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Programme

  • 10 August — 15 August 2025

  • University of Hong Kong

  • HK$5,000 (Includes accommodation)

  • Apply by 30 June 2025

1st Day
17:30 — 20:30
Registration and Welcome Reception
2nd Day
Arterial Ageing Process
09:00 — 10:00
Registration and opening
10:00 — 11:00
Invited Lecture 01: A new mouse model of accelerated coronary atherosclerosis
11:00 — 12:00
Invited Lecture 02: The endothelial mechanisms of blood-brain barrier breakdown during normal aging
12:00 — 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 — 15:30
Oral presentation
15:30 — 16:30
Coffee and tea break: E-poster session I
16:30 — 18:30
Workshop 1: The theory and practice of gene/genome editing
3rd Day
Microcirculation
10:00 — 11:00
Invited Lecture 03: Physiology and pharmacology of the coronary circulation
11:00 — 12:00
Invited Lecture 04: Be Water: From mechanotransduction to clinical application
12:00 — 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 — 15:30
Oral presentation
15:30 — 16:30
Coffee and tea break: E-poster session II
16:30 — 18:30
Workshop 2: Electrophysiological approaches to investigate arterial signaling High spatial and temporal resolution imaging in the microcirculation
4th Day
Cellular crosstalk and signalling pathways
10:00 — 11:00
Invited Lecture 05: Structure and function in the human coronary microcirculation: involvement in ischaemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA)
11:00 — 13:00
Workshop 3: High spatial and temporal resolution imaging in the microcirculation
13:00 — 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 — 15:30
Oral presentation
15:30 — 16:30
Coffee and tea break: E-poster session III
16:30 — 18:30
Workshop 4: Pressure myography: a powerful technique to study the function, mechanics and structural properties of resistance arteries
5th Day
Cardiovascular ageing and heart failure
10:00 — 11:00
Invited Lecture 06: Deciphering heart failure and cardiac ageing via fish genetics
11:00 — 12:00
Invited Lecture 07: Endothelial dysfunction in heart failure
12:00 — 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 — 15:30
Oral presentation
15:30 — 16:30
Coffee and tea break: E-poster session IV
16:30 — 18:30
Workshop 5: Research platform for assessing cardiac function in human
18:30 — 21:30
Dinner
6th Day
Vascular cardio oncology
10:00 — 11:00
Invited Lecture 08: Development in novel antihypertensive treatment
11:00 — 12:00
Invited Lecture 09: Targeting erythrocytes as a new strategy for cardiovascular disease
12:00 — 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 — 15:30
Oral presentation
15:30 — 16:30
Coffee and tea break: E-poster session V
16:30 — 18:30
Workshop 6: AI-optimised mRNA therapeutics for cardio-protection
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