Scientific Program

• Plenary Lecture
• Oral Presentaion
• Collaborative Seminar
• State-of-the-Art
• Poster Presentaion

Social Program

• Opening Ceremony
• Congress Dinner
• Daily Trip

Program Outline

Topics of relevance to this meeting include but are not limited to the following:

• Regulatory mechanism of fibrinolysis in the vasculature
• Novel therapeutics targeting the plasminogen system including thrombolytic therapy
• Structure/function of plasminogen, plasminogen activators, receptors, and inhibitors
• Plasminogen activation system & fibrinolytic system in
  • thrombosis & bleeding
  • neurobiology, neuropathology, and stroke
  • vascular biology, angiogenesis, and Blood Brain Barrier
  • tumor biology
  • tissue remodeling and repair, and cell senescence
  • inflammation, fibrosis, infection, and host defense
  • stem cell biology and hematopoiesis
  • trauma
• Novel membrane-associated serine proteases and kringle-containing proteins
• Cell signaling mechanisms in the plasminogen activation system
• Plasmin and plasminogen activators at the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) interface
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
• Bleeding disorders
• New biomarkers for evaluating the plasminogen activation and fibrinolytic system