Cardiac Autoregulation 2026 Programme
Monday, 05 October 2026 | ||
| 09:00 | Registration | Festive Hall ‘Aula’, Freiburg University |
| 10:00 | Opening and Welcome | |
| Session 1: Methods in Cardiac Heterogeneity Research I | ||
| Chair: tbc | ||
| 10:15 – 11:15 | NanoDynamics | |
| 10:15 – 10:35 | Eva Rog-Zielinska, Freiburg | Heartbeat at the Nano-scale |
| 10:35 – 10:55 | tbc | tbc |
| 10:55 – 11:15 | tbc | tbc |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Electro-Mechanical Crosstalk | |
| 11:15 – 11:35 | Rémi Peyronnet, Freiburg | When Mechanics Tunes the Matrix via Mechanosensitive Channels |
| 11:35 – 11:55 | Ramona Emig, Miami | tbc |
| 11:55 – 12:15 | tbc | tbc |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch (posters on display) | |
| Session 2: Methods in Cardiac Heterogeneity Research II | ||
| Chair: tbc | ||
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Structure-Function Mapping | |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Callum Zgierski-Johnston, Freiburg | Multimodal and Multiscale Imaging to Link Between Coronary Vascular Structure and Reperfusion Arrhythmias |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Laura Bear, Bordeaux | tbc |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | tbc | tbc |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Optical Steering | |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Franziska Schneider-Warme, Freiburg | Illuminating Heterocellular Contributions to Cardiac Electrophysiology |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Eilidh MacDonald, Glasgow | tbc |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | tbc | tbc |
| 15:30 – 16:15 | Coffee break (posters on display) | |
| Session 3: Festive Opening of the Meeting | ||
| Chair: Brigitte Stiller, Freiburg and Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Freiburg | ||
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Stefan Rensing (Pro-Rector), Freiburg Robert Thimme (Pro-Dean), Freiburg Frederik Wenz (Chief Medical Officer), Freiburg | Welcome Addresses |
| Peter Kohl, Freiburg | One Decade of Wet and Dry Research into Cardiac Autoregulation | |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Keynote 1: Natalia Trayanova, Baltimore | Homogeneity out of Heterogeneity: Challenges for Cardiac Modelling |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Keynote 2: Kit Parker, Boston | Heterogeneity into Homogeneity: Challenges for Tissue Engineering |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Wrap-Up | |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Reception | Prometheus Hall |
| 18:30 – 21:00 | Poster Session | |
Tuesday, 06 October 2026 | ||
| 08:30 – … | Registration | Festive Hall ‘Aula’, Freiburg University |
| Session 4: Autoregulatory Principles at the Macro-Scale | ||
| Chair: tbc | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote 3: Jeff Molkentin, Cincinnati | Heterogeneity and Homogeneity of Cardiac Cells in Health and Disease: Challenges for Bioresearch |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Alexander Quinn, Halifax | Mechanics: a Master-Coordinator for Cardiac Autoregulation |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Leonardo Sacconi, Florence | Rate-Dependence of Structural Heterogeneity-Effects: Cardiac Conduction |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | tbc | tbc |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break (posters on display) | |
| Session 5: Autoregulatory Principles at the Micro-Scale | ||
| Chair: tbc | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Keynote 4: Sabine Steffens, München | Lipid Signalling: a Dynamic Affair |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Maretoshi Hirai, Osaka | Fluorescent Reporting of Cardiac Tension |
| 11:50 – 12:10 | tbc | tbc |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Tania Zaglia, Milano | No Stability Without Diversity: Lessons from Cardiac Innervation |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Meeting Photo | |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch (posters on display) | |
| Session 6: Autoregulatory Principles at the Nano-Scale | ||
| Chair: tbc | ||
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Keynote 4: Andrew McCulloch, San Diego | Modelling Sub-Cellular Heterogeneity |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Gary Mirams, Nottingham | Cell-Specific Action Potential Modelling |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Katrin Streckfuß-Bömeke, Würzburg | Drivers of Heterogeneity in Cardiac Cell Differentiation |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | tbc | tbc |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break (posters on display) | |
| Session 7: Plenary Discussion | ||
| Chair: tbc | ||
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Keynote speakers’ summaries Plenary discussion by all | Bainbridge, Frank-Starling, Anrep, et al. a Century Ago: Are we Any Closer to Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Autoregulation? |
| 18:30 | Meeting Dinner | Restaurant Paradies |