Australian Vascular Biology Society2024 Annual Scientific Meeting program:
Wednesday, 16th October
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Registration
Session 1 - Hot topics in vascular biology

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Opening and invited talks

2:30 - 2:40

Meeting opening - Prof Claudine Bonder, President, AVBS (Centre for Cancer Biology, UniSA)

2:40 - 3:15

Prof Muredach Reilly (Columbia University, USA) - INVITED PLENARY LECTURE

3:15 - 3:35

Prof Karlheinz Peter (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - INVITED TALK

3:35 - 3:55

Dr Jan Kazenwadel (Centre for Cancer Biology, UniSA - INVITED TALK

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Afternoon tea
Session 2 - AVBS Student Young Investigator Award and Flash Talks session

4:30pm - 5:46pm

Student Young Investigator Award Finalists (SELECTED FROM ABSTRACTS)

4:30 - 4:42

Huynh Nguyen (Monash University)

4:42 - 4:54

Donia Abeid (La Trobe University)

4:54 - 5:06

Alexander Lin (Heart Research Institute, Sydney University)

5:06 - 5:18

Caitlin Vella (La Trobe University)

5:18 - 5:30

Zoe Zhang (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)
2 min break

5:32pm - 5:46pm

Poster-Flash talks (SELECTED FROM ABSTRACTS)

5:32 - 5:35

Manijeh Khanmohammadi (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

5:35 - 5:38

Julia Skoraczynski (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)

5:38 - 5:41

Thomas Montibeller (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)

5:41 - 5:43

Sara Zarifian (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)

5:43 - 5:46

Emma-Lucille Blayney (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute)

5:46pm- 7:45pm

Mixer + canapes / Poster session 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Australian Vascular Biology Society2024 Annual Scientific Meeting program:Thursday, 17th October
Session 3 - Inflammation & immunity
8:30am - 10:00am

Invited and selected talks

8:30 - 9:00

Prof Michael Hickey (Monash University) - INVITED TALK

9:00 - 9:15

Dr Pooranee Morgan (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - INVITED TALK

9:15 - 9:30

Patrick Bell (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - SELECTED TALK

9:30 - 10:00

A/Prof Ingrid Winkler (University of Queensland) - INVITED TALK

10:00am - 10:30am

Morning tea
Session 4 - ECR Awards Session

10:30am - 10:55am

2024 AVBS Career Development Award Recipient Seminar

10:55am - 11:55pm

ECR Young Investigator Award Finalists (SELECTED FROM ABSTRACTS)

10:55 - 11:07

Dr Mitchell Moon (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)

11:07 - 11:19

Dr Rikeish Muralitharan (Monash University)

11:19:11:31

Dr Josh Bourne (Monash University)

11:31 - 11:43

Dr Cameron Bastow (Monash University)

11:43 - 11:55

Dr Estefano Pinilla (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)

12:00pm - 2:30pm

Lunch & Barefoot Bowls networking session
Session 5 - Vessel development in health & disease (Part I)

2:30pm - 4:00pm

Invited talks

2:30 - 2:55

Prof Mathais Francois (Centenary Institute)2:55 - 2:20

Dr Kazu Okuda (La Trobe University)

2:20 - 2:35

Joong Min Park (Flinders Medical Centre)

2:35 - 4:00

A/Prof Natalie Trevaskis (Monash University)

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Afternoon tea
Session 6 - Mechanisms of cardiovascular disease

4:30pm - 6:15pm

Invited and selected talks

4:30 - 5:00

Prof Shane Thomas (University of New South Wales) - INVITED TALK

5:00 - 5:15

A/Prof Nordin Hanssen (Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands) - INVITED TALK

5:15 - 5:30

Dr Thomas Collins (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - SELECTED TALK

5:30 - 5:45

Dr Rebecca Harper (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - INVITED TALK

5:45 - 6:15

Dr Renjing Liu (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute) - INVITED TALK

6:15pm - 6:45pm

AVBS Annual General Meeting 2024

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Conference dinner - Conference awards ceremony

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Australian Vascular Biology Society2024 Annual Scientific Meeting program:
Friday, 18th October
Session 7 - Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular biology
8:30am - 10:30am
8:30 - 9:00

Invited and selected talks
A/Prof Nathan Palpant (University of Queensland) - INVITED TALK

9:00 - 9:15

Dr Charlotte Teunis (Utrecht University, Netherlands) - INVITED TALK

9:15 - 9:30

Dr Stephanie Kong (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute) - SELECTED TALK

9:30 - 9:45

Yi Ee Lye (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - SELECTED TALK

9:45 - 10:00

Dr Sian Cartland (Heart Research Institute, Sydney University) - SELECTED TALK

10:00 - 10:30

TBC - INVITED TALK

10:30am - 11:00am

Morning tea
Session 8 - Platelet biology

11:00am - 12:30pm

Invited and selected talks

11:00 - 11:30

Dr Maithili Sashindranath (Monash University) - INVITED TALK

11:30 - 11:45

Dr Shu Wen Wen (Monash University) - SELECTED TALK

11:45 - 12:00Samantha Loong (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute) - SELECTED TALK

12:00 - 12:15

Dr Vera Ripoll (ANZAC Research Institute) - SELECTED TALK

12:15 - 12:30

Dr Tessa Barrett (New York University, USA) - INVITED TALK

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch
Session 9 - Vessel development in health & disease (part II)

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Invited and selected talks

1:30 - 2:00

Prof Edwin Hawkins (Walter & Eliza Hall Institute) - INVITED TALK

2:00 - 2:15

Amber Driessen (University of Queensland) - SELECTED TALK

2:15 - 2:30

Dr Sally Dreger (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK) - SELECTED TALK

2:30 - 2:45

Kahli Jones (University of Queensland) - SELECTED TALK

2:45 - 3:15

Prof Steve Stacker (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) - INVITED TALK

3:15 - 3:30

Meeting close

4:00pmBus departs for city and airport

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