
Thursday 16 – Friday 17 September 2021
Virtual
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Vascular Ageing and Hypertension – towards new targets for treatments
Organised by:
Professor Tomas GUZIK, Professor Sheila FRANCIS + Dr Helle JORGENSEN
Hugh Sinclair lecture

Chairperson:
Charis Antoniades (BAS)
Exploring Familial Hypercholesterolaemia – the journey of PCSK9 | Prof Catherine BOILEAU, Paris, FRANCE
SESSION 1: Hypertension – state of the art
Co-chairs:
Michael Holmes (BAS) + Tomasz Guzik (BAS)
Hypertension and genomics | Prof Sir Mark CAULFIELD, London, UK
Hypertension and Immunity | Prof David HARRISON, Vanderbilt, USA
SESSION 2: Vascular Smooth muscle cells, ageing and cardiovascular disease
Co-chairs:
Endre Kiss-Toth( BAS) + Mandy Grootaert ( BAS)
Vascular smooth muscle cell ageing and calcification | Prof Cathy SHANAHAN,London, UK
Novel insights into premature ageing and atherosclerosis | Prof Vicente ANDRES, Madrid, SPAIN
Clonal expansion of SMCs and atherosclerosis | Prof Jacob Fog BENZON, Aarhus, DENMARK
SESSION 3: Early career investigator awards
Sponsored by Cardiovascular Research
Co-chairs:
Tomasz Guzik (BAS) + Murray Clarke (BAS)
Young BAS Community session – Inspiring Career Talk and questions
SESSION 4: The intersection between inflammation and coagulation
Co-chairs:
Sheila Francis (BAS) + Inhye Park (BAS)
Interleukin-1 alpha, coagulation and inflammation | Dr Murray CLARKE, Cambrdge, UK
Crosstalk between platelets and Immunity | Prof Steffen MASSBERG, Munich, GERMANY
SESSION 5: Emerging interventions for hypertension
Co-chairs:
Ric Cubbon (BAS) + Tomasz Guzik ( BAS)
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological targets of hypertension | Prof Markus SCHLAICH, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Precision medicine and cardiovascular disease | Dame Anna DOMIMICZAK,Glasgow, UK
Periodontal therapy in hypertensive patients | Prof Tomasz GUZIK, Glasgow, UK
Sponsored Symposium: Single cell RNAseq, latest developments and analysis methods
Hosted by 10X Genomics