Lund University Respiratory Network meeting (LURN)
The 16th LURN Conference March 21-22, 2019
“Novel Aspects of Inflammation” - Program PDF
Ystad Saltsjöbad Hotel and Spa, www.ysb.se
9.30-10.00 Coffee
10.00-10.10 Welcome and Introduction - Jonas Erjefält (Lund)
Session 1 ”Airway Inflammation: patients and mechanisms”
Chairs: Leif Bjermer and Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
10.10-10.50
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Jadwiga Wedzicha, London, “Lower airway inflammation and progress of disease”
10.50-11.05 Discussion
11.05-11.45
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Alison Humbles, Cambridge, ”Immunological mechanisms and strategies for targeting the inflammation in asthma and COPD”
11.45-12.00
Discussion
12.00-12.10
Premkumar Siddhuraj, Lund, "Lung tissue microenvironments as determinants of leukocyte infiltration patterns and mast cell plasticity”
12.10-12.15
Discussion
12.15-13.15
Lunch
Session 2 “Novel Insights into Allergic Airway Inflammation”
Chairs: Cecilia Andersson and Cecilia Hagman
13.15-13.45
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Sejal Saglani, London "Pulmonary immunological functions at birth and in early life - key determinants of the development of asthma?”
13.45-14.00
Discussion
14.00-14.10
Julie Weidner, Gothenburg, “Glucocorticoid signaling in different asthma phenotypes – A potential role for mRNA-miRNA interactions”
14.10-14.15
Discussion
14.15-14.35
Vibeke Backer, Copenhagen, “Exercise and inflammation”
14.35-14.45
Discussion
Session 3 “Poster presentations with coffee”
14.45-15.30 (Coffee 14.45, Poster presenters are by their posters 14.50-15.30)
Session 4 “Chronic Inflammation: New Mechanisms and Tools“
Chairs: Anna-Karin Larsson-Callerfelt and Zackarias Söderlund
15.30-16.00
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Ramon Farré, Barcelona, “Mechanical stimuli on stem cells: an important factor in lung regeneration and repair”
16.10-16.25
Discussion
16.25-16.35
Linda Elowsson Rendin, Lund, “Repopulated healthy and IPF lung scaffolds show temporal differences in ECM turnover”
16.35-16.40
Discussion
16.40-17.00
Joakim Dahlin, Stockholm, ”Single-cell transcriptomics reveals the origin and heterogeneity of mast cells”
17.00-17.10
Discussion
19.30 Dinner
07.00 – 8.30 Breakfast
Session 5 “Role of Microbial Exposure in Progression of Respiratory Diseases“
Chairs: Jonas Erjefält and Mandy Menzel
8.30-9.10
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Adnan Custovic, London “Interplay between infection and inflammation”
9.10-9.25
Discussion
9.25-9.35
Samuel Cerps, Lund, “Viral-stimulus production of CCL5 and β-defensin are impaired by house dust mite exposures in bronchial epithelial cells from asthmatics”
9.35-9.40
Discussion
9.40-9.55
Lisa Påhlman, Lund, “Antibodies against bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein is expressed in sputum from cystic fibrosis patients”
9.55-10.00
Discussion
10.00-10.30
Coffee (Check out)
Session 6 “Predicting the Future: Biomarkers of Inflammation”
Chairs: Ellen Tufvesson and Maria Weitoft
10.30-11.00
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Mona Bafadhel, Oxford, “The use of biomarkers for assessment of inflammation and disease activity”
11.00-11.15
Discussion
11.15-11.25
Veronica Ideböhn, Lund, “Measuring changes in exhaled gas composition caused by exposure to irritants”
11.25-11.30
Discussion
11.30-11.50
Henric Olsson, Mölndal, “Identification of a respiratory patient subset defined by lung epithelium IL-6 trans-signalling pathway activation”
11.50-12.00
Discussion
12.00-13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.30
LURN Yearly meeting (Lund Respiratory Network - Årsmöte)
Session 7 “Evaluation of Inflammation using different Imaging Modalities”
Chairs: Irma Mahmutovic-Persson and Abir Nasr
13.30-14.00
HONORARY LURN LECTURE – Sam Bayat, Grenoble, ”Investigating Lung Structure and Function with Synchrotron Light”
14.00-14.15
Discussion
14.15-14.25
Christian Westöö, Lund, “Synchrotron-based phase contrast micro-CT as a novel tool for understanding pulmonary vascular pathobiology and the 3D micro-anatomy of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misaligned pulmonary veins”
14.25-14.30
Discussion
14.30-14.40
Simon Kindvall, Malmö, “Quantification of T1 and oxygen enhanced MRI for lung function”
14.40-14.45
Discussion
14.45
Price ceremony and Concluding remarks – Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson (Lund)
Coffee and Departure
Thank you and Good Bye!
(It is possible to use the SPA in the afternoon)
HONORARY LURN LECTURERS
2018
Professor Peter Barnes (London, UK), Erik Melén, PhD (Stockholm, Sweden), Professor Deborah Jarvis (London, UK), Professor Bengt Björkstén (Stockholm, Sweden), Professor Bruno Crestani (Paris, France)
2017
Professor Ratko Djukanovic (Southampton, UK), Professor Tobias Welte (Hannover, Germany) Madeleine Rådinger, PhD (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Professor Clare Lloyd (London, UK)
2016
Professor Clive Page (London, UK), PhD Janette Burgess, PhD (Groningen, the Netherlands), Professor Michel Aubier (Paris, France), Professor Anna-Carin Olin (Gothenburg, Sweden), Apostolos Bossios, PhD (Stockholm, Sweden) and Professor Martina Schmidt (Groningen, the Netherlands)
HONORARY SANDBERG LECTURERS
2015
Professor Magnus Sköld (Stockholm, Sweden), Professor Sven-Erik Dahlén (Stockholm, Sweden), Melanie Königshoff, PhD (Munich, Germany) and Professor Reinoud Gosens (Groningen, the Netherlands)
2014
Professor Rachel Chambers (London, UK), Professor Gunnar Nilsson (Stockholm, Sweden), Professor Peter Sterk (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Patrick Mallia, PhD (London, UK)
2013
Professor Oliver Eickelberg (Munich, Germany), Professor Pieter S. Hiemstra (Leiden, the Netherlands), Professor Guy G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium) and Andrew McKenzie, PhD (Cambridge, UK)
2012
Professor James C. Hogg (Vancouver, Canada)
2011
Professor Dirkje Postma (Groningen, the Netherlands)
SANDBERG AWARDEES
2014
Professor Michael Benson (Linköping, Sweden)
2012
Professors Anders Blomberg and Thomas Sandström (Umeå, Sweden)
2011
Professors Anders Eklund and Johan Grünewald (Stockholm, Sweden)
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDEES
2018
Linda Elowsson Rendin (Lund, Sweden), Mariam Bagher (Lund, Sweden) and Julie Weidner (Gothenburg, Sweden)
2017
Sara Rolandsson Enes (Lund, Sweden), Emilia Wiklund (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Sangeetha Ramu (Lund, Sweden)
2016
Paula Heinke (Lund, Sweden), Mandy Menzel (Lund, Sweden) and Jörgen Östling, (Gothenburg, Sweden)
2015
Irma Mahmutovic-Persson (Lund, Sweden), Sara Rolandsson (Lund, Sweden) and Rita Costa, (Munich, Germany)
2014
Mandy Menzel (Lund, Sweden), Henning Svensson (Lund, Sweden) and Maria Weitoft (Lund, Sweden)
2013
Yuan Xu (Stockholm, Sweden), Michiko Mori (Lund, Sweden), Sara Rolandsson (Lund, Sweden) and Jenny Calvén (Lund, Sweden)
2012
Emil Tykesson (Lund, Sweden)
2011
Abraham Roos (Stockholm, Sweden)
Ellen Tufvesson, Anna-Karin Larsson-Callerfelt, Cecilia Andersson, Irma Mahmutovic Persson, Lena Uller, Marianne Persson, Leif Bjermer, Jonas Erjefält and Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson
Airsonett, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Chiesi, Glaxo Smith Kline, Novartis, Nowus Healthcare, Teva