Oslo University Hospital research seminar Monday February 3rd at 14:30 Novel strategies in heart failure research
The next Oslo University Hospital research seminar is entitled Novel strategies in heart failure research
Time: Monday, February 3rd, 2014, at 14:30-16:00.
Place: Red Auditorium, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 20, Oslo.
Program overview:
K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre highlights of two main lines of research
- Lack of cooperation between regions of the cardiac ventricles as cause of heart failure - mechanisms and treatment possibilities
- Defect heart filling as cause of heart failure mechanisms and treatment possibilities: How to make the heart less stiff?
K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre highlights of two main lines of research
14:30 Introduction
Finn Olav Levy, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oslo (UiO) and OUH.
1. Lack of cooperation between regions of the cardiac ventricles as cause of heart failure - mechanisms and treatment possibilities:
14:40 How impaired electrical activation causes abnormal wall motion
Espen Remme, Institute of Surgical Research, OUH.
15:00 Diagnostics and treatment possibilities
Kristoffer Russell, Department of Cardiology, OUH.
2. Defect heart filling as cause of heart failure mechanisms and treatment possibilities:
How to make the heart less stiff?
15:20 The extracellular matrix and myocardial stiffness
Kate M. Herum, Institute for Experimental Research, UiO and OUH.
How to make the heart relax better?
15:40 How can we modify the elasticity of structural proteins?
Kjetil Wessel Andressen, Department of Pharmacology, UiO and OUH.
Organizers/chairmen: Jan-Bjørn Osnes and Finn Olav Levy, Department of Pharmacology, UiO and OUH.
Everybody is welcome!
Forthcoming OUH research seminars:
03.03: Personalized Cancer Medicine - Same Old Brand New Concept?
24.03: National Core Facility for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells at OUH/UiO: What's in it for you?
07.04: Antibiotics resistance
Meeting announcements and information
On behalf of the organizing committee for OUH research seminars
Alexandre Corthay