)
Topic: microfluidics

03:45 - 04:00 PM PDT

(15 min)

Discussion 18
Room 1330

04:00 - 05:00 PM PDT

(60 min)

Group Discussion
Room 1330

Discussion on Candidates
05:00 - 06:00 PM PDT

(60 min)

Virtual Presentation
Room 1330

Speaker: Li-Kun Phng, PhD
Team Leader
Laboratory for Vascular Morphogenesis
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)
2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0047, Japan
likun.phng@riken.jp

Topic: Endothelial cell mechanobiology in blood vessel remodeling and vessel malformations

 

Last revised June 26, 2023