VAC 2025

program

Day 3 Thursday 2 February

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Chair: Michael Potente

8.30 – 9.10

The Dos and Don’ts of Shaping a Blood Vessel Network

Holger Gerhardt Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany

9.10 – 9.15

Patient story

SESSION ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATIONS & RAS-MAPK SIGNALING

Chairs: Roberto Latini and Marle Kraft

9.15 – 9.45

Cell-cell communication during arteriovenous specification

Ralf Adams Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany

9.45 – 10.00

Novel insights on the mechanisms of formation and resolution of arteriovenous malformations

Claudio Franco University of Lisbon, Portugal

10.00– 10.30

Decoding the molecular mechanisms of mutant KRAS-driven brain arteriovenous malformations

Jason Fish University of Toronto, Canada

10.30 – 10.50

Coffee break

10.50 – 11.05

Functional Testing of Novel Mosaic RIT1 Mutations Identified in Patients with Arteriovenous Malformations Paves the Way for Targeted Therapy

Friedrich Kapp Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Germany

11.05 – 11.35

Mechanisms Underlying the Progression and Regression of Arteriovenous Malformation

Rong Wang University of California San Francisco, USA

11.35 – 11.50

Single-cell dissection of human brain arteriovenous malformations

Ethan Winkler University of California San Francisco, USA

11.50 – 12.10

Theranostic management of AVMs

Laurence Boon Centre for Vascular Malformations, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium


POSTER TEASERS

Chairs: Roberto Latini and Marle Kraft

12.10 – 12.15

Endoglin cell-autonomously restricts venous endothelial cell size to prevent arteriovenous malformations in zebrafish

Zeenat Diwan University of Pennsylvania, USA

12.15 – 12.20

ALK1 is critical for maintenance of pulmonary and liver endothelium integrity

Nicolas Ricard Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, France

12.20 – 12.25

Dysfunctional BMP-9/ALK-1 contributes to angiogenic vessel remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

Nihel Berrebeh Université Paris-Saclay, France

12.25 – 13.05

Lunch

POSTER SESSION

13.05 – 14.25

Poster session 2 (odd numbers + teasers of Thursday)

14.25 – 14.30

Patient story

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Chair: Lars Jakobsson

14.30 – 15.10

Lymphatic vessel type-specific functions of BMP signaling

An Zwijsen KU Leuven, Belgium

SESSION HEREDITARY HAEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA (HHT) / BMP

Chairs: Mat François and Murat Alpaslan

15.10 – 15.30

Links between BMP9 & BMP10 and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

Sabine Bailly VA Cure – Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, CEA, France

15.30 – 15.45

Heterozygous ALK1-mutated endothelial cells display normal transcriptomic responses to BMP9 and BMP10 supporting the need of second hit for driving HHT pathogenesis

Tala Al Tabosh VA Cure – Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, CEA, France

15.45 – 16.00

Klf4 is a key determinant factor for AVM pathogenesis in HHT-JP mouse model

Roxana Ola Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany

16.00 – 16.15

Induced-cell cycle arrest prevents arterio-venous malformations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Gael Genet University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

16.15 – 16.35

Coffee break

16.35 – 16.55

Regulation of vessel size – knowledge from the malforming vasculature in HHT1

Lars Jakobsson VA Cure – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

16.55 – 17.10

Deciphering early phosphoproteome changes in response to BMP9 and BMP10 in endothelial cells

Mohammad Al Tarrass Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, CEA, France

17.10 – 17.40

Clinical trials in HHT

Sophie Dupuis-Girod HHT Reference center, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM U1292, France

CAREER OPTIONS SESSION

Chair: Joseph Lim

17.40 – 18.30

Career options for scientists outside academia. Panel members:

Iiro EEROLA Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, Brussels, Belgium

Jamila LOUAHED VP Head of Vaccines Global Research and Development, Belgium R&D center, GSK Vaccines

