Saturday, April 14th 2018
9:00 – 9:45 | Opening talk Vascular Inflammation in Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Transplantation Mark Nicolls |
9:45 – 11:15 | 5th Session – Exacerbation and progression of COPD - concepts and mechanisms |
Chairs: Ali Önder Yildirim / Tobias Welte | |
9:45 – 10:10 | Targeting the immune mechanisms underlying exacerbations of COPD Alison Humbles |
10:10 – 10:35 | Insights from mouse models of cigarette smoke exposure and microbial infections Martin Stämpfli |
10:35 – 11:00 | Transition from Health to COPD: linking epidemiology and clinical cohorts Holger Schulz |
11:00 – 11:15 | Abstract Talk: Reversal of cigarette smoke-induced COPD via Lymphotoxin-β receptor blockade Thomas M. Conlon |
11:15 – 12:45 | Lunch Break & Poster Session with facilitators (Gerald Burgstaller / Claudia Staab-Weijnitz) |
12:45 – 14:15 | 6th Session – Complications and long term consequences of acute exacerbations |
Chairs: Annette Peters / Claudia Staab-Weijnitz | |
12:45 – 13:10 | Pulmonary exacerbation in pneumonia and risk of comorbidities Tobias Welte |
13:10 – 13:35 | Clinical trajectories of CLD: common traits and disparities Georgios Stathopoulos |
13:35 – 14:00 | Opportunities and challenges of single-cell transcriptomics Antonio Scialdone |
14:00 – 14:15 | Abstract Talk: Exacerbations in CF show only minor changes in the lower airway‘s microbiome structure except for a slight increase of staphylococcus Sébastien Boutin |
Conclusion | |
14:15 – 14:35 | Thinking out of the (disease) box: vascular pathology interacting with lung parenchymal and airway disease Werner Seeger |
14:35 – 14:45 | Conclusion Organizing Committee |
14:45 – 15:00 | Poster Awards |
15:00 – 15:10 | Prize for Excellence in Lung Research |
15:10 - | Coffee & Networking / end of the conference |