Conference
Highlights of the 2026 Taiwan Circulation Research Society (TCRS) & Stanford–Taiwan Joint Meeting.
2025-11-11
TCRS 2026 Speaker Highlights
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31 Internationally Renowned Speakers
Leading scientists in cardiovascular, metabolic, renal, and stem cell/regeneration research, representing top institutions across the US, Europe, and Asia. -
Distinguished Leadership Representation
Featuring 5 members of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Academia Sinica, and 28 Deans, Chancellors, Directors, or Department Chairs from prestigious universities and research institutes in the US, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the Netherlands. -
Global Editorial Leadership
Includes 3 current or interim Editors-in-Chief (Nature Cardiovascular Research, Circulation Research, Cardiovascular Research) and 2 Associate Editors from Circulation and The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). -
Scientific Leadership in the Field
5 current or former AHA–BCVS Chairs, 1 former AHA–ATVB Chair, and multiple international leaders in cardiovascular and metabolic medicine. -
Mentorship & Scientific Excellence
As in 2025, major journal editors will serve as judges for the Young Investigator & Poster Awards, providing direct feedback and mentorship to early-career scientists. -
We warmly invite you to join us and engage with world-class scientists — witness the future of medical discovery at TCRS 2026!
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Register now: https://www.tcrs.org.tw/En/Conference/Register?id=434
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See you at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on March 13–14, 2026!
Program Agenda (March 13, Friday) |
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| 07:30-08:20 | Registration |
Welcome & Opening |
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| 08:20-8:30 | Dr. Huey-Kang Sytwu (司徒惠康院士, NHRI President, Stanford alumnus, AS Academician) Dr. Yijuang Chern (陳儀莊所長, IBMS Director) Dr. Joseph Wu (吳慶明院士, Stanford-CVI Director, US NAM Member) Dr. Patrick Hsieh (謝清河理事長, TCRS President) |
Session 1
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| 08:30-08:50 |
Tzung Hsiai (UCLA)
Light-field imaging to uncover a continuum of mechanotransduction for vascular resilience
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| 08:50-09:10 |
Martin Young (U Alabama, Birmingham)
Adaptation of the maternal heart to pregnancy: There is so much more to learn
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| 09:10-09:30 | Jing-Wei Xiong (Nanchang U, Nanchang) Using chemical biology to approach heart regeneration |
| 09:30-10:00 | Keynote Speech Dale Abel (UCLA; NAS/NAM Member) Hea rt failure in diabetes – Roles of insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction |
Group Photo, Networking & Coffee Break 10:00-10:30 |
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Session 2
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| 10:30-10:50 |
Francis Miller (Vanderbilt U, Nashville; Interim Editor of Circulation Research)
A role of extracellular histones in sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy
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| 10:50-11:10 | Joy Wu (Stanford) Crosstalk between the circulatory system and the skeleton |
| 11:10-11:30 |
Long-Sheng Song (U Iowa, Iowa City)
Multifaceted functions of Junctophilin-2 in the heart
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| 11:30-11:45 Short talk |
Wei Chen 陳緯 (GRC/AS, Taipei)
Biomaterials-Enabled Engineering of Lesional Macrophages in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Therapy
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| 11:45-12:00 Short talk |
Steve Chang (Stanford)
A new genetic model organism for primate cardiovascular research
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Lunch
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Session 3
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| 13:30-14:00 |
Keynote Speech
Zoltan Arany (U Penn, Philadelphia; NAM Member) Insights into how SGLT2 inhibitors protect against heart failure
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| 14:00-14:20 |
Jay Zhang (U Alabama, Birmingham)
FoxM1 promotes cardiomyocyte regeneration in mammalian hearts with post-infarction LV remodeling
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| 14:20-14:40 | Hossein Ardehali (U Arizona, Tucson) Role of iron in cardiovascular disease |
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14:40-14:55
Short talk
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Chi-Ting Su 蘇祺婷 (NTU, Taipei)
TBP4 and the mitochondrial-vascular axis in AKI and CKD
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Poster Session-I (14:55-15:40) |
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Session 4
