Aanmelding symposium 10 & 11 maart

Symposium Programme (in English)

• Day 1: Monday March 10th

  The program on Monday March 10th will be structured around 4 thematic sessions, each including three presentations (15–20 minutes each) and a general discussion (20 minutes).

  Exchange of scientific progress and future implementation (societal impact)

  Introduction
  9.00 hr Venue open, arrival participants, coffee & tea
  9.30 hr Welcome by Károly Illy, director of Longfonds 
  9.35 hr Introduction by Hermelijn Smits: consortium leader ‘A World without Asthma’

  Dietary interventions & Gut microbiome
  9.50 hr Ben Marsland: Microbial metabolites
  10.10 hr Markus Ege: Martha trial
  10.30 hr Klaus Bønnelykke: COPSAC studies
  10.50 hr Plenary discussion

  What is it about farming? Environmental microbes
  11.40 hr Erika von Mutius: From epidemiology to dust 
  12.00 hr Hamida Hammad: Dusty roads to protection in neonatal models
  12.20 hr Aki Sinkkonen: Playing with sand – impact from a natural habitat
  12.35 hr Plenary discussion

  12.55 – 13.55 Lunch break 60 minutes, including visit to the Naturalis museum

  Respiratory epithelium: chicken or the egg
  13.55 hr Pieter Hiemstra: Guarding respiratory epithelium against viruses
  14.15 hr Gerard Koppelman: Hillock cells – concept of pre-asthma
  14.35 hr Sejal Saglani: it’s all about context – role of structural lung cells
  15.50 hr Plenary discussion

  (Evolutionary) engineered precision medicine molecules
  15.30 hr Henry McSorley: Targeting type 2 cytokines: tissue-directed immunotherapy
  16.00 hr Rick Maizels: Mix & Match: cell-directed immunotherapy
  16.30 hr Bart Lambrecht: Dissolving Crystal-Leyden structures in mucus plugs 
  17.00 hr Plenary discussion

  17.20 hr Hermelijn Smits > Wrap up and take home message

• Day 2: Tuesday March 11th

  On Tuesday 11 March, our focus is on healthy urban living environments for children. Recognizing the increasing urbanization, we will explore how to leverage current knowledge and putative microbial-based ‘lessons’ to adapt urban lifestyles effectively. Key note speakers in the morning programme include dr. Tari Haahtela (University of Helsinki) and Marco van Es (Bac2Nature). The programme will be published here mid January.

Zeven jaar lang richtte het internationale LONGFONDS | Accelerate onderzoeksconsortium ‘A World Without Asthma’ zich, onder leiding van prof.dr. Hermelijn Smits, op mogelijke interventies. Dat leidde tot bijzondere inzichten en resultaten die we delen met het Nederlandse onderzoeksveld, zorgprofessionals en diverse stakeholders en beleidsmakers.