Joint UK/SA Cardiovascular Research Workshop

In collaboration with the British Society for Cardiovascular Research (BSCR), the South African Society for Cardiovascular Research (SASCAR) is organizing a joint workshop, which will be held in London, 6-10th December 2010. The main purpose of this 1st Joint UK/SA Cardiovascular Research Workshop is to highlight the work of our young researchers and to promote fruitful cardiovascular research collaborations between the United Kingdom and South Africa. The main research themes of the workshop have been chosen to represent the major overlapping research interests in UK and South Africa, and will include myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart failure, diabetes and hypertension and its cardiovascular effects. A highly impressive panel of UK guest speakers will participate in this workshop, as well as three senior researchers from South Africa. HeFSSA will be supporting one PhD student from an academic institution in South Africa to attend this workshop and present their data in the UK. Our UK guest speakers have also agreed to afford these young researchers the opportunity to visit and spend time in their research laboratories over a 4-day period.