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| 15:40-16:10 |
TCRS Life-time Achievement Award and Keynote Speech:
Edward Yeh (葉篤行院士, U Arkansas; AS Academician)
Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: Mechanism and Prevention
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| 16:10-16:30 |
Sumanth Prabhu (Washington U, St. Louis)
Alternatively activated macrophages drive parainflammation in heart failure
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16:30-16:45
Short talk
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Yen-Chun Ho 何彥君 (IBMS/AS, Taipei)
Mechanistic regulation of cardiac valve ECM by developmental genes of the vascular valve |
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16:45-17:00
Short talk
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Yuan-Yuan Cheng 鄭媛元 (TMU, Taipei)
Cardiomyocyte Reprogramming for Heart Regeneration
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Banquet (by invitation) |
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Program Agenda (March 14, Saturday) |
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| 07:30-08:00 | Registration |
Session 5
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| 08:00-08:20 | Sean Wu (Stanford) Leveraging developmental mechanisms to engineer cardiac regeneration |
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Changcheng Zhou (UC Riverside)
Like father, like daughter: Epigenetic inheritance of cardiovascular disease
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| 08:40-09:00 |
Tomasz Guzik (U Edinburgh; Editor-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Research)
Beyond the obvious: Insights into hypertension mechanisms and therapeutic targets for vascular and cardiac repair
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| 09:00-09:20 | Maria Kontaridis (Masonic Medical Research Institute, Utica, New York) Myeloid-specific regulation of RhoA in response to cardiac injury and cardiac fibrosis |
Networking & Coffee Break 09:20-09:50 |
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Session 6
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| 09:50-10:20 |
Keynote Speech
Joseph Wu (Stanford; NAM Member) Stem cells, genomics, and AI for NAMs
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| 10:20-10:40 |
Gangjian Qin (SUStech, Shenzhen)
In-vivo tagging, isolation, and characterization of hepatocyte-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEV)
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| 10:40-11:00 |
Vesna Todorovic (Editor-in-Chief of Nature CVR, Berlin)
Nature Cardiovascular Research: building on progress
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| 11:00-11:15 Short Talk |
Chih-Yu Yang (NYCU, Taipei)
Hemodialysis Vascular Access Complications: Causes, Detection, and Prediction |
Session 7: Meeting the Editors (11:15-12:00)
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Lunch Symposium (B1A) |
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Session 8
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| 13:30-14:00 | Keynote Speech Cheryl Anderson (UCSD, NAM Member) Dietary patterns and cardiometabolic risk: epidemiological insights and translational opportunities |
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Rong Tian (U Washington, Seattle)
Migration of Mitochondria Between Cells: Implications in Cardiovascular Health
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| 14:20-14:40 |
Barry London (U Iowa, Iowa City)
Chamber Specific Expression and Remodeling of Cardiac Sodium Channels
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| 14:40-15:00 |
Philip Tsao (Stanford)
Genetic and Epigenetic Influences on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease
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Poster Session-II: presentations by finalists, judged by journal editors (15:00-15:40) |
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Session 9
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| 15:40-16:10 | Keynote Speech Hiroshi Ohno (Riken, Yokohama) Smoking affects gut microbiome and immune system to ameliorate ulcerative colitis |
| 16:10-16:30 | Sean Gibbons (ISB, Seattle) Precision nutrition and the human gut microbiota |
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Gabriele Schiattarella (Charite U Medical Center, Berlin)
Metabolic mechanisms of interorgan crosstalk in HFpEF: From pathogenesis to therapeutic opportunities
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Award Ceremony
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| 16:50-17:20 | TCRS best paper award for the year 2025 Poster Awards |
Closing |
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| 17:20-17:30 | Dr. Joseph Wu (Stanford) Dr. Patrick Hsieh (IBMS) |
Banquet (by invitation) |
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