March 26-29, 2023: Vancouver, Canada

The third bi-annual meeting was held on March 26-29, 2023, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The meeting began at 3:00 PM on Sunday, March 26, and continued through 10:15 AM on Wednesday, March 29.

Leducq ReVAMP 3rd Biannual Meeting in Vancouver,
Sunday, March 26 - 29, 2023

Organizing PI: Josef Penninger, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Logistical Planning: Sharda Muni, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Sunday, March 26

Time (PDT)	Activity & Location	Time
03:15 - 03:30 PM PDT (15 min)	Welcome Room 1330	Welcome Notes - Josef Penninger
03:30 - 04:00 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 1 Room 1330	Speaker: Mitzy Cowdin, PhD Student Cleaver Lab, UT Southwestern Medical Center (USA)
04:00 - 04:15 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 1 Room 1330	Session 1 (PIs only discussion) General admin and strategy
04:15 - 04:45 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 2 Room 1330	Speaker: Peter Luo, MSTP Student Cleaver Lab, UT Southwestern Medical Center (USA)
04:45 - 5:00 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 2 Room 1330
05:00 - 06:30 PM PDT (90 min)	Trainee-only Discussion Room 1330 (concurrent sessions)	Trainee-led discussion conducive to collaborations, interactions, sharing of reagents, protocols, etc. Discussion Leader: Mitzy Cowdin Record Keeper: Danielle Pi
05:00 - 06:30 PM PDT (90 min)	PI-only Discussion Room 1330 (concurrent sessions)	PI-led discussion on improving collaboration efforts. Discussion Leader: Record Keeper:
06:30 PM PDT		Meeting concludes

Monday, March 27

Time (PDT)	Activity & Location	Time
08:00 - 09:00 AM PDT (1 hour)	Breakfast LSI Faculty Lounge Room 1346	Breakfast reception
09:00 - 09:15 AM PDT (15 min)	Introduction Room 1330	Luisa Arispe welcome message and review of day’s objectives
09:15 - 09:45 AM PDT (30 min)	Talk 4 Room 1330	Speaker: Jocelyn Salvador, PhD Student Arispe Lab, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (USA) Topic: Updates on Vimentin’s role in shielding endothelial nuclei from the effects of shear stress
09:45 - 10:00 AM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 4 Room 1330
10:00 - 10:30 AM PDT (30 min)	Talk 5 Room 1330	Speaker: Danielle Pi, MSTP Student Arispe Lab, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (USA
10:30 - 10:45 AM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 5 Room 1330
10:45 - 11:30 AM PDT (45 min)	PI-only Discussion Room 1384 (concurrent sessions)	PI-led feedback/discussion on our first program report - Leducq Year 1 Discussion Leader: Record Keeper:
10:45 - 11:30 AM PDT (45 min)	Trainee-only Discussion Room 1388 (concurrent sessions)	Trainee-led discussion on professional development opportunities within the network and report back to PIs Discussion Leader: Danielle Pi Record Keeper: Mitzy Cowdin
11:30 - 12:15 PM PDT (45 min)	Group Discussion Room 1330	Trainees and PIs report back on collaboration and professional development goals and actionables Record Keeper:
12:15 - 01:15 PM PDT (1 hour)	Lunch LSI Faculty Lounge Room 1346
01:15 - 01:45 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 7 Room 1330	Speaker: Chaker Aloui, PhD Tournier-Lasserve Lab, INSERM (France)
01:45 - 02:00 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 7 Room 1330
02:00 - 02:30 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 8 Room 1330	Speaker: Elisabeth Tournier Lasserve, MD PI, Tournier-Lasserve Lab, INSERM
02:30 - 02:45 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 8 Room 1330
02:45 - 03:00 PM PDT (15 min)	BREAK
03:00 - 03:30 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 9 Room 1330	Speaker: Angela Quiesser, PhD Vikkula Lab, deDuve Institute (Belgium) Topic: Characterization of isolated primary endothelial cells from patients with vascular diseases to identify novel treatment options
03:30 - 03:45 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 9 Room 1330
03:45 - 04:45 PM PDT (60 min)	Talk 10 Room 1330	Speaker: Salim A. Seyfried, PhD PI, University of Potsdam (Germany)
04:45 - 05:15 PM PDT (30 min)	Discussion 10 Room 1330
05:15 PM - 05:45 PDT (30 min)	Talk 11 (virtual) Room 1330	Speaker: JQ Wang, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia, (Canada) Topic: islet vascularization.
05:45 - 06:00 PDT (15 min)	Discussion 11 (virtual) Room 1330
06:00 PM PDT	Meeting concludes
07:00 PM PDT	Dinner for all attendees	Browns Crafthouse 101-6111 University Blvd, UBC Campus

