07.45 – 08.45:

Breakfast

Session I. INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

08.45 – 09.10:

IL-6 signaling in myocardial infarction
Tuva Dahl (Norway)

09.10 – 09.15:

Discussion

09.15 – 09.30:

Characterisation of extracellular traps released by macrophages: a contributing factor to lesion formation in atherosclerosis?
Clare Hawkins (Denmark)

09.30 – 09.45:

Dual elevated remnant cholesterol and low-grade inflammation in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and mortality
Takahito Doi (Denmark)

09.45 – 10.00:

The effect of colchicine on neutrophil function in patients with coronary artery disease: a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled cross-over study
Helin Tercan (The Netherlands) - YIA

10.00 – 10.15:

Imaging macrophages in their natural habitat: Integrated multiplex immunofluorescent and mass spectrometry imaging to dissect atherosclerotic plaque myeloid heterogeneity in its metabolic and cellular context
Pieter Goossens (The Netherlands)

10.15 – 11.15:

Poster Walk (Session I) . Coffee and tea

11.15 – 11.40:

Innate immune reprogramming in cardiovascular diseases
Siroon Bekkering (Netherlands)

11.40 – 11.45:

Discussion

11.45 – 12.00:

Dietary quality and associations to plasma fatty acids and inflammatory markers among Norwegian patients with familial hypercholesterolemia
Kirsten Holven (Norway)

12.00 – 12.15:

PCSK6 ablation in vascular smooth muscle cells promotes abdominal aortic aneurysm development and rupture
Hong Jin (Sweden)

12.15 – 12.30:

Somatic mutations reveal clonal cell populations in atherosclerotic plaques
Lasse Steffensen (Denmark)

12.30 – 13.30:

Lunch

Session II. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 
Chaired by Stefan Stender (Denmark) and Marit Westerterp (Netherlands)

13.30 – 13.55:

The fundamental principles of Mendelian randomization
George Davey Smith (UK)

13.55 – 14.00:

Discussion

14.00 – 14.15:

Statin use and reduced STEMI relative to non-STEMI: a nationwide study in Denmark
Sofie Simony (Denmark) - YIA

14.15 – 14.30:

Plasma levels of CCL21, but not CCL19, independently predict future coronary events in a prospective population-based cohort
Pernilla Katra (Sweden) - YIA

14.30 – 14.45:

Integration of genetic and clinical data, with single-cell transcriptomics of atherosclerotic plaques identifies novel smooth muscle cell genes
Sampath Narayanan (Sweden) - YIA

14.45 – 15.45:

General meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Atherosclerosis Research
Open for all participants, decision on next year’s topics and chairpersons

Afternoon free for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (5 min walk), beach (5 min walk),
Kronborg, the castle of Hamlet (12 min by train) or downtown Copenhagen (50 min by train)

16.30 – 17.30:

The traditional soccer match between countries
Remember to bring sports clothing and suitable footwear

18.15 – 19.15:

Dinner

Session II. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE – continued
Chaired by Stefan Stender (Denmark) and Marit Westerterp (The Netherlands)

19.15 – 19.40:

Regulation of smooth muscle cell plasticity in vascular disease
Helle Jørgensen (UK)

19.40 – 19.45:

Discussion

19.45 – 20.45:

Poster Walk (Session II) . Coffee and tea

20.45 – 21.00:

Normalization for age of death but not coronary heart disease in familial hypercholesterolemia - nationwide study in Denmark from 1978 through 2018
Børge G Nordestgaard (Denmark)

21.00 – 21.15:

Adipocyte-Nfe2l1 protects from cholesterol-induced lipoatrophy and atherosclerosis
Carolin Muley (Germany) - YIA

21.15 – 21.30:

Metabolomic biomarkers compared for different types of cardiovascular events in large general population biobanks
Peter Würtz (Finland)

21.30 – 21.45:

Inverse effects of APOC2 and ANGPTL4 on the conformational dynamics of lid-anchoring structures in lipoprotein lipase
Anni Kumari (Denmark) - YIA

21.45 – 

Pub will be open