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Newsletter 22 Nov 2019

 

The Konsul Th C Bergh's Foundation welcomes applications for research funding


The Konsul Th C Berghs Foundation gives financial support to allergy research in Sweden, with up to 1 million SEK each year. Researchers can apply for project funding and stipends. The Foundation prioritises researchers at an early stage in their careers and PhD students. A special grant is awarded to a researcher who has defended his or her thesis during 2018-2019.
Application deadline: 16th December 2019

Konsul Th C Bergh's Foundation

 

Change of date - now 7-8 May 2020:

National Tolerance Conference organised by

the Asthma and Allergy Association

 

On 5-7 May 2020 the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association, together with the Asthma and Allergy Association's Research Foundation, will organise a National Tolerance Conference. The conference will be organised in collaboration with professional health care organisations, and the aim is to dissiminate the latest knowledge around the development of tolerance in allergic disease and to create more interest for allergic diseases in society in general. The conference invites experts, scientists, policymakers, decision-makers, as well as members of the Asthma and Allergy Association, to participate.

Preliminary programme and registration: toleranskonferens2020.se

 

Upcoming thesis defenses at KI in the

asthma and allergy area

 

22nd November: Petra Um Bergström
Department of Medicine Solna

Title: From youth to adult: Studies on chronic airway obstruction with special reference to events in the neonatal period

Main supervisor: Magnus Sköld, Co-supervisors: Erik Melén, Eva-Berggren-Broström, Giovanni Ferrara

Opponent: Leif D Nelin, Professor, Nationwide Children´s Hospital, Ohio State University College of Medicine

Time: 9:00
Venue: Södersjukhuset Föreläsningssal Ihre, Södersjukhuset

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​​​​​​​29th November: Sandra Ekstedt
Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology

Title: Neutrophil subsets in airway inflammation and hyperreactivity

Main supervisor: Lars Olaf Cardell, Co-supervisor: Susanna Kumlien Georén

Opponent: Associate Professor Madeleine Rådinger, Dept. of Medicine, Gothenburg University

Time: 9:00
Venue: Lars Leksell Lecture Hall, Karolinska University Hospital, NKS, Solna

 

Upcoming seminars at KI in the

asthma and allergy area


​​​​2nd December: Immunology and Microbiology seminar "Tissue-specific features of human innate lymphoid cells"
Speaker: Jenny Mjösberg, Centre for Infectious Medicine

Time: 13:00
Venue: Biomedicum room D1012, Biomedicum floor 10, Solnavägen 9

More information on KI's calender

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11th December: CIM Seminar “Tissue-specific features of human lung NK cell subsets in health and disease”
Speaker: Nicole Marquardt, Centre for Infectious Medicine

Time: 14:00
Venue: Campus Flemingsberg, ANA Futura, von Behring room, Floor 9

More information on KI's calendar

 

Recent publications by CfA researchers

 

Wnt-3a Induces Cytokine Release in Human Mast Cells. Tebroke J, Lieverse JE, Säfholm J, Schulte G, Nilsson G, Rönnberg E. Cells. 2019 Nov 1;8(11). pii: E1372. doi: 10.3390/cells8111372.

Pediatric food allergy-related household costs are influenced by age, but not disease severity. Wai HM, Middelveld R, Thörnqvist V, Ballardini N, Nilsson E, Strömquist J, Nilsson L, Ahlstedt S, Protudjer JLP. World Allergy Organ J. 2019 Oct 4;12(9):100061. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2019.100061. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Systemic and breath biomarkers for asthma: an update. Mogensen I, James A, Malinovschi A. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Oct 24. doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000599. [Epub ahead of print]

Understanding allergic multimorbidity within the non-eosinophilic interactome. Aguilar D, Lemonnier N, Koppelman GH, Melén E, Oliva B, Pinart M, Guerra S, Bousquet J, Anto JM. PLoS One. 2019 Nov 6;14(11):e0224448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224448. eCollection 2019.

Sex-specific incidence of asthma, rhinitis and respiratory multimorbidity before and after puberty onset: individual participant meta-analysis of five birth cohorts collaborating in MeDALL. Hohmann C, Keller T, Gehring U, Wijga A, Standl M, Kull I, Bergstrom A, Lehmann I, von Berg A, Heinrich J, Lau S, Wahn U, Maier D, Anto J, Bousquet J, Smit H, Keil T, Roll S. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2019 Sep 13;6(1):e000460. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000460. eCollection 2019.

