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Welcome to the NRS webinar on Omics in Rare Disease-From Data to Diagnosis!

25 June 12:30-13:30

We are proud to invite Dr. Ewart Kuijk and Dr. Jasper van Genugten to speak on the following topics:

• Functional readouts at the single cell and single organoid level to accelerate therapy development and personalized medicine in Cystic Fibrosis; 
• Decoding Immunotherapy Response in Pleural Mesothelioma: From Biomarkers to Molecular Mechanisms.

NRS Finance Report-General Assembly Meeting

The NRS will report our finances on  25 June 2026 at 13:30, after the NRS bi-monthly webinar.

As an NRS member, it is your right to be informed about our activities and to approve our financial decisions.

The NRS Advanced Technologies Symposium will take place 27 March 2026 in Utrecht.

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Preliminary topics of interest: Airway microbiome analysis, Sex differences in experimental design, Air quality and Machine learning in precision medicine development

The primary target audience of the course consists of PhD students (or Master's students likely to begin a PhD in the respiratory field within the next year) and early-stage postdoctoral fellows with backgrounds in clinical, translational, and/or basic sciences. No further restrictions on admission apply. The course aims to enhance understanding of the broader field of pulmonary research and foster networking within the national professional community.

NRS Webinar-"The Evolving Landscape of Long COVID Care" 12 Feb 2026 12:30-13:30. 

Dr. Laura Kuijpers: Post-COVID Expertise Centers: Bridging Care, Research and Policy

Dr. Nadia Baalbaki: Long COVID: results from the P4O2 COVID-19 study

Dr. Laura Kuijpers works as an internist-infectiologist at the Leiden University Center for Infectious Diseases (LUCID) of the LUMC. She is the coordinator of the post-COVID expertise center in this hospital and she conducts research on regional implementation of transmural care for people with post-COVID, in collaboration with the department of Public Health and Primary Care (PHEG).

Dr. Nadia Baalbaki is a pharmacist and researcher interested in precision medicine approaches for post-infectious diseases. She defended her PhD thesis, “Towards precision medicine for (long) COVID: perspectives on pharmacotherapy and molecular mechanisms,” on 28 February 2025 at the University of Amsterdam. In her current postdoctoral position at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at Amsterdam UMC, she studies the role of the nasal epithelium in long COVID, combining molecular findings with pharmacological repurposing strategies.

The Annual NRS General Assembly Meeting will take place 29 January 2026 at the van der Valk Hotel Utrecht.

We welcome all members to join and celebrate our achievements in the past year.

Save the date for the two-day annual congress: 29-30 Jan 2026.

The Young Investigator Sympoisum will take place 28 November 2025 at Hotel CASA Amsterdam

This year's theme: You are what you (br)eat(he)

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This is a shorter edition of the Dutch Lung Congress, offered in connection with ERS 2025. The full two-day congress will return in January 2026. 

NRS Webinar-"Pollution and airway diseases" 5 June 2025 12:30-13:30. 

Advanced Technology Symposium

Topics of Focus: Spatial transcriptomics and proteomics, Artificial intelligence, Lung tissue culture and Immune cell - epithelium co-culture.

NRS Webinar-"Career Perspectives for Early-Career Respiratory Researchers" 3 April 2025 12:30-13:30. 

Save the date: ‘Symposium Preventie Astma en Allergieën’

On March 10 & 11, 2025, Longfonds and the Leiden University Medical Center will organize the 'Symposium on Prevention of Asthma and Allergies' at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. The symposium will focus entirely on an integrated approach to preventing asthma and allergies.

The NRS National Lung Course is a 3 day course on lung diseases and lung research for those early in their careers. It will take place 12-14 February 2025 at the Hotel Heerlickheijd van Ermelo. Maximum class size: 30 people, first come basis. Registration time frame 27 June to 1 November.

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NRS Webinar-"New Treatment Implications" 6 February 12:30-13:30

Invited speakers

Dr. Emily van ‘t Wout “Novel state-of-the art treatment implications and strategies in AATD”

Prof. Marlies Wijsenbeek “Current insights into the pharmacological treatment of pulmonary fibrosis and a look toward the future”

NRS members can join the NRS webinar for free.

NRS Webinar-"Advances in COPD Exacerbations" 12 December 12:30-13:30.

Invited speakers

Dr. Kiki Waeijen-Smit “COPD exacerbations: cardiopulmonary risk, biomarkers and beyond”

Dr. Anke Lenferink “Tailor-made care and support for patients with exacerbations of COPD and comorbidities”

NRS members can join the NRS webinar for free.

16th Young Investigator Symposium

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29 Nov 2024

NRS Webinar-"Chips in Respiratory Disease" 24 October 12:30-13:30. 

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Anne van der Does “Development of Lung-on-Chip models to study tissue damage and repair”

Prof. Ramon Langen “(Don’t) hold your breath: development of Muscle on Chip devices for respiratory research"
 

NRS members can join the NRS webinar for free.