Research Seminars

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Research Seminars gather a small number (20 to 100) of well-established and preferably young investigators to address scientific topics in depth and help break new ground. Research Seminars take place over two days in easy-to-reach European cities. They are scientific Seminars involving recently published work and research in progress. Participation is fully supported by the budget granted by the ERS.

Genetics, epigenetics and exposomics: novel methods to study gene-by-environment interactions

The contribution of genetic factors to development of asthma and COPD is very complex and interactions between different genes, or between genes and the environment, complicate inferences even further. The number of studies incorporating gene-environment interactions is increasing and it becomes more and more clear that genetics do not explain all the inheritance associated with asthma and COPD and that environmental exposures such as cigarette smoking and air pollution can affect the susceptibility and severity of airways disease.

This Research Seminar gathered experts ranging from epidemiologists to mathematicians, from clinicians to environmental experts; and researchers involved or interested in studying the effects of genes and/or environmental exposures as determinants for onset and course of chronic respiratory disease.

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The best statistical approaches for analysis of GWIS Florence Demenais (Paris, France)
Implications of the exposome for exposure science Jelle Vlaanderen (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Epigenetic effects of occupational exposure (nanomaterials); from the bench to the work floor Peter Hoet (Heverlee, Belgium)
New possibilities in exposure assessment for microbial agents Dick Heederik (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Transgenerational effects of exposures Cecilie Svanes (Bergen, Norway)
From genetical genomics to system genetics: application in asthma/COPD Luc Janss (Leiden, Netherlands)
Network-based gene-set enrichment analysis Rosa Faner Canet (Barcelona, Spain)
Integrating it all: systems biology Josep Roca (Barcelona, Spain)