Vascular Biology 2025
Annual Meeting of NAVBO and the Microcirculatory Society
October 19-23, 2025
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Keynote Lecture by Donald Ingber, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
Vascular Biology 2025 – Preliminary Program | ||
| Day 1 – Sunday, October 19 | ||
| 2:00-6:00pm | Pre-conference Meeting for Trainees (featured speaker, and program to be determined) Organizers: Yu Jung Shin, University of Washington and Xiaochen Fan, Stanford University | |
| 7:15-9:30pm | Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology Presentation and Lecture - TBD Earl P. Benditt Award Presentation and Lecture - TBD | |
| 9:30-10:30pm | Welcome Reception | |
| Day 2 – Monday, October 20 | ||
| 7:00-8:00am | Group Breakfast | Networking 101 |
| 8:00-10:00am | Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Repair Integrative in vitro models to study vascular growth, injury, and remodeling Ying Zheng, University of Washington Delivery of a novel angiogenic cocktail in a customized hydrogel biomaterial improves revascularization and wound healing Kareen Coulombe, Brown University | Microvascular Dysfunction in Shock Inflammatory cell-derived extracellular vesicles in regulating |
| 10:30am- 12:30pm | Vascular Remodeling in the Uterus and Placenta Impact of the regulation of uteroplacental perfusion on fetal growth, novel animal models and human studies Ramon Lorca, University of Colorado Mechanisms of placental & uterine vascular growth Mark Kahn, University of Pennsylvania | Inflammation in Small Vessels Regulation of microvascular permeability Lena Claesson-Welsh, Uppsala University Tracking neutrophil infiltration into the ischemic brain reveals new targets for treating stroke David Sullivan, Northwestern University |
| 12:00-1:45pm | Lunch and Learn for Trainees | Lunch for all others |
| 1:45-3:45pm | Plenary Session: Mechanosensing and Mechanotransduction in the Vasculature Flow-mediated endothelial cell signaling and vascular inflammation Julia Mack, University of California, Los Angeles Flow-induced reprogramming of endothelial cells in atherogenesis Hanjoong Jo, Emory University | |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Nano-talks | |
| 5:00-7:00pm | Dinner on your own | |
| 7:00-10:00pm | Poster Sessions | |
| Day 3 – Tuesday, October 21 | ||
| 7:00-8:00am | Group Breakfast | Career Development Forum Breakfast |
| 8:00-10:00am | Vascular Extracellular Matrix Bioengineering Biophysical regulation of vascular assembly Sharon Gerecht, Duke University Towards multiscale vasculature: Combining top-down and bottom-up bioengineering strategies Andrew Putnam, University of Michigan | Neuroinflammation Sex divergent mechanisms of cerebral microvascular dysfunction in 5x-FAD mice Paulo Pires, University of Arizona Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase: An old enzyme with a new role in cerebrovascular homeostasis Candice Brown, University of West Virginia |
| 10:30am-12:30pm | Advanced Molecular Mechanisms in Vascular Matrix Remodeling Systems approach to cardiovascular calcification Mineralization in the matrix | Epigenetic and Post-Transcriptional Control of the Vasculature Epigenetic mechanisms in cerebrovascular injury Kahlilia Morris-Blanco, University of Pennsylvania Dynamic epigenetic signatures during vascular development: A path to predict disease severity in rare syndromes Angie Serrano, Boston University |
| 12:30-1:30pm | DEI Panel Discussion with lunch | Group Lunch |
| 1:30-3:30pm | MCS President’s Symposium: Topic to be determined Speakers to be determined | |
| 3:30-4:15pm | MCS Landis Award Lecture Recipient to be determined | |
| 4:30-5:30pm | Emerging Topics in Microcirculation Presentations are chosen from abstracts | Blood Vascular Development Pericytes are essential for pulmonary circulation Ke Yuan, Boston Children’s Hospital How do endothelial cells make adaptive decisions? Katie Bentley, Francis Crick Institute |
| 5:30-7:00pm | Dinner on your own | |
| 7:00-10:00pm | Poster Sessions | |
| Day 4 – Wednesday, October 22 | ||
| 7:00-8:00 | Group Breakfast | Career Development Forum Breakfast |
| 8:00-10:00am | Lymphatic Vascular Development Chemokine signaling as a guiding cue regulating lymphatic development Xiaolei Liu, Temple University Mechanisms of lymphatic vessel and valve morphogenesis Joshua Scallan, University of South Florida | Innovations in Vascular Tissue Engineering Bioengineered perfused human brain microvasculature to model brain tumor and neurodegenerative diseases Guohao Dai, Northeastern University Vascular guidance of beta cell differentiation Yasaman Aghazadeh, University of Montreal |
| 10:30am- 12:30pm | Health Disparities and the Microcirculation Fission/fusion modulators of age-related coronary microvascular function The role of pluripotency and innate immunity in sex differences in endothelial cells | Metabolism and Vascular Dysfunction Immune metabolism in vascular inflammation and salt-sensitive hypertension Cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 |
| 12:30-2:00pm | DEI Panel Discussion with lunch | Group Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00pm | Keynote Lecture Donald Ingber, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University | |
| 3:00-4:00pm | NAVBO – Award Lectures and Presentations (recipients to be determined) Presentation of the Stephen Schwartz Award Presentation of the Florence Sabin Award Springer Award Presentation and Lecture | |
| 4:15-5:15pm | Technology Workshop | |
| 5:00-7:00pm | Dinner on your own | |
| 7:00-10:00pm | Posters Sessions | |
| Day 5 – Thursday, October 23 | ||
| 8:00-8:15am | Presentation of the Poster Awards | |
| 8:15-10:15pm | Plenary Session: Genetics in Vascular Inflammation Title of talk to be determined Gut microbiota-immune interactions modulating vascular inflammation in mice | |
| 10:45am-12:45pm | Plenary Session: Genetic Drivers of Vascular Malformations Pathogenic variants that activate RAS-MAPK signaling drive lymphatic anomalies Drug development for arteriovenous malformation | |
| 12:45-1:00pm | ||