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Important dates:
October 31, 2022: registration opens, call for abstracts
April 1st, 2023: abstract submission deadline
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Organizing Committee
Pierre-Yves von der Weid – University of Calgary
Shan Liao – University of Calgary
Spencer Gibson – University of Alberta
Jan Kitajewski – University of Illinois at Chicago
J. Brandon Dixon – Georgia Institute of Technology
Stanley Rockson – Stanford University
Miikka Vikkula – Université catholique de Louvain
Carrie Shawber – Columbia University Medical Center
William Repicci – Co-organizer – President and CEO, LE&RN
Scientific Advisory Committee
David Zawieja –Texas A&M
Mihaela Skobe – Mount Sinai
Catherine Martel – Montreal Heart Institute
Timothy Padera – Massachusetts General Hospital
Ebba Brakenhielm – Inserm Rouen
Amy Tian – Stanford University
Lymphatic Forum 2023
Banff Alberta Canada
June 13th-17th, 2023
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Tuesday June 13
Arrival and registration at Max Bell Auditorium
6:30-7:30pm – Opening Reception Max Bell Foyer and ETCBR
7:30-10:00pm – Patient-Oriented Session – Max Bell Auditorium
Chairs: Stan Rockson (Stanford) & Ian Soles (Edmonton, Canada)
Wednesday June 14
7:00-9:00am – Breakfast Vistas Dining Room
9:00-11:45am – Plenary Session (across organs) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 1 – Lymphatic Development
Chair: Carrie Shawber* (Columbia University, New York)
9:00-9:30am – Invited Talk – Natasza Kurpios (Cornell University, Ithaca) – Title: TBD
9:30-10:00am – Invited Talk – Miguel Torres (CNIC, Madrid, Spain) – Specification and development of the cardiac lymphatic vasculature
10:00-10:30am – Invited Talk – Constantinos Mikelis# (University of Patras, Greece) – Growth factor-small GTPase interplay for lymphangiogenesis regulation
10:30-11:00am – Coffee break Max Bell Central Foyer
11:00-11:45am – Short selected talks from abstracts – TBD
11:45-1:15pm – Lunch Vistas Dining Room
1:15-3:30pm – Plenary Session (across organs) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 2 – Lymphatic Function and Transport
Chair: Brandon Dixon (Georgia Tech, Atlanta)
1:15-1:45pm – Invited Talk – Christopher Bertram (University of Sydney, Australia) – Valve development in embryonic lymphatic vasculature: what decides where?
1:45-2:15pm – Invited Talk – Jorge Castorena-Gonzalez#* (Tulane University, New Orleans) – Title: TBD
2:15-2:45pm – Invited Talk – Catherine Martel*# (Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada) – Title: TBD
2:45-3:30pm – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
4:00-6:00pm – Poster session 1 / Exhibitors Max Bell 251 and 253
Thursday June 15
7:00-8:30am – Breakfast Vistas Dining Room
8:30-10:30am – Max Bell 252 Concurrent Sessions (organ specific) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 3 – Airway and Lung Lymphatics
Chair: Peter Baluk (UCSF) Chair: Cornelia
8:30-9:00am – Invited Talk – Mark Nicholls (Stanford University, Stanford) – A Janus-faced role for the lymphatics in lung transplantation
9:00-9:30am – Invited Talk – Hasina Outtz Reed*# (Cornell Weill Medical College, Cornell) – Targeting the pulmonary lymphatics in the response to lung injury
9:30-10:30am – Short talks selected from abstracts
Session 4 – Skin Lymphatics
Cornelia Halin Winter* (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
8:30-9:00am – Invited Talk – Babak Mehrara (Memorial Sloan KetteringCancer Center, New York) – Title: TBD
9:00-9:30am – Invited Talk – Davide Brambilla# (Université de Montréal, Canada) – Title: TBD
9:30-10:30am – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
10:30-11:00am – Coffee break Max Bell Central Foyer
11:00am-1:00pm – Max Bell 252 Concurrent Sessions (organ specific) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 5 – Vascular and Heart Lymphatics
