First Zurich Symposium on Angiogenesis, Inflammation, and the Neurovascular Link Speakers: – Massimilano Mazzone, Leuven, Belgium – Michael Potente, Bad Nauheim/Frankfurt, Germany – Christer Betsholtz, Uppsala, Sweden – Holger Gerhardt, London/Berlin/Leuven, UK/Germany/Belgium – Peter Carmeliet, Leuven, Belgium – Donald Ingber, Boston, USA University Hospital Zurich, Lecture Hall NORD1 8. October 2014, 08:00 – 18:00 Funded by: – Graduate Research Campus (GRC), UZH – MD-PhD lecture series, UZH/ETHZ/USZ (Prof. A. Aguzzi) – Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine (ZRM), UZH/USZ (Prof. S. P. Hoerstrup) – Department of Neurosurgery, USZ (Prof. L. Regli) – Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ), UZH/ETHZ/USZ ZNZ Z e n t r u m f ü r N e u r o w i s s e n s c h a f t e n Z ü r i c h Neuroscience Center Zurich Wälchli et al., Nat Protoc., 2014 Organizer: Thomas Wälchli Co-Organizers: Marian Neidert, Benedikt Weber First Zurich Symposium 2014 on "Angiogenesis, Inflammation, and the Neurovascular Link" Wednesday 8. October 2014 08:15 Chairperson: Benedikt Weber 08:20 09:05 09:05 09:25 09:25 09:45 09:45 10:25 10:25 11:10 Chairperson: Thomas Wälchli 11:10 11:30 11:30 12:15 12:15 14:00 14:00 14:45 14:45 15:05 Chairperson: Marian Neidert 15:05 15:50 Welcome and Introduction: Thomas Wälchli Massimiliano Mazzone "Tumor-associated neutrophils, a two edged sword in cancer" Nicole Lindenblatt "Angiogenesis during skin graft taking – implications for tissue engineering" Katharina Seystahl "TGF-beta-induced VEGF in glioblastoma" Coffee Michael Potente "Metabolic regulation of endothelial growth and quiescence" Omolara Ogunshola "Hypoxia at the Blood-Brain-Barrier" Christer Betsholtz "Endothelial-pericyte interactions in health and disease" Lunch Peter Carmeliet "Targeting endothelial cell metabolism: principles and strategies" Benedikt Weber "Cardiovascular in situ tissue engineering" Holger Gerhardt "From cells to networks – principles in vascular patterning" 15:50 Coffee 16:35 16:35 16:55 16:55 17:15 17:15 18:00 Thomas Wälchli "Nogo-A and S1PR2 - novel regulators of CNS angiogenesis?" Andrin Wacker "In vivo dynamics of vesicular transport during sprouting angiogenesis" Donald Ingber "From mechanobiology to mechanotherapeutics" 18:00 Closing remarks: Thomas Wälchli 18:05 Apéro