Notícia

De 14 a 16 de Março de 2008 Portugal vai receber a 6ª Conferência Científica da European Respiratory Society (ERS) sobre o tema do Pulmão.

«Lung Injury, Repair and Remodelling» será o assunto central do evento, que decorrerá no Hotel Palácio, no Estoril.

Objectivos da Conferência
O website da European Respiratory Society apresenta os principais propósitos desta iniciativa:
- To present the very best of international lung science research
- To highlight new discoveries likely to impact on the future of respiratory medicine
- To focus on key mechanisms in the pathogenesis of respiratory pathology
- Mentorship: to encourage debate and interaction between young post-doctoral scientists and established investigators

Programa Científico

Friday - March 14, 2008

08:45 – 09:30 Opening Lecture
Salvador Moncada (London, GB)

09:30 – 12:00 SESSION I: Trigger mechanisms of lung injury – Part I

        09:30 – 10:00 The role of oxidative stress in COPD
       Peter J. Barnes (London, GB)

       10:00 – 10:15 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       10:15 – 10:45 Coffee

       10:45 – 11:15 Chitinases and chitinase-like molecules in Th2 inflammation and asthma
       Jack Elias (New Haven, USA)

       11:15 – 11:30 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       11:30 – 12:00 Endothelial barrier function during lung injury
       Joe G.N. Garcia (Chicago, USA)

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30– 15:00 SESSION II: Trigger mechanisms of lung injury – Part II

       13:30 – 13:45 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       13:45 – 14:15 Genetic susceptibility to asthma/airway remodelling
       Stephen T. Holgate (Southampton, UK)

       14:15 – 14:30 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       14:30 – 15:00 Cigarette smoke, antioxidant enzymes, and antioxidant strategies in airway diseases
       Vuokko Kinnula (Helsinki, Finland)

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee

15:30 – 17:30 SESSION III: Cellular responses to injury – Part I: Resident cell fate determinants

       15:30 – 16:00 Mechanisms of apoptosis in respiratory disease
       Kazuyoshi Kuwano (Tokyo, Japan)

       16:00 – 16:15 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       16:15 – 16:45 Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung injury
       Hal A. Chapman (San Francisco, USA)

       16:45 – 17:00 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

        17:00 – 17:30 Protein C anticoagulant activity in relation to anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic activities
       John Griffin (La Jolla, USA)

17:30 – 19:15 Poster discussion sessions

19:45
Reception & Dinner

Saturday - March 15, 2008

08:30 – 09:15 The Ingredients of a successful physician-scientist
Werner Seeger (Giessen, Germany)

09:15 – 11:15 SESSION IV: Cellular response to lung injury – Part II: Cellular recruitment mechanisms

        09:15 – 09:45 Cellular recruitment mechanisms following lung injury
       Cory Hogaboam (Ann Arbor, USA)

       09:45 – 10:00 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       10:00 – 10:30 Function of the myofibroblast during tissue repair
       Boris Hinz (Lausanne, Switzerland)

       10:30 – 11:00 Coffee

       11:00 – 11:15 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

11:15 – 11:45 The contribution of bone marrow derived progenitor cells to lung remodeling
Robert Strieter (Charlottesville, USA)

11:45 – 13:30 Young Investigator Award Session

13:30 Lunch

16:00 Afternoon Activity

Sunday - March 16, 2008

08:30 – 10:30 SESSION V: Outcomes of lung injury: Resolution of lung inflammation

       08:30 – 09:00 Resolution of alveolar oedema following viral injury
       Sadis Matalon (Birmingham, USA)

       09:00 – 09:15 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       09:15 – 09:45 Resolution of inflammation: the beginning programs the end
       John Savill (Edinburgh, UK)

       09:45 – 10:00 Short talk chosen from submitted abstracts

       10:00 – 10:30 Alveolar epithelial cell plasticity in lung injury, repair and fibrosis
       Zea Borok (Los Angeles, USA)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee

11:00 – 12:30 SESSION VI: Outcomes of lung injury: ECM dynamics and remodelling

       11:00 – 11:30 Matrix metalloproteinases: central role in ECM remodelling
       Gillian Murphy (Cambridge, UK)

       11:30 – 12:00 Cell-matrix interactions determine cell fate during lung injury
       Lynne Schnapp (Seattle, USA)

       12:00 – 12:30 The fate of lung fibrosis: reversible or not?
       - Jack Gauldie (Hamilton, Canada)

12:30 Lunch & Departure


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