Programme
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10 August – 15 August 2025
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University of Hong Kong
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HK$5,000 (Includes accommodation)
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Apply by 7 August 2025
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Fully booked
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Past
1st Day
17:30 – 17:30
Registration and welcome reception
Board Room, 1/F, Daniel & Mayce Yu Administration Wing
2nd Day
Arterial ageing process
Board Room, 1/F, Daniel & Mayce Yu Administration Wing
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 – 15:20
Oral presentation (session I)
15:20 – 15:45
E-poster (session I)
15:45 – 16:30
Coffee & tea break
16:30 – 18:30
Workshop 1: Generation of genetically modified mice
3rd Day
Macro-and Microcirculation
Board Room, 1/F, Daniel & Mayce Yu Administration Wing
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 – 14:30
Invited Lecture 05: Therapeutic application of mesenchymal stem cells derived from pluripotent stem cells
Speaker: Hung Fat Tse
14:30 – 15:00
Invited Lecture 06: ATP5A1 succinylation as a key driver for the transition of myocardial ischemia to development of heart failure
Speaker: Zhuoming Li
15:00 – 15:50
E-poster (session II)
15:50 – 16:30
Coffee & tea break
16:30 – 18:30
Workshop 2: Electrophysiological approaches to investigate arterial signalling
4th Day
Cellular crosstalk and signalling pathways
Board Room, 1/F, Daniel & Mayce Yu Administration Wing
10:00 – 11:00
Invited Lecture 07: 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 – 14:30
Invited Lecture 08: Microvascular endothelial cell function in acute lung injury and inflammation
Speaker: Xiaoyu Tian
14:30 – 14:50
Oral presentation (session II)
14:50 – 15:40
E-poster session III
15:40 – 16:30
Coffee & tea break
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
Board Room, 1/F, Daniel & Mayce Yu Administration Wing
10:00 – 11:00
Invited Lecture 09: Deciphering heart failure and cardiac ageing via fish genetics
11:00 – 12:00
Invited Lecture 10: Endothelial dysfunction in heart failure
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00
Workshop 5: Research platform for assessing cardiac function in human
3/F JCBIR; 25 people only
16:00 – 18:00
Laboratory visit
6th Day
Novel Drugs and Targets for Cardiovascular Aging
Lecture Theatre 1, G/F, William M.W. Mong Block
09:00 – 10:00
Invited Lecture 11: Development in novel antihypertensive treatment
10:00 – 11:00
Invited Lecture 12: Targeting erythrocytes as a new strategy for cardiovascular disease
11:00 – 13:00
Workshop 6: AI-optimized mRNA therapeutics for cardio-protection
Speaker: Bruce Xu
(Zoom live session)
13:00 – 15:00
Award presentation and lunch
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