APVBO-Asia Pacific Vascular Biology Organization Conference

Conference Program

Nov 18-19, 2017State Key Laboratory of OphthalmologyZhongshan Ophthalmic CenterJinsui Road 7, Pearl river new city, Guangzhou, China

Morning session 1:Vascular biology of atherosclerosis

Chairs: Napoleone Ferrara (UCSD) and Xuri Li (ZOC)

Morning session 2:Regulation of vascular permeability and ocular neovascularization

Chairs: Xiao-Li Tian (Nanchang University), Zhongwei Cao (Sichuan University) and Michael Simons (Yale)

Afternoon session 1:Vascular signaling

Chairs: Martin A. Schwartz (Yale), Tatiana V Byzova (Cleveland Clinic) and Yuqiang Wang (Jinan University)

Afternoon session 2:Frontiers of vascular biology

Chairs: Luyang Yu (China), Christiana Ruhrberg (UCL) and Jing Li (GUCM)

8:15 AM, All-together photo in front of the main entrance of the SKLO building

Morning session 1:Vascular Metabolism

Chairs: Ralf H. Adams (Max Planck Institute) and Raghu Kalluri (MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Morning session 2:Angiogenesis in metabolic diseases and development

Chairs: Karen Hirschi (Yale) and Zhongjun Zhou (Hong Kong)

Afternoon session 1:Frontiers of translational research

Chairs: Yihai Cao (Karolinska Institute) and Kenneth Walsh (Boston University)

Afternoon session 2:Emerging vascular sciences

Chairs: Jan Kitajewski (University of Illinois at Chicago), Michael Potente (Max Planck Institute) and Jingxuan Pan (ZOC)

Confirmed Distinguished Speakers(In alphabetical order)

Ralf H. AdamsPhD

Professor at the University of Muenster

Director Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine

Department of Tissue Morphogenesis

Roentgenstrasse 20, D-48149 Muenster, Germany

Tatiana V. ByzovaPhD

Staff

Robert Canova Chair in Angiogenesis Research Lerner Research Institute

9500 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA

Peter CarmelietM.D., PhD

Professor of Medicine

Department of Oncology

Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism

Vesalius Research Center (VRC)

VIB Center for Cancer Biology (CCB)

VIB-KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, O&N4

Herestraat 49-B912, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

Yihai CaoM.D., PhD

Professor, MTC, Karolinska Institute

171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

Napoleone FerraraM.D.

Distinguished Professor of Pathology

Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology

Senior Deputy Director for Basic Sciences

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

3855 Health Sciences Dr, Room 3310, Mail Code 0819

La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

Martin FriedlanderMD, Professor

Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

The Scripps Research Institute, USA

Holger GerhardtPhD, Professor

Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory

Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine i n the Helmholtz Association (MDC)

Robert-Rossle-Strasse 10

13125 Berlin, Germany

Karen HirschiPhD

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Genetics

Yale Cardiovascular Research Center

Yale University School of Medicine

300 George Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA

Raghu KalluriM.D., PhD

Rebecca and Joseph Brown Endowed Chair

Chairman and Professor of the Department of Cancer Biology

Director of the Metastasis Research Center

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

1881 East Road, Unit Number: 1906

Houston, TX 77054, USA

Mukesh K. JainM.D., Professor

Case Western Reserve University

Biomedical Research Bldg 432

10900 Euclid Ave

Cleveland, OH 44106-4958, USA

Jan KitajewskiPhD

Professor

Department Head, Physiology and Biophysics

President, North American Vascular Biology Organization

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine

835 S Wolcott Ave, E-202, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Yoshiaki KubotaPhD

Professor, Department of Anatomy

Keio University School of Medicine

35-Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku

Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

Xuri LiPhD

Professor, Scientific Director

State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center

Sun Yat-Sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China

Michael PotenteM.D.

Group leader and consultant cardiologist

Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Angiogenesis & Metabolism Laboratory

Ludwigstr. 43D-61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Christiana RuhrbergPhD

Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Biology

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

University College London

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