The emergence of the four-chambered heart and its underlying substructures was a critical event in vertebrate evolution. Comparative studies of the vertebrate cardiovascular system provide insights into the mechanisms that drove the evolution of the four-chambered heart. These insights will eventually lead to understanding clinically relevant malformations and cardiac anomalies.
Organisers:
James Hicks
University of California, Irvine
United States
University of California, Irvine
United States
Antoon Moorman
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Speakers:
The evolution of the vertebrate heart: functional and phylogenetic insights
14.15 - 14.45
14.15 - 14.45
Tobias Wang
Aarhus University
Denmark
Aarhus University
Denmark
Transcription factors regulate cardiac septum formation in the vertebrate evolution
14.45 - 15.00
14.45 - 15.00
Kazuko Koshiba-Takeuchi
The University of Tokyo
Japan
The University of Tokyo
Japan
Development of the cardiac building plan
15.00 - 15.30
15.00 - 15.30
Antoon Moorman
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Evolution of the building plan of the heart
15.30 - 15.45
15.30 - 15.45
Bjarke Jensen
University of Amsterdam and Aarhus University
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam and Aarhus University
Netherlands
The evolving role of the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum
15.45 - 16.15
15.45 - 16.15
Holly Shiels
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
University of Manchester
United Kingdom