Previous meetings
2024 | Understanding respiratory disorders through environmental, physiological, and molecular lenses
Key note speakers
- Christer Janson | Uppsala university
- Jenny Mjösberg | Karolinska Institutet
- Ronan Berg | University of Copenhagen
- Cristina Barrias | University of Porto
- Greetje Vande Velde | KU Leuven
2023 | New horizons in respiratory medicine
- Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, University of Copenhagen
Title: Reshaping the management of mild to moderate asthma - Celeste Porsbjerg, University of Copenhagen
Title: New horizons in severe asthma - setting higher ambitions in the era of precision medicine - Thomas Sandström, Umeå University
Title: Air pollution and health effects - into the airways and beyond - Irene Heijink, University Medical Center Groningen
Title: Damage and repair of the epithelial barrier in COPD - Terry Tetley, Imperial College, London
Title: Mechanistic in vitro studies of particle interactions with the respiratory unit
2022 | Nature vs. Nurture in respiratory disease
Key note speakers
- Ian Mudway, Imperial College, London
Title: Environmental exposure, respiratory disease and beyond - Pieter Hiemstra, Leiden, The Netherlands’
Title: Repair and regeneration of lung tissue in emphysema - René Lutter, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Title: Defective translational control in bronchial epithelial cells in asthma and COPD: relevance to inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness - Silke Meiners, Borstel, Germany
Title: Metabolic regulation of protein degradation – implications for lung diseases
2021 | Cancelled due to the pandemic
2020 | Cancelled due to the pandemic
2019 | Inflammation in the Lung
Key note speakers
- Adnan Custovic, London
Title: Interplay between infection and inflammation - Ramon Farré, Barcelona
Title: Mechanical stimuli on stem cells: an important factor in lung regeneration and repair - Alison Humbles, MedImmune
Title: Immunological mechanisms and strategies for targeting the inflammation in asthma and COPD - Sejal Saglani, London
Title: Pulmonary immunological functions at birth and in early life - key determinants of the development of asthma? - Sam Bayet, Grenoble
Title: Investigating Lung Structure and Function with Synchrotron Light - Mona Bafhadel, Oxford
Title: The use of biomarkers for assessment of inflammation and disease activity
2018 | The Aging Lung
- Professor Peter Barnes (London, UK)
Title: The aging lung – an overview” - Erik Melén, PhD (Stockholm, Sweden)
Title: Understanding lung function development; genes, environments and respiratory disease - Professor Deborah Jarvis (London, UK)
Title: The Ageing Lung – news from epidemiology - Professor Bengt Björkstén (Stockholm, Sweden)
Title: The role of the microbiome, development of immune regulation and the pathogenesis of asthma and respiratory disease - Professor Bruno Crestani (Paris, France)
Title: Lung fibroblast – key cells in lung fibrosis
2017 | Personalized Medicine for Respiratory diseases
Key note speakers
- Ratko Djukanovic (Southhampton)
Title: Clinical view of asthma phenotypes –experience from U-Biopred - Tobias Welte (Hannover)
Title: Biological treatments in asthma and COPD - Clare Lloyd (London)
Title: Innate and adaptive immune responses in airway disease.
Invited speakers
- Abraham Roos (Gothenburg)
Title: Mechanisms driving common cold-induced exacerbation in asthmatics - Anna Löfdahl (Lund)
Title: 5-HT2B receptor antagonists attenuate myofibroblast differentiation and subsequent fibrotic responses - Celeste Porsberg (Copenhagen)
Title: Acute asthma: inflammatory phenotypes and immunological mechanisms - Hamid Akbarshahi (Lund)
Title: Allergic mechanisms regulating lung anti-viral defence - Haoxiao Zou (Groningen)
Title: Cigarette smoke changes cyclic AMP microdomains in PCLS - Henning Stenberg (Lund)
Title: Late allergic reaction –involvement of the small airways - Holger Schlüter (Gothenburg)
Title: BET inhibition rescues the fibrotic phenotype in lung fibroblasts - Jesper Säfholm (Stockholm)
Title: Mast cell Activation by Hyperosmolar Mannitol-challenge in Isolated Human Small Airways - Jonas Erjefält (Lund)
Title: Histological Decoding of Respiratory Disease Phenotypes - Karin Von Wachenfeldt (Lund)
Title: TRISTAN: Translational Imaging Methods for Drug Induced Interstitial - Kristian Riesbeck (Malmö)
Title: Novel infection mechanisms in COPD - Madeleine Rådinger (Gothenburg)
Title: mikroRNA in allergy and asthma - Sandra Ekstedt (Stockholm)
Title: New profiles of neutrophils in asthma - Sarah Allden (London)
Title: Innate immune mechanisms in IPF - Stephen Delaney (Gothenburg)
Title: Progress in disease modifying approaches to respiratory disease - Thomas Mandl (Malmö)
Title: Pulmonary involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome - Ulf Hedström (Gothenburg, Lund)
Title: Repopulation of bronchial scaffolds from COPD patients and healthy donors with primary human bronchial epithelial cell
2016 | New targets for respiratory diseases
Invited speakers
- Clive Page (London)
Title: Research strategies for finding new targets for respiratory diseases - Janette Burgess (Groningen)
Title: The Extracellular matrix remodelling as a therapeutic target in asthma and COPD - Anna-Carin Olin (Göteborg)
Title: The diagnostic use of Exhaled particles - Michel Aubier (Paris)
Title: Endobronchial thermoplasty, who fits for this therapy - Apostolos Bossios (Stockholm)
Title: Adipokines as therapeutic targets in severe asthma - Martina Schmidt (Groningen)
Title: Being in the right place in the right time: Targeting COPD
2015 | 12th LURN Meeting
Key note speakers
- Melanie Königshoff, München
Title: Stem cells/progenitors and embryonic signaling in lung diseases - Reinoud Gosens, Groningen
Title: Acetylecholine in chronic inflammation and airway remodelling - Magnus Sköld, KI, Stockholm
Title: Diagnosis and treatment strategies of IPF in EU in general and Sweden in particular. - Sven Erik Dahlén, KI, Stockholm
Title: Bitter taste receptors in asthma
Invited speakers
- Mattias Belting, Lund
Title:Exosomes and Cancer - Susanne Gabrielsson, KI, Stockholm
Title: Exosomes in COPD - Mattias Magnusson, Lund
Title: Defining a road map of epithelial stem- and progenitor cells in human lung regeneration.
