ISHR-ES 2026, 39TH Annual Meeting of the International Society for Heart Research European Section. Monday 22 June - Thursday 25 June, University of Birmingham UK. Logos of the University of Birmingham and the International Society for Heart Research, European Section

Conference Chairs 

Dunja Aksentijevic
Queen Mary University London, UK

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Luc Bertrand
University of Louvain, Belgium

Sveva Bollini
University of Genova,
Italy

Bianca Brundel
Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands

Lucie Carrier
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Michael Coleman
University of Leeds,
UK

Friederike Cuello
University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Germany

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Sean Davidson
University College London, UK

Thomas Eschenhagen
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Carlo Gabiele Tocchetti
Federico II University Hospital, Italy

Katja Gehmlich
University of Birmingham, UK

Mauro Giacca
King's College London,
UK

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Ralf Gilsbach
Heidelberg University, Germany

Monika Gladka
University Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mauro Giacca
King's College London,
UK

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Ana-Maria Gomez
University of Paris-Sud 11 UMR-S 1180, France

Asa Gustafsson
University of California, San Diego, USA

Nazha Hamdani
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

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Lisa Heather
University of Oxford,
UK

Yu Huang
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jean-Sebastien Hulot
PARCC INSERM U970 European Hospital Georges Pompidou APHP, Paris, France

Yu Huang
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Marinos Kallikourdis
Humanitas University,
Italy

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Nina Kaludercic
University of Padova,
Italy

Elise Kessler


Lorrie Krishenbaum

Petra Kleinbongard

Jonathan Lambert
University of Padova,
Italy

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Frank Lezoualc'h
Inserm/UPS UMR 1297, Univesity of Toulouse, France


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Christoph Maack
University Hospital of Würzburg,
Germany 

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Alice Marino
UCLouvain,
Belgium

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Manuel Mayr
Imperial College London, UK


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Julie McMullen
Heart Research Institute, 
Australia

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Delphine Mika
University of Paris-Sud 11 UMR-S 1180,
France

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Mélanie Paillard
University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

Ines Pires
University of Porto, Portugal

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Rebecca Ritchie
Monash University, 
Australia

Llew Roderick
KU Leuven,
Belgium

Yoshihiko Saito

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Gabriele Schiattarella
Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

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Simon Sedej
Medical University of Graz, Austria

Miron Sopic

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Jolanda van der Velden
Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands


Ying Yu

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Serena Zacchigna
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy

Bin Zhou






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