Thursday 16th April 2026

2026 NCRG - Meeting

2026 Northern Cardiovascular Research group meeting

On campus, University of Hull, HU6 7RX

Register your space today.

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Our invited speakers are:

Plenary Speaker

Dr Richard Walton

Talk: Multi-scale strategies to interrogate the ventricular conduction system

Invited PI Speaker

Dr Caroline Roney

Talk: Cardiac digital twins for in silico trials


Invited PI Speaker

Dr Chris Wilkinson

Talk: Atrial fibrillation: finding it, and associations with frailty

ECR Speaker

Eulashini Chuntharpursat

Talk: Modulation of endothelial PIEZO1 by protein and lipid interactions

Register Today

Registration has now opened for the meeting alongside abstract submission.

Group Meeting Registration

Registration will close 13th Feb, but may close earlier if oversubscribed.

Abstract Registration

Submission will close 4th Feb. Please note that the abstract is text only (< 300-words) and will not be published outside the meeting programme handbook.

2026 NCRG Programme

Please note, this is a draft programme (subject to change).

Timings
Event

09:30 - 09:50

Registration and breakfast refreshments

09:50 - 10:00

Welcome address – Prof Matt Morgan

Session 1

Chair:
Microphone runners:

10:00 - 10:15

Presentation 1 – Selected abstract – 10min talk +5 min Q&A -Hull

10:15 - 10:30

Presentation 2 – selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – Bradford

10:45 - 11:10

Presentation 3 – selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A -Liverpool
Invited PI speaker (clinical science) - Dr Chris Wilkinson, Cardiology Unit at James Cook Hospital Middleborough, and University of York.
‘Atrial fibrillation: finding it, and associations with frailty’

11:10 - 11:45

Mid-morning break and exhibitors

Session 2

Chair:
Microphone runners:

11:45 - 12:00

Presentation 5 – selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – Newcastle

12:00 - 12:15

Presentation 6 – selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – HYMS

12:15 - 12:30

Presentation 7 – selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – Leeds

12:30 - 12:55

Presentation 8 – New and notable- 20min talk + 5 min Q&A
Invited ECR speaker – Eulashini Chuntharpursat, University of Leeds.
‘Modulation of endothelial PIEZO1 by protein and lipid interactions’

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch, networking and exhibitors,
(including poster session 13:30 until 14:30)

Session 3

Chair: Dr Mike Coleman
Microphone runners:

14:30 - 14:45

Presentation 9 – selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A - LYRIC

14:45 - 15:00

Presentation 10 - selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A - Manchester

15:00 - 15:15

Presentation 11 - selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – Liverpool

15:15 - 15:40

Presentation 12 – ‘modelling’ - 20min talk +5 min Q&A
Invited PI speaker - Dr Caroline Roney, Queen Marys University of London.
‘Cardiac digital twins for in silico trials’

15:40 - 16:15

Afternoon break, exhibitors and posters

Session 4

Chair:
Microphone runners:

16:15 - 16:30

Presentation 13 - selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – Leeds

16:30 - 16:45

Presentation 14 - selected abstract - 10min talk +5 min Q&A – Hull

16:45 - 17:25

Presentation 15 – ‘Optical imaging and AF’- 40min talk +5 min Q&A
Plenary speaker – Dr Richard Walton, LYRIC, University of Bordeaux, France
‘Multi-scale strategies to interrogate the ventricular conduction system’

17:25 - 17:30

Prize giving – Best poster and best oral communication

17:30

Close of meeting and dinner

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