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Innovations in Cardiovascular Science - Monday 22 April 2013

Venue: UCL Institute of Child Health

This one day symposium will address some of the key issues that are facing cardiovascular scientists, including chronic heart failure, hypertension and therapeutic innovations.

The day will be a great opportunity for you to find out more about innovations in cardiovascular science research across UCL, Queen Mary University of London and UCL partner hospitals, and to create new cross-disciplinary links and foster collaboration between basic and clinical researchers.

There will also be a poster competition for early career researchers in both the basic and clinical sciences. First prize will be a £100 Amazon voucher, and there will also be runners up.
 
The deadline for submitting poster abstracts has now passed.

Programme:

8.30-9.10 Registration

9.10- 9.30 Welcome by Professor Sir John Tooke
UCL Vice Provost (Health) and Head of UCL SLMS

9.30-10.50 Hypertension

Chairs:
Professor Lucie Clapp (UCL Department of Medicine)
Professor Aroon Hingorani (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science)

1. Professor Patricia Munroe
William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL
The genetics of hypertension

2. Professor Bryan Williams
UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science and NIHR UCL Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre
Haemodynamic insights into the pathogenesis of vascular disease in diabetes and ageing

3. Dr Nephtali Marina-Gonzalez
UCL Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medicine
Role of glial cells in central autonomic control and hypertension

4. Dr David Williams
Institute for Women’s Health, UCLH
Pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension

10.50-11.20 Refreshments

11.20-12.40 Heart Failure

Chairs:
Professor Jean McEwan (UCL Division of Medicine)
Professor Andrew Taylor (UCL Cardiovascular Imaging Group)

1. Dr Shamima Rahman
UCL Institute of Child Health
Mitochondrial disorders and heart failure

2. Dr Luis Lopes
The Heart Hospital, UCLH
Genetic complexity and new genotype-phenotype correlations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy revealed by high-throughput sequencing

3. Dr Tarique Hussain
King's College London and Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust
Detection and grading of Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy with contrast-enhanced MRI of the coronary vessel wall

4. Dr Hongmei Fu
William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL
Pharmacologic inhibition of PI3Kp110 delta and prevention of chronic heart rejection

12.40-14.00 Lunch and poster viewing

14.00-15.00 Debate – Are we ready for stem cell research trials?

Chair:
Professor John Greenwood (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology)

Panellists:
Dr Pier Lambiase
UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science and The Heart Hospital, UCLH

Professor Anthony Mathur
William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL

15.00-16.20 Therapeutic innovation

Chairs:
Dr Rachel Batterham (Chair, UCL Cardiometabolic Science Domain)
Professor Christiana Ruhrberg (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology)

1. Dr Alison Thomas
William Harvey Heart Centre, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL
The role of Kir6.1 in vascular smooth muscle

2. Professor Steve Moss
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Targeting TGFβ to prevent retinal vascular disease

3. Professor Alexander Seifalian
UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science
Development of cardiovascular implants using nanocomposite material and stem cells

4. Dr James Moon
UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science and The Heart Hospital, UCLH
A novel therapy for cardiac amyloidosis: imaging to monitor the response

16.20-16.30 Poster competition awards
Presented by Professor David Lomas (Dean, UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences)

16.30-17.30 Closing remarks followed by drinks reception

Poster Competition Guidelines:
• The deadline for submitting poster abstracts has now passed. Successful poster applicants were contacted during the week beginning Monday 25 March with further details.

• Any abstracts or changes to abstracts that are received after Monday 18 March will not be accepted.

Please note that there will be photographs taken during this event.