Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Working Group Meeting on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3497-23-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 28/05/2023

Date and time	12.06.2023, at: 08:00 - 14.06.2023, at: 18:00
Regular seats	25
Course fee	4,560.00 kr.
Lecturers	Morten Bækgaard Thomsen
ECTS credits	2.10

Contact person	Arnela Saljic E-mail address: arnela@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member universities. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member universities. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1. Have an insight in the front-line research on cardiac ion channels physiology, excitation-contraction coupling, myocardial electrophysiology and related fields of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. 2. Obtain knowledge on topics such as cross talk of atrial fibrillation and heart failure, pharmacology of ion channels and sxchangers in arrhythmia, modelling electrophysiological remodeling, the super-resolution of arrhythmia and electrophysiological remodeling beyond the myocyte. 3. Be able to see novel perspectives for their future research Content The programme will include six session with oral presentations and two poster sessions, covering the recent progress in the field. The symposium will comprise several sessions dealing with hot topics, such as: 1. Cross Talk of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure 2. Pharmacology of Ion channels and exchangers in arrhythmia 3. Modelling Electrophysiological Remodelling 4. The Super-Resolution of Arrhythmia 5. Electrophysiological remodelling beyond the Myocyte These five sessions are organized with one established researcher invited to give an overview presentation for each session. The remainder for the session is reserved for early-career researchers who will be given a podium for presenting their latest and best research. There will be an additional session in which the 11th annual Carmeliet-Coraboeuf-Weidman lecture will be given. This lecture is given an exceptional scientist in the field of cardiac cellular electrophysiology and is named after three of the original researchers in this field. The community will elect the recipient of this prestigious lecture during the spring of 2023. Two poster sessions with anticipated ~100 posters will ensure that a large portion of the symposium attendees have active participation. Finally, there will be a prize giving session, in which prizes will be presented for the best posters and oral presentation given by early career researchers. The main objectives of this symposium are (1) to present front-line research, (2) establish and foster international collaborations, and (3) give PhD students and postdocs from different research fields the opportunity to see novel perspectives for their future research. The invited presenters come from leading academic institutions in Europe and the U.S. All presentations are scheduled to allow for thorough discussions. There will be ample time for networking and establishment of new collaborations at poster sessions and during the social programme. The best posters will be awarded with a poster prize based on predefined criteria (clear hypothesis, technical excellence, clear description of the results and the data to support any conclusions, significance to the field). Travel grants will be available to ensure participation of early career researchers from Eastern and Southern Europe. Scientific background Cardiac cellular electrophysiology is the study of the properties of ionic transport in and out of heart cells. The heart continuously pumps blood to the organism and the electrical properties of the heart ensures a coordinated and efficient pump function. Fatal rhythm disturbances can be the result of a few misbehaving heart cells and it is critical to understand the basic biophysics of the heart cell. The European Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology was founded in the 1970ies and the first meeting took place in Belgium in 1977. The 47th annual meeting will be held in Copenhagen in June 2023. The Working Group provides a friendly and informal environment favoring free exchange of ideas in the fields of cardiac ion channel physiology, excitation-contraction coupling, myocardial electrophysiology and related fields of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. Participants PhD students Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: - Cardiovascular Research Language English Form Lectures, poster presentation, oral presentations Course director Morten Bækgaard Thomsen, lector, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Teachers Internationsl experts within the field of cardiacl cellular electrophysiology Dates 12th-14th of June, 2023 Course location Panum Institute, Copenhagen Registration Please register before 28 May 2023 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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