Preliminary Program

 

The 2020 NIKKILÄ MEMORIAL LECTURE

Organized by Katariina Öörnii (Finland)
To be announced

Session - INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Organized and chaired by Clare Hawkins (Denmark) and Patrick Rensen (Netherlands) (Norway)

Invited speakers:

Esther Lutgens (Netherlands) – Immune cell communication in atherosclerosis

Imran Rashid (USA) – MPO to inhibit vascular inflammation and atherothrombotic disease

Selected oral and poster presentations

 

Session - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Organized and chaired by Riikka Kivelä (Finland) and Kirsten Holven (Norway)

Invited speakers:

Philip Calder (United Kingdom) – Do omega-3 have a role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease?

Ulrik Wisløff (Norway) – Exercise in the treatment and prevention of CVD

Selected oral and poster presentations

 

Session - LIPOPROTEINS AND LIPID TRANSPORT

Organized and chaired by Matteo Pedrelli (Sweden) and Minna Kaikkonen- Määttä (Finland)

Invited speakers:

Giuseppe Danilo Norata (Italy) – Role of PCSK9 beyond the liver

Samuli Ripatti (Finland) – Genetics of atherosclerosis and risk factors modifying serum lipid levels and metabolites


Selected oral and poster presentations

 

Session - OTHER TOPICS

Organized and chaired by Frida Emanuelsson (Denmark) and Monique Mulder (Netherlands)

Invited speakers:

Folkert Kuipers (Netherlands) – A mouse model humanized for bile acids

Philip Shaul (USA) – Endothelial cell LDL transcytosis: new implications for atherosclerosis research and treatment


Selected oral and poster presentations