About the event
This year, the GfMVB Annual Meeting will take place in the Leopoldina in Halle (Saale), November 12-14, 2026.
We have put together an exciting program covering most up to date aspects of cardiovascular research e.g., responses to damage, vascular dysfunction, repair & remodelling, metabolism and angiogenesis.
During the meeting, there will again be the Emerging Scientist Award session, and the Aletta Jacobs Award session for young female scientists.
Speakers
Scientific program - 3 Days
12 Nov
Welcome and Registration
Opening
Daniel Sedding
Opening
Keynote 1: Endothelial-pericyte metabolic communication
Ingrid Fleming
Endothelial-pericyte metabolic communication
Session 1: New aspects in blood tone regulation
13:30 – 13:50: Dimitry Tsvetkov - PVAT-induced vasodilation, oxylipins, Kv7 channels
13:50 – 14:10: Alexander Nolze - calcineurin in vessel funtion
14:10 – 14:30: Daniela Wenzel - Regulation of pulmonary artery function
14:30 – 14:50: Lubomir Lubomirov - Caldesmon in renal artery function
14:50 – 15:00: Selected talk from abstracts – to be determined #1
Coffee brake
Key note 2
Claudia Nussbaum
T.B.A.
Heart and Brain, bed to bench
16:00– 16:30: Constanze Schmidt - Heart and brain interaction: the clinical perspective
16:30 – 16:50: Julian Wagner - The neurovascular interface in the heart
16:50 – 17:10: Maria-Patapia Zafeiriou - Heart and brain in a dish: electrically excitable cell network
17:10 – 17:30: Selected talk from abstracts – to be determined
Coffee brake
Poster Session 1 (including drinks and snacks)
Get together with wine and chese
Registration fees
Event Location
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina
Venue
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina
Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, 06108, Germany
Address
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina Jägerberg 1 06108 Halle (Saale), Deutschland