Chair: Mark Kahn (Yale University, New Haven)
11:00-11:30am – Invited Talk – Ebba Brakkenhielm*# (University of Rouen, France) – Beneficial impact of lymphatic remodeling in cardiac hypertrophy
11:30-12:00pm – Invited Talk – Andrzej Szuba (Wroclaw Medical University, Poland) – Pathophysiology and treatment of lymphovenous edema
12:00-1:00pm – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
Session 6 – Liver and Kidney Lymphatics
Craig Jenne# (University of Calgary, Canada)
11:00-11:30am – Invited Talk – Brett Mitchell@ (Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan) – Renal Lymphatics and Hypertension
11:30-12:00pm – Invited Talk – Matthew A. Burchill# (University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora) – Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein drives dysfunction of the liver lymphatic system
12:00-1:00pm – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
1:00-2:30pm – Lunch – luncheon: “What philanthropists are looking for in funding research”
Dianne and Irving Kipnes, Edmonton, Canada KC 103
2:30-4:30pm – Poster session 2 / Exhibitors Max Bell 251 and 253
Friday June 16
7:00-8:30am – Breakfast Vistas Dining Room
8:30-10:45am – Plenary Session (across organs) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 7 – Lymphatics, Cancer and Metastasis
Chair: Mihaela Skobe* (Mt Sinai, New York)
8:30-9:00am – Invited Talk – Timothy Padera (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) – Mechanisms of immune suppression in metastatic lymph nodes
9:00-9:30am – Invited Talk – Barbara Garmy-Susini*@ (University of Toulouse, France) – Adipose tissue and lymphatic crosstalk during tumor growth and metastasis
9:30-10:00am – Invited Talk – Sanjukta Chakraborty*# (Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan) – Inflammatory microenvironment and tumor lymphatic interactions in progression of cholangiocarcinoma
10:00-10:45am – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
10:45-11:00am – Coffee break Max Bell Central Foyer
11:00am-1:00pm – Max Bell 252 Concurrent Sessions (organ specific) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 8 – Gastrointestinal Lymphatics
Chair: David Zawieja (Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan)
11:00-11:30am – Invited Talk – Vincenza Cifarelli*# (Saint Louis University School of Medicine) – Title: TBD
11:30-12:00pm – Invited Talk – Kathy McCoy* (University of Calgary, Canada) -Title: TBD
12:00-1:00pm – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
Session 9 – Lymphatics in the BrainChair: Jonathan Kipnis (Washington University, St. Louis)
11:00-11:30am – Invited Talk – ZsuZsanna Fabry* (University of Wisconsin, Madison) – Neuroinflammation induces lymphangiogenesis in the brain
11:30-12:00pm – Invited Talk – Jeffrey Iliff# (University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle) – Title: TBD
12:00-1:00pm Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
1:00-2:30pm – Lunch Vistas Dining Room
2:30-4:45pm – Plenary Session (across organs) Max Bell Auditorium
Session 10 – Immunity and Infection
Chair: John Conly (University of Calgary, Canada)
2:30-3:00pm – Invited Talk – Tiffany Weinkopff*# (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock) – Title: TBD
3:00-3:30pm – Invited Talk – Reina Mebius* (Amsterdam UMC) – Title: Lymph node stromal cells and the adaptive immune response
3:30-4:00pm – Invited Talk – Philip Budge# (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis) – Title: TBD
4:00-4:15pm – Short talks selected from abstracts TBD
4:45-6:05pm – Young Investigator Session Max Bell Auditorium
Session 11 – Title and Chairs TBD
4:45-5:05pm – Selected Talk TBD
5:05-5:25pm – Selected Talk TBD
5:25-5:45pm – Selected Talk TBD
5:45-6:05pm – Selected Talk TBD
7:00-10:00pm – Banquet Dinner & Awards KC 103
Saturday June 17
7:00-9:30am – Breakfast Vistas Dining Room
Departure
