4th Franz-Volhard-Symposium - 1997

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"Differentiation in the Cardiovascular System"
June 27-28, 1997
Franz-Volhard-Klinik, Berlin-Buch

Program

Friday, June 27, 1997 / Top

Location: Lecture Hall of the Franz-Volhard-Klinik

08:20	Hermann Haller, Berlin, Germany
	Welcome & Introduction
Session I	Chair: Gary Owens, Charlottesville, USA
08:30	Bodo Christ, Freiburg, Germany
	"Lymphangiogenesis in the embryo"
09:00	Ole W. Petersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
	"Characterization and purification of microvasuclar cells"
09:30	Ingo Flamme, Bad Nauheim, Germany
	"Embryonic vasculogenesis and angiogenesis: molecules and mechanisms"
10:00	Ana M. Schor, Dundee, U.K.
	"Pericyte-endothelial interactions and lineage relationships"
Session II	Chair: Carmen Birchmeier, Berlin, Germany
11:00	Melissa C. Colbert, Cincinnati, USA
	"Retinoic acid and smooth muscle in the ductus arteriosus - a transgenic and trans-species approach"
11:30	Anna Wobus, Gatersleben, Germany
	"Embryonic stem cell differentiation and ´loss of function´ analysis in vitro"
12:00	Max Gassmann, Zürich, Switzerland
	"Hypoxia-induced gene expression in differentiating embryonic stem cells"
12:30	M. Cristina Cardoso, Berlin, Germany
	Title to be announced
Session III	Chair: Peter Reusch, Berlin, Germany
14:30	Stephen M. Schwartz, Seattle, USA
	"Smooth muscle diversity"
15:00	Christian Haudenschild, Rockville, USA
	"The ´stellate cell´ of the myxomatous intimal lesion: a new phenotype"
15:30	Maria Frid, Denver, USA
	"Smooth muscle cell heterogenity: importance in vascular disease" Discussion: Dietrich Gulba, Berlin, Germany
Session IV	Chair: Michael Mulvany, Aarhus, Denmark
16:30	Ulf Hedin, Stockholm, Sweden
	"SMC-ECM interactions: mechanisms of growth control by the basement membrane"
17:00	Deborah Damon, Burlington, USA
	"Sympathetic-vascular cell interactions"
17:30	Pierre Aubineau, Paris, France
	"Trophic role of the sympathic neurons system on cerebral blood vessels of rabbit and rat. Comparison with peripheral blood vessels" Discussion: Marek Drab, Berlin, Germany
18:15	Eric N. Olson, Dallas, USA
	"Genetic control of cardiovascular development"
20:00	Boat tour on the river Spree

Saturday, June 28, 1997 / Top

Location: Hörsaal Franz-Volhard-Klinik

Session V	Chair: Stephen M. Schwartz, Seattle
09:00	Peter Carmeliet, Leuven, Belgium
	"Molecular analysis of blood vessel formation: role of coagulation factors"
09:30	Georg Weitzer, Vienna, Austria
	"Intermediate filament proteins in development and pathology of the heart"
10:00	Denise Paulin, Paris, France
	"Null mutation in the desmin gene gives rises to a cardiomyopathy and vascular defect"
Session VI	Chair: Hermann Haller, Berlin, Germany
11:00	Anders Arner, Lund, Sweden
	"Functional alterations in growing smooth muscle"
11:30	Löne Ronnov-Jessen, Copenhagen, Denmark
	"A function for filamentous a-smooth muscle actin"
12:00	Guillaume J. van Eys, Utrecht, The Netherlands
	"Smoothelin - for smooth muscle cells only?"
Session VII	Chair: Eric N. Olson, Dallas, USA
14:00	Gary Owens, Charlottesville, USA
	"Molecular regulations of smooth muscle differentiation: role of CArG elements"
14:30	Joseph Miano, Milwaukee, USA
	"Retinoids and vascular smooth muscle cell biology"
15:00	Ryozo Nagai, Tokyo, Japan
	"Transcriptional regulation of a non-muscle myosin heavy chain gene in smooth muscle cells"
19:30	Farewell Dinner