| Date | Time | Speaker | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thur 15 April | 11am (EST), 4pm (GMT), 5pm (CEST) | Chaired by Hanjoong Jo | |
| 11:05-11:30am 11:30-11:55am | Jay Humphrey (Yale) David Ku (GA Tech) | Mechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms. The Biomechanics of Thrombosis is at the Edge of Physics. | |
| Thur 22 April | 11am (EST), 4pm (GMT), 5pm (CEST) | Chaired by Kim van der Heiden and Paul Evans | |
| 11:00-11:25am 11:25-11:50am | Triona Lally (Trinity College Dublin) Jian Shi (Leeds) | Not all plaque caps are created equal; the role of collagen fibre orientation in cap strength and stability. How does rapidly-inactivating PIEZO1 channel sense sustained mechanical force in native endothelial cells? | |
| Thur 29 April | 11am (EST), 4pm (GMT), 5pm (CEST) | Chaired by Tzung Hsiai and Frank Gijsen | |
| 11:00-11:25am 11:25-11:40am 11:40-11:55am 11:55-12:10pm | Eno Bong (Northeastern) Rob Beal (Manchester) Brian Coon (Yale) Claire Desalles (Ecole Polytech) | Shear and glycocalyx. Integrated multi-omics analysis of endothelial adhesome composition and signallig in physiological and pathological flow environments. Mitochondrial contribution to anti-inflammatory shear stress signaling. Flow actuation generates coupled shear and strain in a microvessel-on-chip. | |
| Thur 6 May | 11am (EST), 4pm (GMT), 5pm (CEST) | Chaired by John Oshinski and Eno Ebong | |
| 11:00-11:25am 11:25-11:40am 11:40-11:55am 11:55-12:10pm | Craig Goergen (Purdue) Tamar Wissing (Erasmus MC, TU/e) Sophie Gu (Cambridge) Guozheng Liang (MPI Bad Nauheim) | High Frequency Ultrasound of Cardiovascular Disease Biomechanics in Murine Models. A Tissue Engineered Fibrous Cap Model to Elucidate Atherosclerotic Plaque Mechanics and Rupture Mechanism. Drug Effects of Plaque Stress. Flow-induced tenascin-X prevents TGF-β-mediated endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and atherosclerosis. | |
| Thur 13 May | 11am (EST), 4pm (GMT), 5pm (CEST) | Chaired by Jolanda Wentzel and Steven White | |
| 11:00-11:25am 11:25-11:40am 11:40-11:55am 11:55-12:20pm | Peter Weinberg (Imperial College London) Makruba Alfaidi (LSU HSC) Selena Pirola (Imperial College London) Paul Evans (Sheffield) | Fstl1: the missing link between multidirectional shear and LDL transcytosis? Nck1 Adaptor Protein and mechanosignaling in atherosclerosis. Elucidating the role of wall shear stress in Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurisms. Emerging concepts in CV Biomechanics. | |
