IMPC Virtual Workshops Return with “Sharing Approaches to Model Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease”

By IMPC

Published 8th October 2024

Important Announcement

Following the technical difficulties at the originally scheduled time, we have rescheduled Ruth Loos and Nanbing Jade Li-Villarreal to talk on the 22nd November. The session will start at 3 pm CET / 2 pm GMT / 9am ET.

Further details to follow about the other speakers.

Workshop

A new IMPC Virtual Workshop ‘Sharing Approaches to Model Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease’, organized by IMPC Cardiovascular and Metabolic working group, will be held on the 7th of November 2024.

The workshop brings together experts in cardiovascular and metabolic disease to for collaborative discussion of the current state of research and how to navigate future challenges. Invited speakers will present on topics ranging from deep phenotyping of the cardiovascular system, factors influencing energy expenditure, consortium efforts for investigating congenital heart disease, and resources for large scale assessment of metabolic phenotypes across mouse models.

This event is for anyone who is interested in the use of animal models to interrogate human metabolic and cardiovascular disease and will bring together international audience of researchers from the IMPC community including basic, translational, and clinical scientists.

Program

  • 2:00 PM GMT    Introduction

Metabolism Session    

  • 2:05 PM GMT    John Speakman – University of Aberdeen (Lecture and Q&A)
  • 2:40 PM GMT    Ruth Loos – Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen. (Lecture and Q&A)
  • 3:15 PM GMT    Alexander Banks – Harvard Medical School (Lecture and Q&A)
  • 3:50 PM GMT    Break

Cardiovascular Session

  • 4:00 PM GMT    Mark-Phillip Hitz – University of Oldenburg
  • 4:30 PM GMT    Nanbing Jade Li-Villarreal – Baylor College of Medicine
  • 5:00 PM GMT    Deborah Henderson – University of New Castle
  • 5:30 PM GMT    Cardiovascular Q&A Panel
  • 5:55 PM GMT    Concluding Remarks

When?

Thursday 7th November, 2024 from 15.00-19.00 CET / 2-6pm GMT / 9am-1pm EST / 6-10am PST

How to join?

Registration is free but mandatory. To receive your zoom invite, please register here: https://nih.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcOutqTovEojXmhRRkfZAJMxK2UXDpF0

By IMPC

Published 8th October 2024