
Monday 7 – Tuesday 8 June 2021
This year the conference will be held as a virtual meeting with the majority of our Basic Science sessions preserved.
Deadlines:
Abstract submission – 17:00 hrs – Wednesday 31 March – CLOSED
Registration deadline – Monday 31 May
Abstract info (BCS website)
(Abstract submission deadline – 31 March)
The BAS John French lecture

Dr Nicola Smart
‘Mechanisms of vessel growth and repair: insights from the developing embryo’
BAS / BSCR Joint sessions timetable
Organised by: Dr Murray CH Clarke on behalf of the BAS and BSCR
Monday 7th June
14:00 – 15:00 | Novel Insights into Cardiovascular comorbidities |
Chairs: Dr Andrew Sage and Dr Sophie Saxton Clonal hematopoiesis – links to atherosclerotic disease Dr Jose Fuster, Madrid, SPAIN Obesity and Adipose dysfunction in cardiovascular risk Prof. Antony Vidal-Puig, Cambridge, UK Microbiota, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Dr Soraya Taleb Paris, FRANCE | |
15:00 – 16:00 | Neuroimmune Modulation of Cardiovascular Function |
Chairs: Prof. Tomasz Guzik and Dr Pasquale Maffia Neuronal control of inflammation and bioelectronic medicine Prof. Peder Olofsson, Solna, SWEDEN Neuroimmune Control of Cardiac and Vascular Remodelling in Hypertension Prof. Daniela Carnevale, Rome, ITALY Control of Peripheral Metabolism via Genetic Modulation of Brain Circuits Dr Giuseppe D’Agostino, Manchester, UK | |
16:00 – 17:00 | The Best of the Best oral presentations (with prizes) |
Chairs: Dr Murray Clarke and Dr May Azzawi |
Tuesday 8th June
13:00 – 14:00 | A Decade of Genome-Wide Association Studies |
Chairs: Prof. Manuel Mayr and Dr Sanjay Sinha What have we learnt for coronary artery disease? Prof. Jeanette Erdmann, Leubeck, GERMANY Mendelian randomisation – causal analysis and drug development Prof. Aroon Hingorani, London, UK The impact of common variants on rare/inherited disease phenotypes Prof. Hugh Watkins, Oxford, UK | |
14:00 – 15:00 | Spotlight on BHF Fellows |
Chairs: Prof Metin Avkiran and Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan Vascular regeneration in the ischaemic heart Dr Mairi Brittan, Edinburgh, UK Using imaging to guide cardiac regeneration Dr Daniel Stuckey, London, UK Endothelial Piezo1 channels control vascular homeostasis Dr Jian Shi, Leeds, UK | |
16:00 – 17:00 | BSCR and BAS Rapid Fire Poster Presentations |
Chairs: Prof Endre Kiss-Toth and Dr Jovana Serbanovic-Canic | |
17:00 – 18:00 | John French Lecture: |
Chair: Prof. Charis Antoniades Mechanisms of vessel growth and repair: insights from the developing embryo Dr Nicola SMART, Oxford, UK |
Michael Davies Early Career Award
This award is to honour researchers who have recently established themselves as independent investigators and who have made an outstanding contribution to cardiovascular science. The award is open for applications from clinicians and non-clinicians who have an affiliation with a UK institution.
The award of £1500 and a certificate, is made at the Annual Conference. Unsuccessful applicants from previous years are encouraged to apply.
The closing date for applications will close at 17:00, 31st March.
Registration
Registration for this meeting is now closed.
For those already registered log in details will follow this week direct from BCS.
Not a BAS member? – apply here
BAS/BSCR members registered to the meeting will be entitled to a free “affiliate Joint BCS membership” for ONE year, plus free BCS conference attendance.
The category available to Affiliate Society members is referred to as ‘Joint membership’. Benefits include:
- Online account with access to website Member’s Area
- Reduced admission fee to BCS Annual Conference
- Reduced member rates for BCS Courses
- Access to selected online courses from external providers
- Access to the BCS Mentoring Scheme
- Free access to selected BCS Course & Conference Webcasts
- Regular BCS Members News, Updates & Communications
- Constituent Body membership of the ESC
- Free access to Heart Online & Open Heart Online
- Print subscription to Heart (Journal) at a discounted rate
- Access to Medicom Medical peer-review publications
- Free access to the BCS Case Discussion Group on MedShr (Website & App)
- Representation at the Department of Health
- Nominated BCS positions
- Tax Relief
- Discounted rate on meeting room bookings
Find out more about “Joint membership”