The Rembrandt Symposium is dedicated to promote the exchange of recent research findings. All researchers who submitted an abstract present their work in oral and blitz presentations, either plenary or parallel. 14 young researchers were selected for an oral talk in the Sorbonne room, and others were given the opportunity to present their work in an blitz session. Parallel sessions were organized in the themes Cardiovascular
Diseases (CVD) and Regeneration, Vascular Biology & Metabolic Aspects of CVD and Arrhythmias, Thrombosis, Stroke and In vitro systems. In between sessions, there was the opportunity to network, socialize and enjoy a good cup of coffee or tea. Importantly, all participants could enjoy a pleasant lunch with good sandwiches, wraps and soup.
Keynote lectures were given by Keynote lecture Prof. Dr. Jeroen Eikenboom (LUMC), Prof. Dr. Ferdinand LeNoble (Karlsruhe, Germany) and dr. Jan Willem Buikema (Amsterdam UMC).
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The day ended with an award session for the speakers at the symposium, the HeART in science award and the Rembrandt PhD grant. For the HeART in Science award, researchers could submit an image or photograph with both scientific as well as aesthetic value. The Rembrandt Grant is meant to stimulate collaboration between the two cities, and researchers from Amsterdam UMC and LUMC had to submit collaborative a project together: the PhD student from the grant will be settled in an interconnected PhD program taking place in both Leiden and Amsterdam.
The award winners are announced below:
Rembrandt Grants
Dr J. Hjortnaes and Dr J.W. Buikema
''Unload the Ventricle: Unmasking the Regenerative Capacity of the Heart''
Dr A. Egorova and Dr N. Hauck-Weber
‘’Mechanisms of the beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibitors in the ‘forgotten’ right ventricular heart failure: role of endothelial activation and inflammation’’
Best oral presentation session 1
Max Grönloh
Best oral presentation session 1
Kayleigh van Dijk
Best blitz presentations
Elizaveta Polyakova, Beau Neep and Rushd Al-Shama
HeART in Science
Merel Tebbens - Celestial Map:
