The 19th LURN Conference
“Understanding respiratory disorders through environmental, physiological, and molecular lenses”
The LURN annual conference 2024 will, as every year before, be held as a 2-day gathering at Ystad Saltsjöbad. The meeting will involve fantastic keynotes, poster pitches and poster sessions. It will be interesting and educational so, save the date!
Date | March 7-8, 2024
Venue | Ystad Saltsjöbad, Ystad
Invited Honorary LURN Speakers
- Christer Janson | Uppsala university
- Jenny Mjösberg | Karolinska Institutet
- Ronan Berg | University of Copenhagen
- Cristina Barrias | University of Porto
- Greetje Vande Velde | KU Leuven
The meeting is open to researchers interested in all types of pulmonary diseases, both clinicians, pre-clinical scientists as well as employees of the pharmaceutical industry.
The meeting will include a pitch-your-poster and poster session both days and time for networking. There will be a possibility to be accepted for oral presentation among those who submit an abstract.
Thanks to The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation and Industrial sponsors, the registration fees for this year are reduced.
Program
THURSDAY MARCH 7TH
9.30-10.00 | COFFEE & REGISTRATION
10.00-10.10 | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION - JONAS ERJEFÄLT (LURN)
SESSION 1 UNDERSTANDING RESPIRATORY DISEASE THROUGH CLINICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LENSES
CHAIRS: ELLEN TUFVESSON AND ANNA-KARIN LARSSON CALLERFELT
10.10-10.40 | HONORARY LURN LECTURE – CHRISTER JANSSON, UNIVERSITY OF UPPSALA “WHAT IS NEW IN ASTHMA AND COPD?”
10.40-10.55 | DISCUSSION
10.55-11.10 | JENNY RISSLER, LUND UNIVERSITY - “EXPOSURE TO DOSE – UNDERSTANDING THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN”
11.10-11.15 | DISCUSSION
11.15-11.25 | MALIN ALSVED, LUNDS UNIVERSITY – “INFECTIVITY OF EXHALED SARS-COV-2 AEROSOLES IS SUFFICIENT TO TRANSMIT COVID-19 WITHIN MINUTES”
11.25-11.30 | DISCUSSION
11.30-12.30 | LUNCH
SESSION 2 NEW ASPECTS OF INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN RESPIRATORY DISEASES
CHAIRS: LENA ULLER AND INDRA PUTRA WENDI
12.30-13.00 | HONORARY LURN LECTURE – JENNY MJÖSBERG, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE “INNATE AND ADAPTIVE LYMPHOCYTES IN HUMAN TYPE 2 INFLAMMATION”
13.00-13.15 | DISCUSSION
13.15-13.25 | MANDY MENZEL, LUND UNIVERSITY – “ALLERGY – A CAUSE OF IMPAIRED ANTIBACTERIAL IMMUNITY IN ASTHMA?”
13.25-13.30 | DISCUSSION
13.30-13.40 | DIMITRIOS KALAFATIS, LUND UNIVERSITY, “BIOMARKERS FOR IDENTIFYING COVID-19 PATIENTS WITH RISK OF DEVELOPING CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE”
13.40-13.45 | DISCUSSION
13.45-13.55 | SHORT BREAK
SESSION 3 UNDERSTANDING IMPLICATIONS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERVENTION AND LUNG FUNCTION
CHAIRS: LINDA ELOWSSON AND CARIN LARSSON
13.55-14.25 | HONORARY LURN LECTURE – RONAN BERG, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN - “CARDIOPULMONARY ADAPTATIONS TO HIIT IN COPD”
14.25-14.40 | DISCUSSION
14.40-14.50 | MARGARETA EMTNER, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY – “HEALTH – EXERCISE - COPD”
14.50-14.55 | DISCUSSION
