Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity in Vascular Development, Disease and Homeostasis

The unique feature of this meeting is a focus on the endothelial cell compartment of the blood and lymphatic vasculature, because it underlies vascular development, sustains vascular function in adults and determines the capacity for repair and regeneration in diseases that affect the vasculature. Topics covered will range from understanding molecular and cellular regulation of endothelial cell diversity in different organs, vessel beds and physiological states to using bioengineering, big data and emerging technical approaches to advance clinical diagnosis and therapies for vascular diseases. A new focus for this meeting will be discussion of sex differences in the endothelium, which are increasingly found to impact on vascular health and disease. By bringing together fundamental, translational and clinical researchers, this conference will catalyze the cross-discipline communication required to make knowledge leaps and to develop effective clinical diagnoses and therapies for diseases that involve the vasculature.