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A line-up of internationally recognised speakers including:

• Professor Stephen O'Rahilly (University of Cambridge)
• Dr David Unwin (Norwood Surgery, Southport)
• Ms Michaela Nuttall (Director for Smart Health Solutions)
• Professor Charalambos Antoniades (University of Oxford)
• Dr Maggie Williams (Bristol Genetics Lab)
• Dr Jen Unwin (Consultant Clinical Health Pyschologist)

Full programme is available here

Abstract Submission

Abstract submissions are invited by healthcare professionals on any topic relating to cholesterol and related conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis

Submit an Abstract

Abstract submission:  23:59 hrs - Monday 11 March  

Abstract authors notified of outcome:  Latest Friday 5 April

Key deadline dates 2019:

Rianna Wingett award deadline:  23:59 hrs – Monday 8 April

Early bird registration deadline: 23:59 hrs – Monday 13 May

Deadline for registration refunds or cancellations (non negotiable):  23:59 hrs – Monday 10 June

A limited number of Travel Grants are available

Apply for a Travel Grant

Travel grant deadline: 23:59 hrs – Monday 8 April

Travel grant applicants notified of outcome: Monday 15 April

Who should attend?
includes - Consultants, SpRs, Chemical Pathologists, Clinical Lipidologists, Geneticists, Cardiologists, Vascular Surgeons, Cardiovascular Radiologists, General Practitioners, GPs with Specialist Interest in CVD, Physicians, Diabetologists, Scientists and researchers in cardiovascular diseases

Specialist FH nurses, Dietitians, Nutritionists, Ancillary health professionals, Caring Professionals, Community Pharmacists, Directors of Public Health, Healthcare Commissioners

We are delighted to announce the 14th international symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, which will be held in London, UK, on April 11-12 2019.

Over the years, the symposium was successful in bridging the gap between biomechanics, vascular biology and clinical research.

This year, the scientific program of the symposium will not only cover aspects of vascular biology and clinical research related to biomechanics, but will be structured around Controversies in Science. Scientific discussions are the best way to generate new ideas, and we would like to focus on this aspect more strongly. To meet our goal, each session will bring together at least two internationally renowned scientists, each with controversial ideas around the topic. The oral sessions will be complemented with a selection from submitted abstracts. Furthermore, a poster session will be organised and there will be a Young Investigators Award.

We hope to welcome you to London in 2019 for an inspiring 14th symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease.

Please do put the dates in your diary and come to London:

• Abstract submission (oral and posters): 21st January 2019
• Registration early bird to 28st February 2019, standard pricing thereafter

The Summer School on Basic Cardiovascular Science will be held from 16-20 June 2019 at the European Heart House in Sophia Antipolis, France.

You can find the programme and the objectives of the course announced here.

Pre-inscriptions will be open from 14 January - 11 February 2019.

The Irish Association of Pharmacologists annual meeting will take place this year on Friday 30 November at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine (http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/wwiem/).  This is a large purpose-built centre for research located on the Queen’s University campus at the Belfast City Hospital site, opened for use in 2015. WWIEM sits adjacent to the Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology and, as such, the venue is right in the hub of health sciences research in Belfast.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide a platform for presentation of state-of-the-art lectures in areas considered of great relevance to healthcare.  Join us for a fantastic programme.  Highlights will include keynote presentations from:

• Jochen Prehn (Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland) on apoptosis sensitisers
• Amrita Ahluwalia (William Harvey Research Institute, London) on sodium nitrite in cardioprotection
• Danny McAuley (Royal Victoria Hospital and Queen's University of Belfast) on acute respiratory distress syndrome

Delegates can enjoy these talks and also abstract presentations, plus networking opportunities. There are prizes available for early career researchers giving oral or poster presentations.

Details of the programme are available here (http://www.pharmacology.ie).

Abstract submission deadline: 20 July

We are pleased to announce The Platelet Society’s First Early Career Research Meeting will be held at Manchester Metropolitan University on the 13th July 2018. Please mark your calendar!

The one-day event is comprised of two sessions of selected talks from Early Career Researchers, and a poster session. The event will also provide you with the exclusive opportunity to explore future career options with experts both within and outside of academia. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and networking throughout the conference and at the post-conference drinks reception.

Graduate students (MSc and PhD), postdoctoral researchers, clinical researchers and other scientists with comparable levels of experience are welcome to submit abstracts and register to attend.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN

Abstracts should be between 150 – 400 words and should outline the questions investigated, the design, essential findings and main conclusions of the study.

Abstract submission will close on 5th May 2018.

To submit your abstract, click here

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Registration is free for Platelet Society members and £50 for non-members. You can join here.

Attendees can register for the meeting as a Platelet Society member, prior to becoming a member.

Membership status will be checked prior to the meeting taking place.

