Virtual 2020

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Reflections from the Lung Science 2020 conference

Symposium
Chairs: R. Gosens (Groningen, Netherlands), M. Proesmans (Leuven, Belgium)
Aims: The ERS 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. It offers a unique opportunity to network with peers from across the globe and aims to present cutting-edge abstracts on novel experimental lung research. The Lung Science Conference 2020 took place on March 5-8 in Estoril, Portugal with the overarcing theme metabolic alterations in lung ageing and disease. This session features a selection of scientific presentations that were given at this conferenc. In addition, the session highlights the winners of the William MacNee Award - for young presenters (40 years old or less at the time of the Conference) who submitted an outstanding abstract, and of the Geoffrey Laurent Award - for the Best Oral presentation.

An atlas of the aging lung mapped by single cell transcriptomics and deep tissue proteomics H. Schiller (Munich, Germany)
The promise of mTOR signaling as a therapeutic target for IPF M. Platé (London, United Kingdom)
Itaconate controls the severit of pulmonary fibrosis P. Ogger (London, United Kingdom)
Versatile workflow for storage, characterization and celltype resolved transcriptional and epigenetic profiling of human lung samples R. Jurkowska (Cardiff (Wales), United Kingdom)
Mitochondrial iron in the susceptibility, pathogenesis and progression of COPD S. Cloonan (New York City, United States of America)