Meeting Announcements
Feb 1, 2007 - 4:29:45 PM

Cardiovascular and Medical-related
Meeting Announcements

ISACB 11th Biennial Meeting

September 17-20, 2008, in Bordeaux, France

"Translation of Applied Biology to the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease"

5 sessions:

• Innovative cardiovascular biomaterials
• Developmental cardiovascular biology
• Cardiovascular mechanopathophysiology and tissue remodeling
• Engineering and cell-based regeneration of cardiovascular tissues
• Challenges in clinical translation of innovative cardiovascular biology,devices and therapies (e.g. animal models, clinical trials, regulatory issues,reimbursement, etc.)

Please see announcement.

April 5-9, 2008 - San Diego, California - USA

Speaker Information Cell and Molecular Biology of Heart Valve Disease
ASIP/SCVP Workshop
Sunday, April 6, 2008
8:30 am - 11:30 am
San Diego , CA

Co-Chair Name: Avrum I. Gotlieb, MDCM
Institution: University of Toronto

Co-Chair Name: Joyce Bischoff, PhD
Institution: Children's Hospital Boston , Harvard Medical School

Roger Markwald, PhD.
Institution: Medical College of South Carolina
Title of Presentation: "Valvulogenesis: Role of Periostin"

Joyce Bischoff, PhD
Institution: Children's Hospital Boston , Harvard Medical School
Title of Presentation: "Growth and Differentiation Potential of Valve Endothelial Cells"

Avrum I. Gotlieb, MDCM
Institution: University of Toronto
Title of Presentation: "The Role of Valve Interstitial Cells in the Repair of the Diseased Heart Valve"

Deepak Srivastava. MD
Institution: University of California , San Francisco
Title of Presentation: "Genetic Basis of Human Aortic Valve Disease


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