Research in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
“From Bench to Bedside”
Symposium 12 November 2014 preceeding PhD-ceremony
Rosalie Witjas-Paalberends
Location
VU University Medical Center, De Waver (Hospital, -1C 118.17)
10.00 –10.30
Welcome with coffee/thee
10.30 – 10.40
Prof.dr. Jolanda van der Velden (VU University Medical Center)
Introduction familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
10.40 –11.00
Prof.dr. Corrado Poggesi (University of Florence, Italy)
Cross-bridge mechanics in (cardiac) muscle
11.00 – 11.15
Rosalie Witjas-Paalberends (VU University Medical Center)
In vitro myocardial energetics in manifest HCM disease
11.15-11.30
Ahmet Guclu (VU University Medical Center)
In vivo myocardial efficiency in pre-hypertrophic mutation carriers
11.30– 12.00
Break
12.00-12.20
Prof.dr. Ger Stienen (VU University Medical Center)
Mitochondrial function and calcium & heart failure.
12.20-12.40
Prof.dr. Theresia Kraft (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
Allelic imbalance among individual cardiomyocytes in hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy: a possible trigger for disease development.
12.40-13.00
Dr. Michelle Michels (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam)
How can we connect basic science studies to HCM in everyday clinical
practice?
13.00-14.00
Lunch
Location
VU University main building, Aula
15.45-17.00
Rosalie Witjas-Paalberends
PhD-ceremony
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an energetic story
about cellular remodeling and sarcomere function
17.00-18.00
Reception