Conferences

Metabolic alterations in lung ageing and disease, Estoril 2020

The Lung Science Conference is at the forefront of basic and translational respiratory science and it is an essential event for budding respiratory researchers looking to boost their career.

Educational aims

To present the very best of international lung science research
To highlight new discoveries likely to impact on the future of respiratory medicine
To encourage debate and interaction between young postdoctoral scientists and established investigators

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Metabolic profiling of severe asthma: implications for phenotyping and treatment Craig Wheelock (Stockholm, Sweden)
Long non-coding RNA ADPGK-AS1 controls anti-tumor immunity in macrophages through metabolic modulation Annika Karger (Bad Nauheim, Germany)
Single Cell RNA-seq Reveals Zinc Metabolism Defect of Alveolar Type II Cells with Aging in IPF Carol Liang (Los Angeles, USA)
Mitochondria-targeted H2S suppresses and reverses cigarette smoke-induced inflammasome activity and lung injury in experimental COPD Matt Whiteman (Exeter, United Kingdom)
Mitochondrial metabolism regulates cellular proteostasis Thomas Meul (Munich, Germany)
Mitochondrial iron in the susceptibility, pathogenesis and progression of COPD Suzanne Cloonan (Dublin, Ireland)
Cigarette smoke exposure disrupts the molecular regulation of mitochondrial metabolism in human bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells Christy B.M. Tulen (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Senotherapies for chronic lung disease Peter Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Air space distension precedes spontaneous fibrotic remodeling and impaired cholesterol metabolism in the absence of surfactant protein C Elena Lopez Rodriguez (Berlin, Germany)
Respiratory muscle senescence during chronic lung disease and ageing Joaquim Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
Aging causes alveolar epithelial type II cell dysfunction in acute lung injury Christina Brandenberger (Hannover, Germany)
Versatile workflow for storage, characterization and celltype resolved transcriptional and epigenetic profiling of human lung samples Renata Jurkowska (Heidelberg, Germany)
Caspase-1 activation by cigarette smoke occurs via TLR4/TRIF/caspase-8 axis leading to metabolic alterations in human macrophages Marco Buscetta (Palermo, Italy)
The role of the COPD susceptibility gene FAM13A in barrier function and pro-inflammatory responses of human airway epithelial cells Qing Chen (Groningen, Netherlands)
Validation of AMP-activated protein kinase as a therapeutic target in bronchiectasis Yan Hui Giam (Dundee, United Kingdom)
Itaconate drives the resolution of pulmonary fibrosis Patricia Ogger (London, United Kingdom)
MiR-320d as a regulator of airway inflammation in COPD Mirjam P. Roffel (Groningen, Netherlands)
How to write a convincing research grant Reinoud Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands)
Obtaining a grant to organize an ERS Research Seminar Niki Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)
Your first personal research grant within the ERS fellowship programme Louise Donnelly (London, United Kingdom)
The mitochondrion revisited: an overview of its role in lung inflammation and lung ageing Phil Hansbro (Sydney, Australia)
Linking proteostasis to immune activation in the ageing lung Silke Meiners (Munich, Germany)
Metabolic reprogramming by mesenchymal stem cells as a strategy for lung repair Anna Krasnodembskaya (Belfast, United Kingdom)
Nutritional modulation to correct metabolic alterations in chronic lung disease Annemie Schols (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Poster session 1 Justine Devulder (London, United Kingdom); Iva Hlapcic (Zagreb, Croatia); Anne-Sophie Lamort (Munich, Germany); Xinhui Wu (Groningen, Netherlands); Roy R. Woldhuis (Sydney, Australia); Kirsty Mccallum (Paisley, United Kingdom); Anna Konishcheva (Moscow, Russian Fed.); Julia Frankenberg Garcia (London, United Kingdom); Siavash Mansouri (Bad Nauheim, Germany); Wojciech Langwinski (Poznan, Poland); Alfredo Urtubia (Logroño, Spain); Charalambos Michaeloudes (London, United Kingdom); Mirjam P. Roffel (Ghent, Belgium); Kseniia Suska (Dnipro, Ukraine); Vanessa De Sa (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Qianjiang Hu (Munich, Germany); Ieva Janulaityte (Kaunas, Lithuania); Johnatas Silva (Belfast, United Kingdom); Matthew Lawson (Southampton, United Kingdom); David Rowlands (Cambridge, MA, USA); Xinyuan Wang (Munich, Germany); Eva Delbrel (London, United Kingdom); Pauline Esteves (Bordeaux, France); Mahyar Aghapour (Braunschweig, Germany); Cristina Rodríguez (Barcelona/Girona, Spain); Margarida Cortez e Castro (Lisbon, Portugal); Jonathan R. Baker (London, United Kingdom)
Poster session 2 Yue Su (Belfast, United Kingdom); Ying Wang (Leiden, Netherlands); Claudio Bussi (London, United Kingdom); Diana Santos Ribeiro (Brussels, Belgium); Arlene Glasgow (Dublin, Ireland); Serena Di Vincenzo (Palermo, Italy); Mario Pepe (München, Germany); Marcin Skrzypski (London, United Kingdom); Muriel Pichavant (Lille, France); Catherine Wrench (London, United Kingdom); Ilias Angelidis (Munich, Germany); Maunick Lefin Koloko Ngassie (Groningen, Netherlands); Elodie Picard (Lille, France); Sandra Casas Recasens (Barcelona, Spain); Itsaso Garcia Arcos (New York, USA); Gesa Albers (London, United Kingdom); Susana Seixas (Porto, Portugal); Rachele Invernizzi (London, United Kingdom); Hannelore Van Eeckhoutte (Ghent, Belgium); Niki Reynaert (Burlington, USA); Aina Martin (Palma de Mallorca, Spain); Felix Ritzmann (Homburg/Saarland, Germany); Mareike Lehmann (Munich, Germany); Delphine Guillotin (London, United Kingdom); Nuria Mendoza (Barcelona, Spain); Christoph H. Mayr (Munich, Germany); Ekaterina Legchenko (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Alen Faiz (Ultimo, Australia); Irma Mahmutovic Persson (Malmö, Sweden)