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Novel approaches for understanding & treating Atherosclerosis
Thursday 5 – Friday 6 September 2024
Queens’ College Cambridge
Review
Conference dinner
Despina Giakomidi (University of Cambridge)
Kenneth Chan (University of Oxford)
Lia Pinto (University of Leeds)
The award is given to an early career researcher whose research was ranked first in the poster competition for being of high quality and with the potential to improve the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease.
Fiona Charlier (University of Cambridge)
Joana Cartaxo Serralha (King’s College London)
2024 Speakers
Programme
Hugh Sinclair memorial lecturer 2024
Dangerous Alliances in Vascular Inflammation
Prof Cornelia M Weyand
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA)
SESSION 1:
Novel therapeutic approaches to treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis
Antibody responses in atherosclerosis, new immunotherapeutic opportunities?
Almudena Ramiro (Madrid, Spain)
Genetic approaches to hypercholesterolaemia
Anthony Wierzbicki (London, UK)
SESSION 2: Non-conventional regulators of cardiovascular disease
Atherosclerosis as a driver of clonal hematopoiesis
Kamila Naxerova (Cambridge, USA)
Gut microbiota and metabolic health
Soraya Taleb (Paris, France)
Air and noise pollution influencing vascular health
Thomas Munzel (Mainz, Germany)
SESSION 3: Tools to discover novel targets
Spatial transcriptomics of plaques
Isabel Gonçalves (Malmö, Sweden)
Dissecting plaque microarchitecture using multi-omic approaches
Lars Maegdefessel (Solna, Sweden)
Proteomic Atlas of Human Atherosclerosis
Manuel Mayr (London, UK)
SESSION 4: Metabolic Disorders and Emerging Therapies
Adipose Imaging and CV risk
Charalambos Antoniades (Oxford, UK)
Bone marrow-mediated trained immunity and inflammatory comorbidities
Triantafyllos Chavakis (Dresden, Germany)
Immunometabolism in immune mediated diseases
Claudio Mauro (Birmingham, UK)
Cardiovascular outcomes in clinical trials
Naveed Sattar (Glasgow, UK)
Key dates
Abstract submission deadline extension | CLOSED
Authors to be notified of submission outcome | w/c 5 August
Registration deadline | CLOSED
Final confirmation details dispatched | w/c 19 August
Meeting | Thursday 5 – Friday 6 September
Abstracts
Find out about abstract submission here…
Authors are encouraged to attend the meeting dinner on Thursday evening where the Early career and poster prizes and Lennard Award will be presented.
Registration
Registration fees:
Registration fees include attendance on Thursday + Friday (unless otherwise stated), programme book, poster session, exhibition, daily refreshments and Thursday buffet lunch.
| BAS Member (Ordinary, Honorary, Senior) | £260 |
| BAS Member (Junior) | £160 |
| BAS Member (Student) | £100 |
| BAS Member Day Rate – Thursday | £180 |
| BAS Member Day Rate – Friday | £130 |
| Non Member | £390 |
| Non Member (Student – proof of student status required) | £200 |
| Commercial organisation | £450 |
Conference dinner (Thursday) to include pre dinner drinks (during the poster session), three course dinner, coffee, half bottle wine (a non alcoholic option will be available on tables)
Accommodation
Single bedded en suite accommodation is available at Queens College in Cripps Court and can be booked at the time of registration.
Sponsors
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Location
Queens’ College
Cambridge
CB3 9ET
(The Porters Lodge is open 24hrs)
