The International Symposium on “Nature’s Pharmacy for a Failing Heart:
Plant-Derived Biomaterials in Cardiac Regeneration” was successfully organized on
11 August 2026 by the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials
(IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Lahore Campus, in direct collaboration with the
University of Strasbourg, France. Funded under the prestigious HEC–PERIDOT
bilateral research grant framework, the symposium served as a multidisciplinary platform bridging
natural product chemistry, biomaterials tissue engineering, and clinical cardiology.
The event brought together international experts, cardiovascular surgeons, research faculty, and
early-career scholars to present cutting-edge strategies for myocardial repair and vascular
regeneration. Key focus areas included plant-derived bioactive compounds, acellular/recellularized
extracellular matrix (ECM) constructs, and bioactive cardiac patches designed to induce endogenous
tissue repair.
The symposium was attended by distinguished faculty members from IRCBM, along with enthusiastic
participation from M.Phil and PhD students from LCWU, GCU, PU, UOL, COMSATS, Minhaj
University, Kingston College Lahore and Khyber Medical University, as well as
Brock University (Ontario, Canada) and participants joining from
Belgium, Türkiye and China.