14.55-15.05 | ANDREI MALINOVSCHI, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY – “THE SWEDISH CARDIOPULMONARY BIOIMAGE STUDY (SCAPIS) – EXAMPLES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR RESPIRATORY RESEARCH”
15.05-15.10 | DISCUSSION
15.10-15.20 | ABIR NASR, LUND UNIVERSITY – “LUNG FUNCTION TESTING AND IMAGING FOR REVEALING AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION”
15.20-15.25 | DISCUSSION
SESSION 4 POSTER SESSION I
CHAIRS: IRMA MAHMUTOVIC PERSSON AND DARCY WAGNER
15.25 -15.45 | PITCH YOUR POSTER
16.00-17.00 | POSTER PRESENTATIONS AND COFFEE (15.45-16.15)
17.00-18.30 | TIME FOR NETWORKING
19.15 | DINNER
FRIDAY MARCH 24TH
07.00 – 9.00 | BREAKFAST
SESSION 5 THE POTENTIAL OF USING THE MOST SUITABLE IN VITRO MODEL SYSTEM
CHAIRS: CECILIA ANDERSSON AND BRYAN FALCONES
09.00-09.30 | HONORARY LURN LECTURE – CRISTINA BARRIAS, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, “BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES FOR RECREATING PERFUSABLE MICROVASCULAR 3D NETWORKS IN VITRO”
09.30-09.45 | DISCUSSION
09.45-09.55 | CHRISTINA KALDERÉN, OXCIA AB, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET, - “INHIBITION OF OGG1, A NEW STRATEGY FOR TREATMENT OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS”
09.55-10.00 | DISCUSSION
SESSION 6 POSTER SESSION II
CHAIRS: IRMA MAHMUTOVIC PERSSON AND ARTURO IBÁNEZ FONSECA
10.00-10.30 | PITCH YOUR POSTER
10.30-11.30 | POSTER PRESENTATIONS WITH COFFEE (10.30-11.00)
SESSION 7 UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN DRIVING RESPIRATORY DISEASE
CHAIRS: JONAS ERJEFÄLT AND SANGEETHA RAMU
11.30-12.00 | HONORARY LURN LECTURE – GREETJE VANDE VELDE, KU LEUVEN – “SEEING IS BELIEVING: FROM ESSENTIAL ANATOMICAL TO FUNCTIONAL IMAGING TO PROPEL LUNG DISEASE RESEARCH”
12.00-12.15 | DISCUSSION
12.15-12.25 | CECILIA ANDERSSON, LUND UNIVERSITY, “COPD PATIENTS HAVE AN ALTERED EXPRESSION PATTERN OF IL-33 AND ITS RECEPTOR ST2 IN DISTAL LUNG COMPARTMENTS”
12.25-12.30 | DISCUSSION
12.30-12.40 | LISA PÅHLMAN, LUND UNIVERSITY– “AIRWAY INFLAMMATION AND THE AIRWAY PROTEOME IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS; IMPACT OF DIABETES AND CFTR MODULATORS”
12.40-12.45 | DISCUSSION
12.45-13.15 | LURN YEARLY MEETING / LUND RESPIRATORY NETWORK – ÅRSMÖTE
13.00-14.00 | LUNCH
SESSION 8 ADVANCES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
CHAIRS: SARA ROLANDSSON ENES AND SOFIA MOGREN
14.00-14.20 | SONJA AITS, LUND UNIVERSITY – “AI IN THE CONTEXT OF RESPIRATORY MEDICINE”
14.20-14.30 | DISCUSSION
14.30-14.40 | CECILIA FORSS, ASTRAZENECA R&D – “EVALUATING GASDERMIN D AND ITS EFFECT ON CYTOKINE RELEASE AND CELL HEALTH”
14.40-14.45 | DISCUSSION
14.45-14.55 | HANS BRUNNSTRÖM, LUND UNIVERSITY – “IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS AND 3D TUMOROIDS IN LUNG CANCER”
14.55-15.00 | DISCUSSION
15.00-15.10 | HANI ALSAFADI, LUND UNIVERSITY – “INFLATION: INFUSION OF FLUORESCENT LABELLED ANTIBODIES IN TISSUE OF INTACT ORGANS”
15.10-15.15 | DISCUSSION
15.15 | THANK YOU AND GOODBYE – GUNILLA WESTERGREN-THORSSON (LURN)
15.20-16.15 | FIKA AND SCIENTIFIC NETWORKING
The organizing committee
- Ellen Tufvesson
- Anna-Karin Larsson Callerfelt
- Irma Mahmutovic Persson
- Linda Elowsson
- Sara Rolandsson Enes
- Cecilia Andersson
- Madelene Dahlgren
- Jonas Erjefält
- Lena Uller
- Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson