Editorial - June 2024

Dear colleagues of the Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, 

We hope you are enjoying the Spring after our exciting meeting "Frontiers in CardioVascular Biomedicine”, in Amsterdam. Please find here one of the many pleasant memories of the meeting! 

From left to right: Pascquale Maffia, Gemma Vilahur, Imo Hoeffer, Claudia Goetsch, Isabel Goncalves, Claudia Monaco, Elena Osto, Marie-Luce Piallat, Menno de Winther, Danilo Norata, Konstatinos Stellos 

Our Linkedin group #AtheroMatters is ”alive and kicking”! We are always eager to receive more posts and inspiring interactions, so do spread the word to all potentially interested participants! 

If you are looking for an exciting job, there is an open vacancy for a Research Professor in Atherosclerosis & Therapeutic Approaches at the University of Leuven. Please have a look here

• More suggested readings:  
  Canonical and non-canonical roles of complement in atherosclerosis.  
  Maffia P, Mauro C, Case A, Kemper C.  
  Nat Rev Cardiol. 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1038/s41569-024-01016-y . 
• Century of Milestones and Breakthroughs Related to the Immune Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis. 
  Mallat Z and  Tedgui A Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2024;44:1002–1006. Apr 2024 doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.319397 
• Colchicine’s Role in Cardiovascular Disease Management 
  Buckley LF and Libby P Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2024;44:1031–1041. Originally published 21 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.319851 
• Atherosclerotic plaque-specific methylation biomarkers in plasma cell-free DNA of female and male patients with coronary artery disease Benavente ED, Sakkers TR, van der Harst P,  den Ruijter HM 
  Eur Heart J. 2024 Apr 30:ehae156. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae156.  

This newsletter is, as always, for YOU, so please do recommend papers, conferences, jobs, etc. by sending content to sabel.Goncalves@med.lu.se or Lutgens.Esther@mayo.edu,  subject: WG Atherosclerosis Vascular Biology.   

We hope to hear from you soon and look forward to meeting you at the ESC Congress in London from 30 August to 2 September 2024.

Isabel and Esther 
On behalf of the communication team of the Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology