Fellows' Get-Together

Symposium
Chairs: R. Bals (Homburg, Germany), O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Aims: Bring together ERS Fellows who were awarded an ERS Fellowship between 1997 and 2012, as well as experts involved in the reviewing procedure of the applications, and to communicate their experience to anyone interested in applying for an ERS Fellowship. In addition this conference intends to provide a valuable networking platform for young individuals who wish to interact with experienced ERS Officers or who wish to share their experiences with other young fellows. A special focus this year on the topic ?How to build a career?.

Welcome and short introduction by the ERS Research Director of the Fellowship Programmes and a summary of the ERS activities' offer R. Bals (Homburg, Germany)
Ice-breaking cocktail (refreshments, finger food) with Poster-Board Presentations by Marie Curie Fellows of their fellowship's research and results - chaired by Prof. B. Nemery (Leuven, Brussels) Past ERS Scientific Committee Chair, and Prof. O. Eickelberg (Munich, Germany) ERS Conferences and Seminars Director L. Duijts (Rotterdam, Netherlands), L. Mays (Philadelphia, United States of America), B. Spycher (Bern, Switzerland), I. De Kleer (Ghent , Belgium), R. De Paula Vieira (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Oral Presentations by Marie Curie Fellows of their fellowship's experience, professional achievements & career impact: "The immunopathology of allergic asthma in the developing neonatal immune system" (from Utrecht NETHERLANDS to Ghent BELGIUM, 01.09.2009 - 01.09.2010) - special focus on the challenge of staying onsite at the Host Unit in BELGIUM I. De Kleer (Ghent , Belgium)
Oral Presentations by Marie Curie Fellows of their fellowship's experience, professional achievements & career impact: "Evaluation of the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Anti-inflammatory Effects of Aerobic Exercise in a Murine Model of Asthma" (from Sao Paulo BRAZIL to Freiburg GERMANY, 10.07.2010 - 10.07.2011) - special focus on the challenge of returning back to the Home Unit in BRAZIL R. De Paula Vieira (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Report from the bench - views from one Marie Curie Home Supervisor to: A. Boots (from Maastricht NETHERLANDS to Düsseldorf GERMANY, 01.01.2010 - 01.01.2011) "Restoring the redox balance in lung fibrosis with quercetin" A. Bast (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Report from the bench - views from one Marie Curie Host Supervisor to: L. Nuñez-Naveira (from A Coruña SPAIN to London UNITED KINGDOM, 01.05.2010 - 01.05.2011) "Effect of anti-aging molecule SIRT1 defect on anti-oxidative stress capacity in COPD" P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Overview of the EU-FP7 Marie Curie Actions Fellowship Funding Opportunities for Researchers A. Craig (Brussels, Belgium)