Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2026

Save the Date!

We are pleased to announce that “Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2026” will take place once again in Liverpool on Wednesday 3rd June 2026. This is always an exciting inter-disciplinary meeting bringing together engineers, biologists, and clinicians to discuss state-of-the-art research in aortic disease.

We encourage early career researchers to take part and there will be prizes for the best oral and poster presentation from ECRs.

Abstract Submission opens: 5th January 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 30th March 2026

Submit your abstract for oral or poster presenter – https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SR2026.

Location: Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2026 will be held in The Spine. The Spine is also the Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) northern home. The Spine is located in Paddington Village at the heart of the Knowledge Quarter in Liverpool’s City Centre, 5 mins walk away from the University of Liverpool campus and Lime Street Station a 15 minutes walk away.

The Spine takes its name from its striking geometric staircase, which offers panoramic views across Liverpool, as far as Snowdonia (Eryri) and the Pennines, encouraging people to use the stairs.

Confirmed speakers:

Dr Harry (Hal) C Dietz (Victor A. McKusick Professor of Paediatrics, Medicine, and Molecular Biology & Genetics in the Department of Genetic Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Professor Gerhard A. Holzapfel (Professor of Biomechanics – Head of the Institute, Graz University of Technology, Austria)

Thanks to generous support from The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust, the conference is free to attend for all delegates. 

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.