2014 | 11th LURN Meeting
- Professor Rachel Chambers (London, UK)
- Professor Gunnar Nilsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Professor Peter Sterk (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
- Patrick Mallia, PhD (London, UK)
2013 | 10th LURN Meeting
Invited speakers
- Dr Andrew McKenzie, University of Cambridge.
Title: "Type-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) in protective immunity and allergy" - Prof. P.S. Hiemstra, Leiden University
Title: ”Respiratory host defense and inflammation” - Prof. Guy Brusselle, Ghent University
Title: ”Genetic and epigenetic markers of COPD development” - Prof. Dr. Oliver Eickelberg, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Helmholtz Zentrum München
Title: ”Early stages of lung fibrosis”
2012 | 9th LURN Meeting
Key note speakers
- Professor James C. Hogg, iCAPTURE Center, St. Paul´s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Title: “Novel aspects on morphology of the small airways”.
2011 | 8th LURN Meeting
Key note speakers
- Professor Dirkje Postma, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Title: “Translational medicine in Gronigen - about genes, mice and disease”.
Invited speakers
- Professor Stefan Uhlig, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
- Professor Roland Andersson, Lund University, Sweden
- Dr Martin Iversen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
- Dr Louise Lannefors, Lund University, Sweden
- Dr Helena Linge, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, NY, USA
- Dr Hans Grönlund, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2010 | 7th LURN Meeting
Invited speakers
- Vibekke Backer, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark - Potential importance of the different phenotypes for treatment strategies ‐ Personalized medicine versus “one size fits all”
- Ellen Tufvesson, Lund University, - Epithelial involvement during exercise
- Sara Wernersson, Uppsala University, Uppsala - Protective role of mast cell chymase in allergic airway inflammation
- Alf Tunsäter, Lund University Hospital, - Asthma and personality
- Maria Gerhardsson, AstraZeneca, Lund, - BIG3 concept – A Way to Tackle the Health Care Crisis?
- André Wennersten, Lund University Hospital, Lund/Malmö, - The BIG3 project in Region Skåne
- György Marko‐Varga, Lund University, - Protein Expression Research and its Impact on Lung Cancer Studies‐ Six years of Biomarker Discovery in Japan
- Angelica Brandelius, Lund University, - Inhibition of TSLP, a regulatory cytokine in allergy and infection
- Jenny Calvén, AstraZeneca and Lund University - Mapping of the hypoxia‐regulated gene response in lung epithelial cells
- Per Wollmer, Lund University Hospital, Lund/Malmö, - Microemulsion as new therapy for allergic rhinitis
- Björn Jonson, Lund University, Lund, - Emphysema/fibrosis, an underestimated combination in COPD?
- Chris Ward, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK - Ceramide is a potential biomarker of epithelial injury which is raised in the cystic fibrosis airway
- Hans Jürgen Hoffman, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark - Regulation of the high affinity IgE receptor on cultured human mast cells
- Kristian Riesbeck, University Hospital Malmö, Lund University - Outer membrane vesicles released by respiratory pathogens interact with the human host defence
- Cecilia Andersson, Lund University, Lund, - Mast Cells in inflammatory airway diseases
- Matthias Mörgelin, Lund University, Lund, - Collagen VI is a novel subepithelial target for primary adhesion of airway pathogens in COPD
- Oskar Hallgren, Lund University, Lund, - Enhanced Rho‐kinase dependent contractility in fibroblasts from COPD patients
- Anna‐Karin Larsson, Lund University, Lund, - Eicosanoids in COPD and airway remodeling
- Pernilla Glader, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, - Interleukin‐17 in human airways after endotoxin exposure exposure
2009 | 6th LURN Meeting
2008 | 5th LURN Meeting
2006 | 4th LURN Meeting
2005 | 3rd LURN Meeting
2004 | 2nd LURN Meeting
2003 | The very first LURN Meeting