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

Wednesday 24 June 2026 


Time Session/Location
08:00 - 09:00   ISHR-INT Council Meeting - Room 202
08:00 - 09:00   Registration and Refreshments - Foyers of Teaching and Learning Building
09:00 - 10:00                                   Plenary Session 3 - Lecture Theatre 1
Professor Mike Murphy (University of Cambridge)
Keith Reimer Lecture 
10:00 - 10:30  ISHR General Assembly - Lecture Theatre 1 
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Break - Foyers of Teaching and Learning Building
                           Lecture Theatre 1 - Teaching and Learning Building
Lecture Theatre 2 - Teaching and Learning Building 
G15 - Muirhead Tower
11:00 - 12:30                                                                                          Session 16
Pathophysiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Aging

Invited Speakers:

Ippei Shimizu
Ageing and senescence what is the difference?



Yohan Santin 
Lysosomal alkanylisation: a new driver of cardiomyocyte senescence

Jeanne Mialet-Perez Mitochondrial dynamics in cardiac aging

Selected Abstracts:

Ezechiel Agbegbo
cAMP nuclear signalosome promotes senescence and inflammation during cardiac aging

Jose Sanchez-Alonso
Innervation remodels cardiomyocyte excitation–contraction coupling,
ion channel organisation, and protects against senescence-associated dysfunction

Session Chairs:
Frank Lezoualc’h
Serena Zacchigna
Session 17
Mitochondria in Cardiovascular Disease


Invited Speakers:

John Elrod
Discovery of an Integrated Signaling System Regulating Ca2+-Dependent Mitochondrial Metabolons

Aleksandra Trifunovic
Mitochondrial stress signals and unexpected cellular adaptations

Martina Semenzato
Opa1 in the heart: a role in autophagy

Selected Abstracts:

Tibor Maske
Pressure overload-induced mitochondrial oxidative stress impairs cardiac energetics and drives right ventricular failure

Sarah-Lena Puhl
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species determine murine macrophage responses to pressure-overload




Session Chairs:

Asa Gustafsson
Nina Kaludercic
Session 18
The Vascular side of Heart Failure



Invited Speakers:

Stéphane Germain
ANGPTL4, a multifaceted protein at the cross-talk between metabolism and cardiovascular disorders


Mairi Brittan
Mapping the developing human cardiac endothelium at single-cell resolution 

Paola Cattaneo 
Role of perycytes/fibroblasts


Selected Abstracts:

Manon Restituito
Interplay between O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase: consequences on vascular stress response

TBC








Session Chairs:

Niels Voigt

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Session 4
13:00 - 14:00 Meet the Editors - Lecture Theatre 2
                           Lecture Theatre 1 - Teaching and Learning Building
Lecture Theatre 2 - Teaching and Learning Building 
G15 - Muirhead Tower
14:00 - 15:30                               Session 19
Cardiovascular Impact of New Antidiabetic Drugs: Mechanisms and Clinical Translation

Invited Speakers:

Viktória E Tóth 
GLP-1 from bench to bedside


Panagiota Efstathia Nikolaou
Cardioprotective Mechanisms of SGLT2 Inhibitors: Beyond Glycaemia

David Lefer 
SGLT2i mechanisms of actions in HF

Selected Abstracts:

Mengnan Wang
GLP-1 receptor agonist
Semaglutide mitigates disturbed flow-induced oxidative stress through NCX inhibition in
human coronary artery endothelial cells, independent of GLP-1 receptor

TBC

Session Chairs:
Christoph Maack
TBC
Session 20
Bioengineering and Organoids in Cardiovascular Disease



Invited Speakers:

Katrin Streckfuss-Bömeke
Optimizing metabolic and electrical maturation in iPSC and cardiac organoids

Filipo Perbellini
Living myocardial slices as Heart Disease Model




Twan de Vries 
Deciphering arrhythmias using human preclinical models

Selected Abstracts:

Federica D'Ettorre
Patient-specific iPSC-derived cardiac microtissues capture early molecular and cellular changes in Friedreich’s Ataxia cardiomyopathy





TBC


Session Chairs:
Katja Gehmlich 
Jean-Sebastian Hulot
Session 21
Ca Channel Chit Chat in CM Pathophysiology



Invited Speakers:

Christian Soeller 
Ryr clustering and calcium microdomains - analysed by minflux super resolution microscopy

Leonardo Sacconi
Calcium dynamics - from the sub cellular to the tissue level



Cristina Molina
Ca2+ release control by cAMP microdomains

Selected Abstracts:

Shuai Luo
Pro-Arrhythmic Mechanisms of the RyR2-C2277R Mutation in CPVT Revealed by Patient-Derived iPSC-Cardiomyocytes






TBC

Session Chairs:
Delphine Mika
Ana-Maria Gomez
15:30 - 16:00   Refreshment Break - Foyers of Teaching and Learning Building

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