SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Day 1: Thursday 26th September 2024
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome Address
- Derek J. Hausenloy (Singapore)
- Klaus T. Preissner (Giessen, Germany)
- Ece Yurtseven (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Dean of Koc University Medical School (Istanbul, Turkey)
Chairs: Carl-Wilhelm Vogel, Hector A. Cabrera-Fuentes
3x15 min talk, 15 min QA
- 1.1 Derek Hausenloy (Singapore)
Challenges and opportunities with cardioprotection
- 1.2 Sven Reischauer (Giessen, Germany)
Heart regeneration in zebrafish
- 1.3 Devrim Gözüaçık (Istanbul, Turkey)
Autophagy in health and disease
Coffee break
Poster viewing and moderation session (I)
10:45 – 11:45
Chairs: Sandrine Lecour, Indrajit Banerjee
4x15 min talks, 15 min QA
- 2.1 Elisa Liehn (Singapore)
Phospholipids in cardiovascular diseases
- 2.2 Jürgen Bernhagen (Munich, Germany)
Role of new MIF proteins in cardiovascular
disease
- 2.3 Stefano Romeo (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Human and molecular genetics of steatotic liver
disease
- 2.4 Marianne Benn (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Obesity and cardiovascular disease risk
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Poster viewing and moderation session (II)
Chairs: Dilek Ural, Devrim Gözüaçık
4x15 min talks, 15 min QA
- 3.1 Peter Ferdinandy (Budapest, Hungary)
Discovery and development of miRNA therapeutics
for cardioprotection and other indications
- 3.2 Ender Ödemiş (Istanbul, Turkey)
Three dimensional modelling and simulations in the
treatment of congenital heart disease
- 3.3 Klaus T. Preissner (Giessen, Germany)
Targeting cardiovascular diseases with
endonucleases
- 3.4 Kemal Baysal (Istanbul, Turkey)
An in vitro co-culture model to study exosomes in
vascular cell communication
Coffee break
15:45 – 16:15
Chairs: Marianne Benn, Sven Reischauer
4x15 min talks, 15 min QA
- 3.5 Hector A. Cabrera-Fuentes (Hamburg, Germany)
Mitochondrial fission regulator Drp-1
as a novel therapeutic target to prevent atherosclerosis
- 3.6 Thomas Krieg (Cambridge, UK)
Clinical development of acidic malonate in
ischemia-reperfusion Injury
- 3.7 Müjdat Zeybel (Istanbul, Turkey)
Integrative proteo-transcriptomic characterization
of advanced fibrosis in chronic liver disease across etiologies
- 3.8 Indrajit Banerjee (SSR College, Mauritius)
Cardiac complications due to COVID-19
vaccines
Day 2: Friday 27th September 2024
Chairs: Peter Ferdinandy, Kemal Baysal
5x15 min talks, 15 min QA
- 4.1 Sandrine Lecour (Cape Town, South Africa)
High density lipoprotein particles and
cardioprotection: where do we stand?
- 4.2 Roshni R. Singaraja (Singapore)
2-deoxyuridine associates with recurrent coronary
events
- 4.3 Lale Tokgözoğlu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Atherosclerotic vascular disease and
LDL-cholesterol : Why is lower better?
- 4.4 Zsuzsanna Helyes (Pécs, Hungary)
Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 mediates
inflammatory cardio-pulmonary dysfunctions: in vivo rat studies
- 4.5 Belma Turan (Istanbul, Turkey)
Contribution of electrotonic conduction by
non-myocytes to cardiomyocyte electrical activity in insulin-resistant hearts
Coffee break
10:45 – 11:15
Chairs: Ece Yurtseven, Klaus T. Preissner, Derek Hausenloy
5x8 min talks, 20 min QA
- 5.1 Dila Atak
Pericytes Play A Protective Role During Neuroinflammation
- 5.2 Shaghayegh Soleimani
The Impact of Epigenetic Modifications of GCKR on Metabolic
Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
- 5.3 Pınar Cevikbaş Ilik
Magnolia Officinalis provides cardioprotection from myocardial
damage by modulating mitochondria function
- 5.4 Eda Nur Saruhan
Comparative Analysis of Fiber Orientation and Density in Commercial
Porcine and Native Human Heart Valves: Implications for Clinical Use
- 5.5 Hande Uludağ
The Use of Cell-Free DNA Methylation as a Biomarker for Fibrosis: Data
from MASLD Patients
Group Photo
12:45 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
Chairs: Kemal Baysal, Jürgen Bernhagen
6x15 min talks, 2x10 min QA
- 6.1 Chrishan Ramachandra (Singapore)
Myeloperoxidase - a key mediator in the
pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- 6.2 Meral Kayıkçıoğlu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Clinical studies in familial
hypercholesterolaemia
- 6.3 Manvendra Singh (Singapore)
Semaphorin-plexin-neuropilin signaling and left
ventricular non-compaction (LVNC)
Coffee break
15:15 – 15:45
Chairs: Kemal Baysal, Jürgen Bernhagen
6x15 min talks, 2x10 min QA
- 6.4 Özlem Yalçın (Istanbul, Turkey)
Blood mechanical damage: Pathophysiology and
clinical consequences
- 6.5 Jiong-Wei Wang (Singapore)
Promise of milk-derived extracellular vesicles in
cardiometabolic diseases
- 6.6 Paul Yen (Singapore)
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis has a direct
role in the pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Announcement: 9th Meeting “New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Research” in
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Myeloperoxidase - a key mediator in the pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Prize Giving (top 3 posters and best young investigator presentation)
Clinical studies
in familial hypercholesterolaemia
- Concluding remarks
- Derek J. Hausenloy (Singapore)
- Klaus T. Preissner (Giessen, Germany)
- Ece Yurtseven (Istanbul, Turkey)
End of Scientific Meeting