Sunday PM

Vascular Development

• Peter Carmeliet - "Analysis of PIGF and VEGF Mutant Mice"
• Kari Alitalo - "A Family of VEGF's and Receptors Involved in Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis"
• George Yancopoulos - "The Angiopoietin Family"

Monday AM

Matrix and Angiogenesis

• Roberto Nicosia - "Endothelial-Stromal Cell Interactions in Angiogenesis"
• Donald R. Senger - "Regulation of VPF/VEGF Directed Angiogenesis by Extracellular Matrix"
• Michael Pepper - "Context and Balance: Paradigms which Reveal Complexity in the Regulation of Angiogenesis"
• David Cheresh - "Integrins, Proteases and Angiogenesis: Therapeutic Implications"
• Marsha Moses - "The Regulation of Neurovascularization by Matrix Metalloproteinases and their Inhibitors"

Monday PM

Pathways of Microvascular Permeability

• Charles Michel - "How Does Microvascular Permeability Increase?"
• Donald McDonald - "Endothelial Permeability and Angiogenesis in Chronic Inflammation"
• Ann Dvorak - "Vesico-Vacuolar Organelles"

Tuesday AM

Growth Factor Regulation

• Robert Kerbel - "Oncogenes and Proto-Oncogenes as Inducers of Tumor Angiogenesis: Biological and Therapeutic Implications"
• Sabine Werner - "Regulation and Function of Growth Factors in Inflammation and Repair"
• Rakesh Jain - "Role of VEGF in Vascular Permeability and Adhesion"
• Werner Risau - "Initiation and Maintenance of Endothelial Phenotypes"

Tuesday PM

Endothelial Cell Signalling

• Carl-Henrik Heldin - "Signaling through PDGF Receptors"
• Martin Schwartz - "Signal Transduction by Integrins"
• Jan Schnitzer - "Caveolae-Mediated Cell Surface Signaling and Transport: New Targets for Drug and Gene Therapy In Vivo"
• Martyn Gabbinck (10 min) - "The Role of Receptor Tyrosine Phosphatase RPTP in Endothelial Cells"

Wednesday AM

Endothelial Cell Regulation

• Luisa Iruela-Arispe - "Regulation of Endothelial Cell Function by Thrombospondin-1 and by Two Novel Members of the Thrombospondin Super-Family of Proteins"
• Bjorn Olsen - "Endothelial Cell Signaling in Vasculogenesis"
• Michael Gimbrone - "Vascular Endothelium, Biomechanical Forces and Gene Regulation"
• Jeffrey Isner - "Therapeutic Angiogenic: Cytokine Enhancement and Stem Cell Grafts"
• Joseph Madri - "ECM/Integrin Mediated Modulation of PECAM-1 Tyrosine Phosphorylation: Implications for Endothelial Migration and Vasculogenesis"

Wednesday PM

Endothelial Cell Interactions with Other Cells I

• Patricia D'Amore - "Cell-cell Interactions in Vascular Development and Differentiation"
• Monika Schmelz - "Complexus Adhaerentes, a Special Type of Adhering Junctions in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells"
• David Paul - "Communication in the Cardiovascular System"

Thursday AM

Endothelial Cell Interactions with Other Cells II

• Denisa Wagner - "Leucocyte Adhesion Receptors in Atherosclerosis and Obesity"
• Gerd Schmid-Schoenbein - "The Response of Leucocytes to Shear Stress"
• David Milstone - "Vascular Endothelial Differentiation and Functional Maturation during Normal Ontogeny and in Differentiated Emryonic Stem Cells"
• Elisabetta Dejana - "Molecular Organization of Endothelial Cell to Cell Junctions and Leucocyte Transmigration"

Thursday PM

Angiogenesis Inhibition

• Napoleane Ferrara - "Regulation of Angiogenesis by VEGF"
• Kenneth Thomas - "Therapeutic Control of Angiogenesis"
• Judah Folkman - "Anti-angiogenic Therapy"