Tuesday, March 28

Time (PDT)	Activity & Location	Time
08:45 - 09:45 AM PDT (60 min)	Breakfast LSI Faculty Lounge Room 1346	Breakfast reception
09:45 - 10:00 AM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 12 Room 1330	Miikka Vikkula welcome message and review of day’s objectives
10:00 - 10:30 AM PDT (30 min)	Talk 13 Room 1330	Speaker: Jie Jiao, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada)
10:30 - 10:45 AM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 13 Room 1330
10:45 - 11:15 AM PDT (30 min)	Talk 14 Room 1330	Speaker: Gideon Pomeranz, visiting scholar, Penninger Lab at UBC, David Long Lab, University College London Topic: Furthering blood vessel organoids
11:15 - 11:30 AM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 14 Room 1330
11:30 - 12:00 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 15 Room 1330	Speaker: Jun Wang, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada) Topic: heart vascularization
12:00 - 12:15 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 15 Room 1330
12:15 - 01:15 PM PDT (60 min)	LUNCH LSI Faculty Lounge Room 1346
01:15 - 01:45 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 16 Room 1330	Speaker: Junseong Lee, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada) Topic: capillary modelling of atherosclerosis
01:45 - 02:00 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 16 Room 1330
02:00 - 02:30 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 17 Room 1330	Speaker: Nico Werschler, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada) Topic: lymphatic vessels
02:30 - 02:45 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 17 Room 1330
02:45 - 03:15 PM PDT (30 min)	BREAK LSI Faculty Lounge Room 1346
03:15 - 03:45 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 18 Room 1330	Speaker: Clement Quintard, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada) Topic: microfluidics
03:45 - 04:00 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 18 Room 1330
04:00 - 05:00 PM PDT (60 min)	Group Discussion Room 1330	Discussion on Candidates
05:00 - 06:00 PM PDT (60 min)	Virtual Presentation Room 1330	Speaker: Li-Kun Phng, PhD Team Leader Laboratory for Vascular Morphogenesis RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0047, Japan likun.phng@riken.jp Topic: Endothelial cell mechanobiology in blood vessel remodeling and vessel malformations

Wednesday, March 29

Time (PDT)	Activity & Location	Time
08:00 - 08:15 AM PDT (15 min)	Welcome Room 1312	Welcome and setup for discussion on candidates
08:15 - 09:15 AM PDT (60 min)	Virtual Presentation Room 1312	Speaker: Roxana Ola, PhD Junior Professor of CardioVascular Pharmacology Experimental Pharmacology Mannheim (EPM) European Center for Angioscience (ECAS) Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University roxana.ola@medma.uni-heidelberg.de Topic: Physiological crosstalk SMAD4-Fluid Shear Stress protects against Arterial-Venous Malformations
09:15 - 10:15 AM PDT (60 min)	Virtual Presentation Room 1312	Speaker: Yogesh Goyal, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Center for Synthetic Biology (By Courtesy) Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (By Courtesy) Department of Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University yogesh.goyal@northwestern.edu Topic:
02:45 - 03:15 PM PDT (30 min)	BREAK LSI Faculty Lounge Room 1346
03:15 - 03:45 PM PDT (30 min)	Talk 18 Room 1330	Speaker: Clement Quintard, Penninger Lab, University of British Colombia (Canada) Topic: microfluidics
03:45 - 04:00 PM PDT (15 min)	Discussion 18 Room 1330
04:00 - 05:00 PM PDT (60 min)	Group Discussion Room 1330	Discussion on Candidates
05:00 - 06:00 PM PDT (60 min)	Virtual Presentation Room 1330	Speaker: Li-Kun Phng, PhD Team Leader Laboratory for Vascular Morphogenesis RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0047, Japan likun.phng@riken.jp Topic: Endothelial cell mechanobiology in blood vessel remodeling and vessel malformations

Last revised June 26, 2023