Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Angiogenesis and Beyond: Building Vessels in Healthy and Diseased Tissues
Discussion Leaders: Luisa Iruela-Arispe (Northwestern University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Eli Keshet (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Vascular-Centered View on Aging and Rejuvenation"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Jennifer Lewis (Harvard University, United States)
"Building Vascularized Human Tissues Across Multiple Scales"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Josef Penninger (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Vascularizing Organoids: Promise and Progress"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Endothelial Control of Stem Cell Quiescence, Proliferation and Differentiation
Discussion Leader: Anna Randi (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Shahin Rafii (Weill Cornell Medicine, United States)
"Adaptable Human Endothelial Cells for Bioengineering Functional and Engraftable Mini-Organs"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Shiri Gur-Cohen (School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, United States)
"Eavesdropping on the Conversation Between the Lymphatic Niche and Tissue Stem Cells"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Stefania Nicoli (Yale University, United States)
"Deciphering RNA-Based Mechanisms in the Developing Vascular Endothelium"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Poster Previews
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Karina Yaniv (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Building Vessels in Tissues and Organoids
Discussion Leader: Napoleone Ferrara (University of California, San Diego, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Ying Zheng (University of Washington, United States)
"Building Microvascular Support for Regeneration and Disease Modeling"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm
Milica Radisic (University Health Network, Canada)
"Engineering Heart Muscle with a Stable Vascular Network"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
Shulamit Levenberg (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"3D Bioprinting of Engineered Tissue Flaps with Hierarchical Vessel Networks"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Angiostability: Vessels in Aging, Inflammation and Disease
Discussion Leader: Laura Benjamin (OncXerna, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:25 am
Hellmut Augustin (European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Heidelberg University and German Cancer Research Center, Germany)
"Mechanosensitive Self-Fueling Angiocrine Wnt Controls Liver Homeostasis"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Yoshiaki Kubota (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan)
"Cell-to-cell Communication Regulating Angiogenesis in the Skeletal System"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Christer Betsholtz (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Vascular and Non-Vascular Barriers in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Lena Claesson-Welsh (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Vascular Leakage in Human Cancer"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Anomalies
Discussion Leader: Rong Wang (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Miikka Vikkula (de Duve Institute / UCLouvain, Belgium)
"Targeted Therapeutic Trials for Vascular Anomalies based on Pathophysiology"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Mariona Graupera (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Spain)
"PIK3CA Mutations in Vascular Malformations: A Matter of Who, When and Where"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve (INSERM U1141, Paris Cité University, France, France)
"Genomic Architecture of Moyamoya Angiopathy Beyond MAPK and NOpathways"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Building Vessels in The Embryo
Discussion Leader: Victoria Bautch (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:25 am
Brant Weinstein (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, United States)
"An Epigenetic Regulator of Arterial-Venous Development"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Carmen Ruiz de Almodovar (University of Bonn, Germany)
"Vascularization of the Developing Central Nervous System"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Anne Eichmann (Yale School of Medicine, United States)
"Development of Endothelial Barrier Function"
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Amber Stratman (Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, United States)
"Hemodynamic Regulation of Vascular Development"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mechanotransduction and Blood Vessels: Structure, Mechanics and Adaptation
Discussion Leader: Mary Dickinson (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Luisa Iruela-Arispe (Northwestern University, United States)
"Flow Sensing and Molecular Transduction in Aortic Endothelial Cells"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Salim Seyfried (University of Potsdam, Germany)
"Biomechanical Signaling in Vascular Anomalies"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Li-Kun Phng (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)
"Mechanics of Vascular Tube Formation and Diameter Regulation"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Julia Mack (UCLA, United States)
"Flow Induced Planar Polarity and Endothelial Cell Signaling Domains"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Organotypic Specialization of Endothelial Cells
Discussion Leader: Nathan Lawson (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:25 am
Ralf Adams (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Germany)
"Molecular Heterogeneity and Functional Specialization of Endothelial Cells"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Mark Kahn (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Genetic Investigation of Placental Vascular Growth"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Rui Benedito (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Spain)
"Defining Vascular Progenitors Location and Heterogeneity with Single-Cell Barcoding Genetics"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Regeneration
Discussion Leader: Stefanie Dimmeler (Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Brian Black (UCSF, United States)
"Regulation and Function of Endothelial-Specific Regeneration Enhancers"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Miguel Torres (Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre (CNIC), Spain)
"Cell Lineages and Developmental Mechanisms of the Cardiac Lymphatic Vasculature"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Ruben Marin Juez (University of Montreal, Canada)
"Angiocrine Regulation of Tissue Replenishment During Heart Regeneration"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure