We just returned from the Artery 23 conference, which we have co-organized with the Artery Society and DeGAG. The conference was a full success especially due to all the contributions by and the participation of VascAgeNet participants. Thanks a lot and it was great meeting at the conference! Some highlights were the following sessions and invited talks organized by VascAgeNet: The VascAgeNet Roundtable “Translational Science in Vascular Ageing” with four
Christopher C. Mayer (Chair of VascAgeNet) was invited to the conference “Life Sciences Baltics” (20-21/09/2023; Vilnius, Lithuania, https://lifesciencesbaltics.com/). It was a great opportunity to present VascAgeNet and the results of the COST Action in the invited talk “Vascular ageing: Moving from bench towards bedside”. Thanks to Vaidotas Marozas, Director of the Biomedical Engineering Institute at Kaunas University of Technology (Kaunas, Lithuania) for the opportunity
We are happy to announce that our Science Buddy Program is online!!! It includes educational material for children a virtual letter box to ask our VascAgeNet scientists questions about healthy arteries, healthy living, or just science in general an animation for children, and a cartoon board to explain the overall concept of vascular ageing Please check all information out and interact with us! All can be found here: https://vascagenet.eu/science-buddy-program
After the successful third VascAgeNet training school, we had our annual large WG Meeting in Limassol, Cyprus. The meeting was used to move all VascAgeNet activities forward, to plan new activities, to discuss the future of VascAgeNet, to meet colleagues and friends from all over Europe, to exchange and create new ideas, to enjoy Limsassol, the beach, and to have some social events (e.g., dinner, sport) together. We used the
The 3rd VascAgeNet training school ended today. We welcomed 30 young researchers from 16 EU countries with a broad and excellent training program, and nice social events! Thanks to the COST Association for allowing us to train the next generation of researchers in vascular ageing! Thanks to the speakers, participants, organizers and the local organizing committee!!!5
Save the dates!!! World Vascular Ageing Week 2023 will be taking place from May 8th-12th. More information can be found here. #vascularage23 #makethearteriesvisible @ArterySociety @MayMeasureOrg @ISHBP3
We are delighted to introduce the VascAgeNet Science Buddy Logo! The design is traced from the amazing winning entry of our 2022 children’s drawing competition, by Millie from the UK. Stay tuned for more exciting news about our children’s science buddy program that is coming soon.
Happy International Women’s Day from COST Action VascAgeNet! Thank you to all members for creating an inclusive culture and supporting all talented researchers and innovators #EmbraceEquity
Save-the-date for Artery 23 from 5th to 7th of Ocober 2023 in Bonn, Germany. This year’s conference will be jointly organized by the Artery Society, the DeGAG (Gesellschaft für Arterielle Gefäßsteifigkeit) and VascAgeNet. More information will follow! Stay tuned at https://www.arterysociety.org/our-activities-2/our-conference/!
The applications for the third training school organised by VascAgeNet are now open and will close the 10th of February 2023 at 5 PM CET. The training school will take place at the Poseidonia Hotel in Limassol (Cyprus) between the 8th and 10th May 23. Find all information about the training school here: https://vascagenet.eu/training-schools