YOUNG INVESTIGATORS: BAS (MICHAEL DAVIES) AND BSCR AWARDS A ND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

1. BRITISH ATHEROSCLEROSIS SOCIETY Medical Sciences Teaching Centre - Oxford • Thursday 2 - Friday 3 April 2009 SPRING MEETING PROGRAMME • Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture Speakers and topics include: PATHOLOGY OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE. WHY ARE ONLY SOME PLAQUE RUPTURES LETHAL? WHAT IS A VULNERABLE PLAQUE? Patrick Serruys, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS • HOW REPRESENTATIVE ARE "CULPRIT" PLAQUES? • Allard van der Wal, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS DO WE HAVE AN ANIMAL MODEL OF PLAQUE RUPTURE? SPONTANEOUS PLAQUE RUPTURE IN MICE: REAL OR IMAGINARY? Florian Bea, Heidelberg, GERMANY INDUCED PLAQUE RUPTURE IN MICE: QUICK BUT DIRTY? Erik Biessen, Maastricht, THE NETHERLANDS INSIDE THE UNSTABLE ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE INFLAMMATION AND INSTABILITY: WHICH IS CHICKEN AND WHICH IS EGG? Rob Krams, London, UK CELL DEATH AND CELL SENESCENCE: ROOT CAUSES OR COLLATERAL DAMAGE? Martin Bennett, Cambridge, UK • PLAQUE REPAIR: MORE IMPORTANT THAN PLAQUE RUPTURE? • Allen Burke, Maryland, USA DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE VULNERABLE PLAQUE IMAGING THE WALL, NOT THE LUMEN Andreas König, Munich, GERMANY DO BIOMARKERS TELL YOU ANY MORE THAN YOU ALREADY KNOW? Juan Carlos Kaski, London, UK • DRUGS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION: FROM STATINS TO BEYOND • Andrea Mezzetti, Chieti, ITALY BRITISH ATHEROSCLEROSIS SOCIETY JOHN FRENCH LECTURE MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND THROMBOSIS Robin Choudhury, Oxford, UK (the organisers reserve the right to change the programme) YOUNG INVESTIGATORS: BAS (MICHAEL DAVIES) AND BSCR AWARDS AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS STUDENT BURSARIES: Both the BAS and BSCR will be offering a limited number of student bursaries of up to £200. Applicants must be first or co-authors of abstracts submitted for oral or poster presentation. Application forms can be found on the BAS and BSCR websites. The deadline for bursary applications is Friday 6 February 2009. Priority for award will be given to students whose abstracts are accepted for presentation. PRIZES FOR ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Both Societies traditionally award prizes for the best oral presentations by young investigators (the BAS Michael Davies Young Investigator Award is supported by a grant from the British Heart Foundation). We shall continue this tradition at the meeting and award these prizes to the two best oral presentations in the Young Investigator session on Thursday afternoon. Pre-doctoral student and postdoctoral investigators under the age of 30 from both Societies will be eligible for consideration. When submitting abstracts, please do not forget to state if the first author wishes to be considered for a Young Investigator Award. Both prizes, which are considered equal in stature, will be presented to the winning abstract authors at dinner on Thursday evening. The Young Investigator Award presentation finalists are invited to attend the dinner on Thursday as complimentary guests of the two societies. To apply on line visit - http://www.britathsoc.org/ OR http://www.bscr.org/ DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION - FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2009 - DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION - WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2009 - For a full programme and to register please visit: http://www.britathsoc.org/ OR http://www.bscr.org/ Tel: +44 (0)1922 457 984 Fax: +44 (0)1922 455 238 Email: wheldonevents@btconnect.com