Centre for Cardiometabolic and Vascular Science

The core goal of the Centre for Cardiometabolic and Vascular Science (CCVS) is to understand the biological mechanisms that control the functions of blood vessels and to translate this knowledge into treatments for cardiovascular and other human diseases.

A major focus of the centre’s research, is understanding how the angiogenic cytokine, VEGF, signals endothelial cells in blood vessels to mediate its vital functions in vertebrates.

Head of Centre

Dr Ines Pineda -Torra

Principal Investigators

Research

A major focus of research in this centre is Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF).

Teaching

The centre supervises the work of PhD students, organises and contributes to several distinguished modules with the School of Life and Medical Sciences. The Centre is willing to hear from prospective students at any time.

Publications

View publications by members of Cardiometabolic and Vascular Science staff.

Techniques

For more details and interest in using these techniques, please contact the appropriate researcher.

News and Events

May 2019 - Our Essential Lab Skills and Molecular Biology Techniques Workshop: from Theory to Bench is taking place on the 2nd to the 5th July 2019. The four-day course will teach you a wide range of techniques used in the lab and is CPD accredited. Places are limited and concessions are availible to UCL staff and students. Please click for more details or contact Sophie by email on s.oliver-styller@ucl.ac.uk

March 2019 - We are pleased to annouce that our centre is hosting Professor Elisabetta Dejana, Professor of General Pathology, University of Milan / Professor at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Sweden. Elisabetta Dejana is a cell biologist and expert on regulation of the vascular system development, she directs the new strategies to inhibit tumor angiogenesis research unit at IFOM, which focuses on development of tumor vasculature. We look forward to her visit of the 9th April 2019.

January 2019 - Last year, members of the CCVS in the Division of Medicine had designed the cover for the American Heart Association monthly at ATCB. This cover is up for an award now, if it is able to garner enough votes. Please take a moment to click and vote for our faboulous August cover of the ATVB made by our colleagues in CCVS.