In beautiful Riga, Latvia, was held on 14^th to 16^th of May, 2019 the symposium of the Joint Transnational Calls JTC2016 ‘Heart Failure’, JTC2017 ‘Atherosclerosis’ and JTC2018 ‘Transnational Cardiovascular Research Projects driven by Early Career Scientists’.

Talks by our scientists at the Pint of Science festivals in Pamplona (ES), Leuven (BE) and Maastricht (NL)

Pamplona, Spain: 2^nd Meeting of the LYMIT-DIS consortium

The team members met on 19^th-21^st of September 2018 at the CIMA institute in Pamplona, Spain hosted by Partner 5 leader Dr Arantxa Gonzalez-Miqueo.

The Meeting was dedicated to intense & dynamic exchanges on the advancement of Project tasks and deliverables, with special focus on stimulating exchanges of methods and materials between our different teams to further advance the work packages.

Searching an immunology-trained research fellow for a postdoc on immune-lymphatic crosstalk

The aim of our LYMIT-DIS European ERA-CVD project project is to identify and evaluate innovative treatments to limit the cardiac impact of metabolic syndrome and to prevent the transition from cardiac dysfunction to Heart Failure.

The postdoctoral research project will address the links between cardiac inflammation and lymphatics through investigation of the cross-talk that occurs between cardiac lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) and immune cells in expeimental models of cardiac inflammation. The specific aspects that will be developed include a) assessment of chemokine ligand and receptor expression in cardiac LECs and immune cells infiltrating the heart; b) impact on lymphatic endothelium of immune cell-derived modulators (cytokines, lipids).

 Required skills (what you need to know):

• Flow cytometric cell analysis and sorting, expression analyses (sequencing and single cell approaches a plus), immune cell culture, confocal microscopy
• General knowledge in immunology, special knowledge in chemokine signaling a clear plus

 Offered skills (what we may teach you):

• Vascular biology including angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis assays, cardiac physiology, histology & immunohistochemistry, whole mount staining & tissue clarification for 3D imaging, endothelial cell culture, epigenetics, drug delivery
• General knowledge in cardiovascular pathophysiology including gender aspects, skills in European project management & dissemination

Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Deadline 20^th of August 2018

The host laboratory, Inserm U1096, directed by Pr Vincent Richard https://insermu1096.fr/ is focused on evaluations of endothelial and cardiac dysfunctions with the aim to develop novel treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases, especially Heart Failure.

Publication list

Members of the team

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