Vasculata
University of Pittsburgh
July 7-10, 2025
ORGANIZERS:
| Delphine Gomez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology | Partha Roy, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Bioengineering | David Martin Gau, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pathology |
The following topics will be covered:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Bioenergetics, vascular smooth muscle cell biology
Bioengineering, microvasculature imaging
Cerebrovascular disease
Endothelial mechano-transduction
Engineered blood vessels, aneurysm
Epigenetic/transcriptional regulation in smooth muscle cells
Genetics of stroke
immunometabolism
Inflammation, atherosclerosis
Lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis
Lymphatics, kidney vascularization, blood flow imaging
Microvasculature, angiogenesis, vascular bioengineering
Pathological neovascularization (cancer)
Physiological neovascularization
Pulmonary hypertension, vascular remodeling
Super-resolution vascular imaging
Theranostic strategies for vascular disease
Thoracic Aortic aneurysms, vasa vasorum. pericytes
Tissue engineering
Tumor microenvironment, tumor vasculature, organoids
Vascular and valvular calcification
Vascular development & extracellular matrix
Vascular development in zebrafish
Vascular development, vascular cell communication
Vascular engineering
Vascular imaging, cerebrovascular disease
Vascular Permeability, endothelial cell biology
Registration will open in January 2025
Abstract submission site will open in January 2025.
Abstracts will be due by May 1, 2025.
A number of scholarships will be available based on need. The value of scholarships and the number of scholarships is yet to be determined.
The deadline for applications is May 15.
Applications will be accepted online only through May 15.
Applications must include the following:
1) Responses to the four questions below.
- Please provide a summary of your project in layman's terms. Describe in 300 words, the disease or basic scientific question that you are investigating, the hypothesis, methods used, results and conclusions.
- Where do you, the applicant, see yourself in five years? Â Describe in 100 words. your professional goals and plans.
- What is the main reason that we should select you for this scholarship? Describe in 100 words, any circumstances which the committee should be informed of to make their decision.Â
- How will you spend the money? Describe in 100 words, how you will use the scholarship money. Â Be as specific as possible.
2) A letter from the applicant's supervisor/PI that
- verifies your status within the lab/department (Be specific--3rd year graduate student; post doc in lab for two years, etc.)
- confirms that there are little to no funds available for your trainee to attend Vasculata
3.) Applicant's CV
ALL documents should be in pdf format.
Be sure you have all supporting documents on hand when completing this form. Â Â You will not be able to save and return to the form.
Submit your scholarship application here.
We plan to hold the following workshops:
Omics
Vascular Bioprinting
Vascular Engineering
Zebrafish
and
Career Development
Vasculata 2025 is taking place at the University of Pittsburgh
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Housing
We are working on very affordable housing on the university campus. Check back for details.
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13HL164033 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.