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Aorta: Structure to Rupture 2022 is less than 20 days away now. Below you can find the final programme and travel information.

Final Programme:

Registration will be open from 9 am. The meeting will commence at 930 am. The final programme can be accessed via the link below:
Aorta Structure to Rupture 2022 – Programme_final

Abstract Booklet:

Aorta Structure to Rupture 2022 – Abstract Booklet

 


Travel Instructions:

The meeting will be held in the Harrison Hughes Building (School of Engineering) with the talks taking place in the Mason Bibby Common Room on the 1st Floor.

If you are travelling by train, you can download a map with the walking route from Liverpool Lime St to Harrison Hughes building:

http://labb-group.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Lime-Street-to-Harrison-Hughes.pdf

Map of the campus can be accessed via:

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/files/docs/maps/liverpool-university-campus-map.pdf 

If you are driving to Liverpool, please be aware that there are limited visitor car park spaces on campus. Locations of the visitor car parks are marked on the campus map above. Below is a summary of nearby public car park spaces in case you are not able to park on campus:

http://labb-group.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Public-Car-Park-Document.pdf

Online Registration

Online registration is required. If you have not yet registered, you can do so via the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aorta-structure-to-rupture-2022-tickets-268077686577 

We are looking forward to welcoming you all to Liverpool on 24th June 2022.



We are pleased to announce that our Aorta: Structure to Rupture meeting will be taking place this year face-to-face at the University of Liverpool on Friday 24th June 2022.

This is an interdisciplinary meeting bringing together clinicians, engineers and life scientists to explore state-of-the-art in aortic pathology research. Key topics this year will include:

  • Biochemistry and biomechanics of ascending/thoracic aneurysms
  • Surgical challenges and risk prediction for dissections and aneurysms
  • Aortic stiffness and vascular ageing
  • Novel bioengineering techniques for vascular research including computational and experimental modelling/testing

We have a number of keynote speakers confirmed including:

Prof. John Elefteriades Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, USA

Prof. Vanessa Diaz Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London

Prof. Yun Xu Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College

Catherine Fowler Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust

Prof. Kennedy Cruickshank King’s College and St Thomas’ & Guy’s Hospitals, London

Dr. Alex Fletcher BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh

We are accepting abstracts for the meeting until 31st March 2022. Abstracts should be submitted online using the following link: https://forms.gle/NWGSh361fWcuc1H97

Registration is required for all attendees: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aorta-structure-to-rupture-2022-tickets-268077686577 

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