NRS 1st Young Investigators Symposium
Location:
Utrecht, The Netherlands
9.00- 9.10:
Introduction by Jeroen Hiltermann and Niki Reynaert
9.10-10.30:
Plenary session: Obstructive lung diseases, chaired by Emiel Wouters and Elisabeth Bel
Airway remodelling in asthma: pathology and consequences for physiology.
Salman Siddiqui, Leicester, England
Airway remodelling: pathology and its functional consequences for physiology in COPD.
Bart Vrugt, Groningen, the Netherlands
10.30-11.00:
Coffee break - opportunity for networking
11.00-12.30:
Plenary session: Fibrotic lung diseases, chaired by Jan Grutters and Gerry Wagenaar
Airway remodelling and its pathophysiological consequences in lung fibrosis.
Melanie Köningshoff, München, Germany
Pathophysiological consequences of airway remodelling in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Boris Kramer, Maastricht, the Netherlands
12.30-14.00:
Meet the experts@lunch
14.00-15.30:
Parallel sessions
- Session 1 "The clinical track"-workshop: basic scientists will learn more about clinical symptoms, parameters, and physiology and their connection to mechanisms of remodelling
Workshop leaders: Peter Sterk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Gert-Jan Braunstahl, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Session 2 "The biomedical track"-workshop: clinical researchers/doctors will learn about the use of in vivo/in vitro models to study physiology, pathology and remodelling
Workshop leaders: Machteld Hylkema, Groningen, the Netherlands and Pieter Hiemstra, Leiden, the Netherlands
15.30-16.00:
Coffee break - opportunity for networking
16.00-16.45:
Research is top-sport and you are very likely to win
Marcel Levi, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
16.45-17.00:
Closing remarks by Pieter Hiemstra and Peter Sterk