To register, click here

Programme (subject to change)

10.00 Registration and coffee
10.45 Welcome
11.00 Oral Communication Session One
12.30 Lunch and Career breakout session
2.00 Oral Communication Session Two
3.30 Poster session and coffee
4.15 Career panel session
4.45 Close of meeting and awards
5.00 Drinks reception

Confirmed career experts

• Professor Mark Kearney, BHF Professor of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research and Institute Director at Leeds University
• Dr Sarah Jones, Senior Lecturer in the School of Healthcare at Manchester Metropolitan University
• Dr Charlotte Murphy, Cluster Lead/Senior Research Development Manager at University of Exeter
• Dr Benjamin Atkinson, Applications Scientist and Imaging Consultant at Intelligent Imaging Innovations, Ltd.
• Dr Carmen Coxon, Senior Scientist at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control

Organising committee

• Sarah Daniels, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Daniel Moreno Martinez, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Samantha Moore, University of Bristol
• Dina Vara, University of Exeter

Update and network at NO2018 at the 10th International Conference on the Biology, Chemistry and Therapeutic Applications of Nitric Oxide.

Taking place in the historic city of Oxford within the Maths Institute, with accommodation available within walking distance at Keble College.

Programme features:

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• Plenary lectures from international speakers
• Hot topics
• Oral communications
• Poster abstracts
• Ample of time to network and make new connections
• Young Investigator awards
• Industry exhibition
• Welcome reception
• Gala dinner
• Local excursions

Programme themes:

Translational sGC | NOS Biochemistry - Regulation and Signaling Physiology | Clinical/Translational NO | NOS Biochemistry - Structural and Functional Biochemistry | Infection and Inflammation | Species Interaction and Persulfides | Immunology / Metabolism / Immunometabolism | New Methodologies | Ischemia / Hypoxia | Diabetes and Obesity | Mitochondria | Redox-pathway Control | BHF Cardiovascular Session | Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology | Vascular Disease | R-SNO R-NNO and other PTMS | Cancer | Microbiome | SFRR session | Exercise | Hot Topics | H2S and Species Interaction | Arginine, Arginase and the Future of Arginase Inhibition | Mechanisms of Nitrate-Nitrite Reduction and Bioactivity | Biochemistry / Structural Biology of sGC

Keynote lecturers confirmed:
Prof Louis IGNARRO  |  Prof Ferid MURAD  |  Prof Sir Salvador MONCADA  |  Prof Elisabeth MURPHY

Who should attend:

Next years conference in Oxford will be one of celebration. It has been 20 years since the Nobel prize was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system”, and it will also be the 10th International meeting of the Nitric Oxide Society.

The aim of this exciting conference is to promote the advancement of basic and applied scientific research in all aspects of nitric oxide research, as well as to develop and enhance the education and training of students and researchers in this field. This conference truly has something for all…

• Students
• Postdoctoral researchers
• Group leaders and Professors
• Clinicians
• The Biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry
• Exhibitors

We look forward to seeing you there!

Registration is OPEN:

On line registration is open adopting an “all in” Gordon Conference style registration. Review the conference registration options here:

Register on line

Abstract submission is OPEN:

Submit an abstract

Deadline: Wednesday 2 May

  **Travel awards and poster prizes**

A number of travel awards will be available to students and early career researchers. Poster prizes will be selected from those presented during the conference and awards announced at the conference dinner.

Got any questions?

Please email and let us know - we would be happy to help.

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Email: [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford in September.

Hosted by: Mark CRABTREE (Oxford), Keith CHANNON (Oxford), Philip JAMES (Cardiff) and Amrita AHLUWALIA (London)

Improving vascular health is an important goal to pursue, as cardio-vascular diseases account for almost half of all deaths in Europe. Disturbances in normal (micro)vascular biology are at the basis of many diseases. From classical cardiovascular diseases, like myocardial infarction and stroke, to cardiometabolic diseases, like dementia, cognitive decline, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension, and to cancer, post-surgical tissue regeneration, and wound healing. This broad range of diseases clearly underlines the need to expand our knowledge on the basic mechanisms underlying the disturbances in normal (micro)vascular biology. With this conference we aim to address many aspects of these mechanisms through state-of-the-art symposia and workshops.

From April 15 to 18, 2019 we welcome you to Maastricht, one of the oldest and certainly most beautiful cities of the Netherlands. Maastricht has for many years a strong basis in cardiovascular research in the CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, which is one of the largest cardiovascular research institutes in Europe. This, together with the warm and hospitable atmosphere of Maastricht will ensure an exciting and fruitful stay. On behalf of the national organizers: Jaap van Buul, Ed Eringa, Stephan Huveneers, and Guido Krenning.

Registration and abstract submission is now open!