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Dear collegues,
the topic of the 5th Franz Volhard Symposium in Groß Dölln (60km north of Berlin, Germany) will be the molecular mechanisms which play a role in blood vessel formation.
The formation of new blood vessels is a complicated process where endothelial cells migrate in the dark, tubes are formed and filled, and fibroblasts are attracted by unknown signals. These tubes then divide to form twigs and branches finally ending up by building a vascular tree.
We would like to invite researchers from the area of endothelial cell differentiation, tube formation, specialists in branching, and experts in network formation. Finally, the problems and possibilities of influencing vascular networks in the clinical context will be addressed.
The goals of the symposium are to foster a better understanding of why blood vessels do not form readily in ischemic tissues despite appropriate signals, to gain more insight into the ways in which malignant tumors sustain themselves and how this process could be attenuated, and how and why vascular formation takes place in chronic inflammatory disease.
The weather in September is generally excellent. We would reckon with warm temperatures, although it may rain. The dress etc., will be casual. We will organize a bit of 5 km exercise every morning, so bring your running shoes.
We hope to have an interesting symposium with stimulating and lively discussions. We look forward to welcome you at our following Franz-Volhard-Symposium in September 1998.
Best regards,
Hermann Haller & Friedrich C. Luft