Congratulations to the 25 international trainees from 15 countries and all Croatian participants who attended the first VascAgeNet training school and thank you to all of the presenters and organisers, especially Prof Ana Jeroncic and Andrea Guala. Thank you to everyone who attended the VascAgeNet working group meeting (both in person in Split and online) for making it a great success. We had very productive days of networking and great
The VascAgeNet animation to explain the concept of vascular ageing is now available in German, Spanish and French as well! Enjoy and share! See https://vascagenet.eu/public-engagement
“Thanks to the Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) of the VascAgeNet COST Action I had the opportunity to participate in the activities of the vascular lab at INSERM and to acquire knowledge about new techniques for the assessment of vascular ageing on small- and medium-sized arteries, and in particular Ultra-High Frequency Ultrasound (UHF-US), an advanced technique that make it possible for the first time to non-invasively and accurately assess hand
Stavria-Artemis Elia, from the Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics Research lab (CVEG) of the Cyprus University of Technology, performed the second Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) of one month at the Laboratory of Primary Health Care, General Medicine and Health Services Research of the School of Medicine of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, under the supervision of Dr. Areti Triantafyllou. She collected and analyzed the results of a qualitative survey, proposed by
We are happy to announce the first VascAgeNet training school, entitled “Vascular ageing: physiological and technical aspects”. It is expected to take place in Split (Croatia) from the 6th to 8th of September 2021. More information can be found here and applications can be submitted here!
What are you working on? Dr. Juan Antonio Moreno is a Principal Investigator. His research includes understanding alterations in the renal and vascular wall to identify new molecules involved in the progression of renal and cardiovascular disease. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Moreno+JA&cauthor_id=30334635
What are you working on? Dr. Martin Bahls is an exercise physiologist. His research includes translational cardiovascular primary and secondary disease prevention. More information can be found here https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=IVxoo08AAAAJ&hl=en
The virtual networking continues! Thank you for the virtual Vienna tour and for all the active participation! On Wednesday (25/06/2021), we did a virtual tram tour through Vienna. Our “tram drivers” Nicole (The Interactivist) and Christopher (Chair of VascAgeNet) guided the participants through Vienna. Nicole presented in the interactive tour lots of information about the history of Vienna with a special focus on medical aspects and the history of wine
What are you working on? Achim Schwarz is an entrepreneur and founder of ALF Distribution GmbH. His interests include identification of innovative approaches for the measurement of vascular ageing and bringing these technologies to the research community. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33470736/
Thank you to everyone who took part in the first Vascular Ageing Awareness Day on June 6th. 31 Countries, spanning the globe, helped us to make the arteries visible! #visiblearteries #vascularage21 #arteryawareness21 Highlights can be found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVGLX94BLdE