A novel tool for clinical diagnosis of allergy operating a microfluidic immunoaffinity basophil activation test technique. Aljadi Z, Kalm F, Nilsson C, Winqvist O, Russom A, Lundahl J, Nopp A. Clin Immunol. 2019 Dec;209:108268. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2019.108268. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

Insomnia symptoms and asthma control-Interrelations and importance of comorbidities. Sundbom F, Malinovschi A, Lindberg E, Almqvist C, Janson C. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Oct 20. doi: 10.1111/cea.13517. [Epub ahead of print]

Next-generation Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines for allergic rhinitis based on Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) and real-world evidence. Bousquet J, Schünemann HJ, Togias A, Bachert C, Erhola M, Hellings PW, Klimek L, Pfaar O, Wallace D, Ansotegui I, Agache I, Bedbrook A, Bergmann KC, Bewick M, Bonniaud P, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Bossé I, Bouchard J, Boulet LP, Brozek J, Brusselle G, Calderon MA, Canonica WG, Caraballo L, Cardona V, Casale T, Cecchi L, Chu DK, Costa EM, Cruz AA, Czarlewski W, D'Amato G, Devillier P, Dykewicz M, Ebisawa M, Fauquert JL, Fokkens WJ, Fonseca JA, Fontaine JF, Gemicioglu B, van Wijk RG, Haahtela T, Halken S, Ierodiakonou D, Iinuma T, Ivancevich JC, Jutel M, Kaidashev I, Khaitov M, Kalayci O, Kleine Tebbe J, Kowalski ML, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, La Grutta S, Larenas-Linemann D, Lau S, Laune D, Le L, Lieberman P, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Lourenço O, Marien G, Carreiro-Martins P, Melén E, Menditto E, Neffen H, Mercier G, Mosgues R, Mullol J, Muraro A, Namazova L, Novellino E, O'Hehir R, Okamoto Y, Ohta K, Park HS, Panzner P, Passalacqua G, Pham-Thi N, Price D, Roberts G, Roche N, Rolland C, Rosario N, Ryan D, Samolinski B, Sanchez-Borges M, Scadding GK, Shamji MH, Sheikh A, Bom AT, Toppila-Salmi S, Tsiligianni I, Valentin-Rostan M, Valiulis A, Valovirta E, Ventura MT, Walker S, Waserman S, Yorgancioglu A, Zuberbier T; Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma Working Group. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Oct 15. pii: S0091-6749(19)31187-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.06.049. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Creating a Reliable Mass Spectral-Retention Time Library for All Ion Fragmentation-Based Metabolomics. Tada I, Tsugawa H, Meister I, Zhang P, Shu R, Katsumi R, Wheelock CE, Arita M, Chaleckis R. Metabolites. 2019 Oct 26;9(11). pii: E251. doi: 10.3390/metabo9110251.

MYCN-enhanced Oxidative and Glycolytic Metabolism Reveals Vulnerabilities for Targeting Neuroblastoma. Oliynyk G, Ruiz-Pérez MV, Sainero-Alcolado L, Dzieran J, Zirath H, Gallart-Ayala H, Wheelock CE, Johansson HJ, Nilsson R, Lehtiö J, Arsenian-Henriksson M. iScience. 2019 Oct 11;21:188-204. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.10.020. [Epub ahead of print]

Preschool wheezing diagnosis and management-Survey of physicians' and caregivers' perspective. Adamiec A, Ambrożej D, Ryczaj K, Ruszczynski M, Elenius V, Cavkaytar O, Hedlin G, Konradsen JR, Maggina P, Makrinioti H, Papadopoulos N, Schaub B, Schwarze J, Skevaki C, Smits HH, Jartti T, Feleszko W; EAACI Task Force on Clinical Practice Recommendations on Preschool Wheeze. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2019 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/pai.13142. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Upcoming conferences and meetings
in the asthma and allergy area

 

EAACI ISMA (International Symposium on Molecular Allergology), 28-30 November 2019, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

EAACI Allergy School on Food Allergy, 5 - 7 December 2019, Paris, France

EAACI Winter School 2020 Basic Immunology Research in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 23 - 26 January 2020, Chamonix, France

Tolerance Conference, organised by the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association, 5-7 February 2020, Stockholm, Sweden

19th Fraunhofer Seminar "Models of Lung Disease", 6-7 February 2020, Hannover, Germany

ERS Satellite Symposium, 20 February 2019:
COPD - Prevention of exacerbations and new treatment pathways in COPD
ASTHMA - Prevention of exacerbations and oral steroid use in Asthma

ERS Lung Science Conference - Metabolic alterations in lung ageing and disease, 5-8 March 2020, Estoril, Portugal

AAAAI Annual Meeting, 13-16 March 2020, Philadelphia, USA

ATS International Conference, 15-20 May 2019, Philadelphia, USA

 

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