James F. Martin
Texas Heart Institute
USA
Overview
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.
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Conference overview
The dysfunction of the cardiovascular system is the leading cause of human mortality. New molecular and engineering approaches are revolutionising cardiovascular discovery research. In vivo and human cell-based 2D and 3D disease modeling for instance is now progressing beyond its infancy and mimicking the human situation ever more closely.
These developments led to the concept of “The new cardiobiology” conference which took place for the first time in 2024. Given the success of that first meeting and considering the further advances in studying the multicellularity and the development of cardiovascular engineering approaches since, this second edition is now planned for 2026.
In addition to the focus set out in the session topics below, there will be more presentations on vascular biology and engineering aspects to further strengthen the systems biology approach and an emphasis on the increasing burden of metabolic stress to cardiovascular disease.
Session topics
- cardiovascular regeneration
- modeling the cardiovascular system in synthetic 3D multicellular systems
- cardiometabolic mechanisms leading to both vascular and cardiac complications
- the contribution of cardiovascular communication to multi-organ disease
- new translational breakthroughs
Speakers
Keynote speakers
Alessandra Moretti
Technical University of Munich
Germany
Speakers
Gianluigi Condorelli
Humanitas University
Italy
Harsha Devalla
Amsterdam UMC
The Netherlands
Stefanie Dimmeler
Goethe University
Germany
Roger Foo
National University of Singapore
Singapore
James Hudson
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Australia
Dan Huh
University of Pennsylvania
USA
Joanna Kalucka
Aarhus University
Denmark
Rafael Kramann
RWTH Aachen University
Germany
Michela Noseda
Imperial College London
UK
Milica Radisic
University of Toronto
Canada
Julio Saez-Rodriguez
EMBL-EBI Hinxton
UK
Judith Sluimer
Maastricht University Medical Center
The Netherlands
Miguel Torres
Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Spain
Eldad Tzahor
Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel
Florian Anton Weinberger
Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Spain
Karina Yaniv
Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel
Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmerman
Pharmacology and Toxicology University Medical Center Göttingen
Germany
Scientific organisers
Johannes Backs
Heidelberg University
Germany
Roger Foo
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Kristina Haase
EMBL Barcelona
Spain
Sara S. Nunes de Vasconcelos
University of Toronto
Canada
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Date: 16 - 19 Feb 2026
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Organisers:
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Johannes Backs
Heidelberg University, Germany -
Roger Foo
National University of Singapore, Singapore -
Kristina Haase
EMBL Barcelona, Spain -
Sara S. Nunes de Vasconcelos
University of Toronto, Canada
Contact: EMBL Events