Events

7 Dec 2017 - 8 Dec 2017

2017/12/07 (09:00 am – 06:00 pm)2017/12/08 (09:00 am – 06:00 pm)

Charles K. Kao Auditorium, Hong Kong Science Park

Conference Secretariat
phone no.: (852) 3943 5018
email address: christina_leungfp@cuhk.edu.hk

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce that the NSFC/RGC Conference: Cardiovascular Calcium Signaling Pathway: Role in Health and Disease will be held on 7th-8th December 2017 in the Charles K. Kao Auditorium, Hong Kong Science Park. The conference is co-organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKUSZ). Please go to http://www.cvcs-hk.org  for more details.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain a major cause of mortality and morbidity world-wide and in Hong Kong. The CVD prevalence has been increasing due to an ageing population and an increasing level of obesity and diabetes. Calcium signaling plays critical roles in cellular function and is important for life. Calcium ions (Ca2+) are the most versatile second messengers, as many vital physiological processes within the body are controlled by intracellular free Ca2+. Ca2+ enters the cell through Ca2+ channels that may be voltage-operated, ligand-operated or mechanically operated. Ca2+ can also be released from intracellular compartments by second messengers, such as inositol triphosphate (IP3). Indeed most intracellular Ca2+ is stored in the endoplasmic reticulum and release of Ca2+ into the cytosol creates a Ca2+ signal, or Ca2+ “spark”, that can be recorded by using state-of-the-art Ca2+-imaging techniques.

This conference will bring together researchers and clinician scientists in the field of calcium signaling and cardiovascular health and disease from Mainland China and Hong Kong with the primary goal of enhancing our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of Ca2+ signaling in cardiovascular health and diseases. We hope to establish some new or longer-term research collaboration between Hong Kong and Mainland researchers.

We look forward to your participation at the conference.

Yours sincerely,
Jack Wong, PhD
School of Life Sciences, CUHK
Gary Tse, PhD
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK
Kunfu Ouyang, PhD
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School

The conference was substantially supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China / Research Grant Council Joint Research Scheme sponsored by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. N_CUHK453/17).