Awards

Best Paper

Mate Kiss: 
Cell-autonomous regulation of complement C3 by factor H limits macrophage efferocytosis and exacerbates atherosclerosis

 

Katharina Küntzel: 
Monoglyceride Lipase Deficiency Is Associated with Altered Thrombogenesis in Mice

Dimitrios Tsiantoulas, PhD: APRIL limits atherosclerosis by binding to heparan sulfate proteoglycans

Dipl.-Ing.in Lena Tschiderer, BSc PhD: Carotid intima-media thickness progression as surrogate marker for cardiovascular risk: meta-analysis of 119 clinical trials involving 100,667 patients

Egon Demetz, MSc PhD: The hemochromatosis gene Hfe and Kupffer cells control LDL-cholesterol homeostasis and impact on atherosclerosis development

Dimitrios Tsiantoulas, PhD: B Cell–Activating Factor Neutralization Aggravates Atherosclerosis

Stefan Coassin, PhD: A novel but frequent variant in LPA KIV-2 is associated with a pronounced Lp(a) and cardiovascular risk reduction

Best Presentation

Katharina Küntzel: N-acyl taurine, a regulator of adipose tissue function in obesity-related metabolic disease

Melissa Zenker: An APRIL-targeting immunotherapy for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Lucia Zisser: High-throughput approach to identify modulators of vasculo-inflammatory extracellular vesicle release

Viktoria Juhasz: An APRIL-targeting immunotherapy
reduces triglycerides

 

Thomas Koller: IgMs targeting oxidatively modified plaque protein as
determinants of atherothrombotic risk – epidemiological
and molecular insights

Melina Amor:  MMP12: A potential new target for cardiometabolic diseases

Isabella Reinisch: p53 shapes adipose tissue plasticity upon intermittent fasting in obese mice

Johanna F. Schachtl-Rieß: Two frequent variants hidden in the LPA KIV-2 lower lipoprotein(a) concentrations and protect against coronary artery disease

Clemens Engler: Characterization of two novel truncating mutations in the ApoB gene leading to hypobetalipoproteinemia: A pilot study

Isabella Potoschnig:
IL-6 expression initiates cachexia in CHX207 tumor bearing mice

Anna Ondracek, MSc:  NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS INDUCE MCP-1 RELEASE FROM ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AT THE PLAQUE RUPTURE SITE IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Florentina Porsch, MSc: HAEMATOPOIETIC TREM2 DEFICIENCY PROMOTES ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND MODULATES IMMUNE CELL COMPOSITION IN LDLR-/- MICE

PD Dr. Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, PhD: Toll-like receptor 3 mediates the onset of calcific aortic valve disease

Dr. Marion Mussbacher: PLATELET-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF THE INFLAMMATORY NF-B ACTIVATOR IKK2 REDUCES ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND PROTECTS MICE FROM HEPATOSTEATOSIS

Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Claudia Lamina: GENETIC FACTORS EXPLAIN A MAJOR FRACTION OF THE 50% LOWER LIPOPROTEIN(A) CONCENTRATIONS IN FINNS

Florentina Porsch, MSc:  CD22 deficiency reduces plasma triglyceride levels without affecting atherosclerotic lesion size in female Ldlr-/- mice

Best Poster

Thomas Koller: Natural IgM antibodies reduce the prothrombotic potential of posttranslationally modifies collagen

Alina Stockner: Targeting the white adipose tissue mitigates heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Justine Deroissart:
Impact of hyperlipidemia on the circulating IgM repertoire

Julia Stadler:
High-density lipoprotein-related parameters indicate disease severity in
covid-19 patients

Lucia Zisser:
A Pharmacological Screen Reveals Key Mechanisms Behind the Vasculo-
Inflammatory Release of Extracellular Vesicles Enriched in Mitochondrial
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