Lecture details

For each lecture, we provide a list of keywords indicating the content. The school is dedicated to Networks.

The pdfs of the lecture will be made available here (password required). The list will be completed as we receive the slides.

Lecture 1: B. Levy. Physiology of vascular networks (parts 1 and 2)

Keywords: functional anatomy, diffusion characteristics, anomalies in situations of cardiovascular risks. Microcirculation in hypertension.

Lecture 2: E. Katifori. Modeling transport in complex vascular networks

Keywords: setting up and solving the equations for flow in complex hierarchical networks, optimization principles for the network architecture, modeling self-organization and adaptation in vascular networks, the mathematics of pulsatile flow.

Lecture 3: E. Jones. Morphogenesis of vessels and vascular network. The point of view of the biologist

Keywords: Basic principles of vasculogenesis and angioenesis; mechanosensation from a cellular point of view; vascular remodelling and adaptation to flow.

Lecture 4: V. Fleury. (Morphogenesis of vessels and vascular network. The point of view of the physicist)

Keywords: Vascular morphogenesis, imaging, dynamics, scaling, Monte-Carlo simulation.

Lecture 5: P. Bagchi. Blood circulation in microvascular networks 1

Keywords: Direct simulation of blood cell flow in complex microvascular networks; cell partitioning; development of cell-free layer; wall shear stress; cell deformability.

Lecture 6: M. Tanter. Functional imaging of the micro vascular flow in vivo using functional Ultrasound and Ultrasound Localization Microscopy

Keywords: microscopy, neuroimaging, cardiovascular imaging, ultrasound, neurovascular coupling

Lecture 7: P. Bagchi. Blood circulation in microvascular networks 2

Keywords: Direct simulation of blood cell flow in complex microvascular networks; cell partitioning; development of cell-free layer; wall shear stress; cell deformability.

Lecture 8: A. Molina Pérez. The role of the cessation of blood circulation in the determination of death

Keywords: Blood circulation as a criterion of death; Spontaneous v. artificially supported blood circulation; Circulatory death v. brain death; Irreversible v. permanent cessation of the circulatory function; The concept of biological function; Ethical considerations.

Lecture 9: A. Scherberich. Engineering microvasculature for regenerative medicine

Keywords: Basic principles of tissue engineering and need for vascularization; Adipose-derived cells; Engineering of pre-vascularized tissues (bone, skin, cardiac patches); Stimulation of angiogenesis (cell and gene therapy, developmental engineering); Prefabrication of vascularized bone and clinical applications.

Lecture 10: P. Connes. Pathological blood circulation: the example of sickle cell anemia

Keywords: sickle cell disease, blood rheology, vascular function, inflammation, eryptosis.