Session 1: Mechanisms of cardiovascular development

Chair: Ralf Adams (Münster, Germany)

Elisabetta Dejana (Milan, Italy)
The role of Wnt signalling in vascular development

Christine Mummery (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Cardiovascular progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells

Coffee Break

Session 2: Mechanisms of lymphatic vascular development

Chair: Anne Eichmann (Paris, France)

Guillermo Oliver (Memphis, USA)
Current views of lymphatic vasculature development

Kari Alitalo (Helsinki, Finland)

Growth factor crosstalk for angiogenesis vs. lymphangiogenesis

12h00

Taija Mäkinen (London, UK)
Mechanisms of lymphatic remodelling

Session 3: Vascular patterning and remodeling

Chair: Elisabetta Dejana (Milan, Italy)

Ralf Adams (Münster, Germany)
Regulation of the angiogenic endothelial phenotype

14h30

Anne Eichmann (Paris, France)   

Tip cells in blood vessel patterning and guidance

15h00

Tatiana Petrova (Epalinges, Switzerland)                                     
Transcriptional programs of lymphatic vascular development  

15h30

Short communication

Erika Bergsten Folestad (Stockholm, Sweden)
Characterization of the PDGF-D knockout mouse

15h45

Coffee Break

Session 4: Stem cells and vascular lineages

Chair:  Guillermo Oliver (Memphis, USA)

16h15

Georges Lacaud (Manchester, UK)
The Hemangioblast generates Hematopoietic Cells through a Hemogenic Endothelium Intermediate

16h45

Jun Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan)
Cardiovascular cell differentiation from iPS cells

17h15

Luisa Iruela-Arispe (Los Angeles, USA)
Critical signaling pathways to vascular homeostasis

17h45

Short communication

Sara Cunha (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genetic and pharmacological targeting of activin receptor like kinease 1 impairs tumor growth and angiogenesis

18h00

Buffet Dinner

9h00

Gou Young Koh (Daejon, Korea)
Role of macrophages in inflammation-induced lymphangiogenesis

9h30

Ulf Eriksson (Stockholm, Sweden)

Role of VEGF-B in the regulation of endothelial fatty acid transport -   implications in whole body metabolism of fatty acids

10h00

Seppo Ylä-Herttuala (Kuopio, Finland)

Angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in cardiovascular medicine

10h30

Coffee break

Session 6: Angiogenesis mechanisms in cancer

Chair:Christer Betsholtz (Stockholm, Sweden)

11h00

Päivi Ojala (Helsinki, Finland)
Interplay of viral and cellular factors in KSHV tumorigenesis

11h30

Hellmut Augustin (Heidelberg, Germany)
Role of the angiopoietin/Tie system in controlling tip cell vs. stalk cell vs. phalanx cell behavior

12h00

Peter Carmeliet (Leuven, Belgium)
Oxygen: a morphogen for blood vessels?

13h00

Lunch and Poster viewing

Session 7: New model systems and advanced imaging in vascular biology

Chair:Tatiana Petrova (Epalinges, Switzerland)

14h30

Holger Gerhardt (London, UK)
Molecular control of sprouting and pruning in angiogenesis

15h00

Stefan Schulte-Merker (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Genetic analysis and in vivo imaging of zebrafish lymphangiogenesis

15h30

Mieke Dewerchin (Leuven, Belgium)
Functional lymphangiogenomics in zebrafish and Xenopus embryos

15h45

Coffee break

Session 8: New developments and directions in vascular biology or Latest news

Chair: Taija Mäkinen (London, UK)

16h15

Mariona Graupera (London, UK)
p110alpha PI 3-kinase is required for functional tumour angiogenesis

Benjamin Hogan (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Dll4 suppresses Vegfc/Vegfr3 signalling in the developing zebrafish arterial system

Lauri Eklund (Oulu, Finland)
Angiopoietin-2 induced Tie2 translocation to newly formed cell matrix adhesion sites

Sarah Garrido-Urbani (Geneva, Switerland)
Nox1 mediates FGF-induced angiogenesis

17h15