Preliminary Program
The 2023 NIKKILÄ MEMORIAL LECTURE
Organized by Minna Kaikkonen-Määttä (Finland)
To be announced
Session I - INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
Organized and chaired by Maaike Schilperoort (Netherlands) and Camilla Huse (Norway)
Invited speakers:
Mieke Louwe (Norway)
– The Complement System: a vital player in CVD
Siroon Bekkering (Netherlands)
– Innate immune reprogramming in cardiovascular diseases
Selected oral and poster presentations
Session II - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Organized and chaired by Stefan Stender (Denmark) and Marit Westerterp (Netherlands)
Invited speakers:
George Davey Smith (UK)
– The fundamental principles of Mendelian randomization
Helle Jørgensen (UK)
– Regulation of smooth muscle cell plasticity in vascular disease
Selected oral and poster presentations
Session III - LIPOPROTEINS AND LIPID TRANSPORT
Organized and chaired by Simon Pfisterer (Finland) and Knut Tomas Dalen (Norway)
Invited speakers:
Emily Eden (UK) – The ER:lysosome bridge and the saga of cholesterol transport
Mikko Niemi (Finland) – Pharmacogenetics of lipid-lowering drugs
Selected oral and poster presentations
Session IV - OTHER TOPICS
Organized and chaired by Carolina Hagberg (Sweden) and Kirsten Holven (Norway)
Invited speakers:
Jeanine Roeters van Lennep (Netherlands)
– Of women and men: lipids during the life course
Alexander Bartelt (Germany)
– Novel mechanisms of adipocyte function and metabolism
Selected oral and poster presentations