Bethan Phillips Publisher Vascular Biology, Bioscientifica

Congress dinner at Hotel Le Plaza

Day 3 Thursday 2 February

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Chair: Michael Potente

8.30 – 9.10

The Dos and Don’ts of Shaping a Blood Vessel Network

Holger Gerhardt Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany

9.10 – 9.15

Patient story

SESSION ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATIONS & RAS-MAPK SIGNALING

Chairs: Roberto Latini and Marle Kraft

9.15 – 9.45

Cell-cell communication during arteriovenous specification

Ralf Adams Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany

9.45 – 10.00

Novel insights on the mechanisms of formation and resolution of arteriovenous malformations

Claudio Franco University of Lisbon, Portugal

10.00– 10.30

Decoding the molecular mechanisms of mutant KRAS-driven brain arteriovenous malformations

Jason Fish University of Toronto, Canada

10.30 – 10.50

Coffee break

10.50 – 11.05

Functional Testing of Novel Mosaic RIT1 Mutations Identified in Patients with Arteriovenous Malformations Paves the Way for Targeted Therapy

Friedrich Kapp Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center – University of Freiburg, Germany

11.05 – 11.35

Mechanisms Underlying the Progression and Regression of Arteriovenous Malformation

Rong Wang University of California San Francisco, USA

11.35 – 11.50

Single-cell dissection of human brain arteriovenous malformations

Ethan Winkler University of California San Francisco, USA

11.50 – 12.10

Theranostic management of AVMs

Laurence Boon Centre for Vascular Malformations, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium


POSTER TEASERS

Chairs: Roberto Latini and Marle Kraft

12.10 – 12.15

Endoglin cell-autonomously restricts venous endothelial cell size to prevent arteriovenous malformations in zebrafish

Zeenat Diwan University of Pennsylvania, USA

12.15 – 12.20

ALK1 is critical for maintenance of pulmonary and liver endothelium integrity

Nicolas Ricard Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, France

12.20 – 12.25

Dysfunctional BMP-9/ALK-1 contributes to angiogenic vessel remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

Nihel Berrebeh Université Paris-Saclay, France

12.25 – 13.05

Lunch

POSTER SESSION

13.05 – 14.25

Poster session 2 (odd numbers + teasers of Thursday)

14.25 – 14.30

Patient story

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Chair: Lars Jakobsson

14.30 – 15.10

Lymphatic vessel type-specific functions of BMP signaling

An Zwijsen KU Leuven, Belgium

SESSION HEREDITARY HAEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA (HHT) / BMP

Chairs: Mat François and Murat Alpaslan

15.10 – 15.30

Links between BMP9 & BMP10 and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

Sabine Bailly VA Cure – Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, CEA, France

15.30 – 15.45

Heterozygous ALK1-mutated endothelial cells display normal transcriptomic responses to BMP9 and BMP10 supporting the need of second hit for driving HHT pathogenesis

Tala Al Tabosh VA Cure – Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, CEA, France

15.45 – 16.00

Klf4 is a key determinant factor for AVM pathogenesis in HHT-JP mouse model

Roxana Ola Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany

16.00 – 16.15

Induced-cell cycle arrest prevents arterio-venous malformations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Gael Genet University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

16.15 – 16.35

Coffee break

16.35 – 16.55

Regulation of vessel size – knowledge from the malforming vasculature in HHT1

Lars Jakobsson VA Cure – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

16.55 – 17.10

Deciphering early phosphoproteome changes in response to BMP9 and BMP10 in endothelial cells

Mohammad Al Tarrass Grenoble Alpes University, INSERM UMR1292, CEA, France

17.10 – 17.40

Clinical trials in HHT

Sophie Dupuis-Girod HHT Reference center, Hospices Civils de Lyon, INSERM U1292, France

CAREER OPTIONS SESSION

Chair: Joseph Lim

17.40 – 18.30

Career options for scientists outside academia. Panel members:

Iiro EEROLA Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, Brussels, Belgium

Jamila LOUAHED VP Head of Vaccines Global Research and Development, Belgium R&D center, GSK Vaccines

Bethan Phillips Publisher Vascular Biology, Bioscientifica

Congress dinner at Hotel Le Plaza