The Asthma and Allergy Association's Research Foundation pre-announces new research grants in 2020 to address knowledge gaps

The Asthma and Allergy Association's Research Foundation pre-announces new research grants that will become available for applications during the spring of 2020. The grants will focus on knowledge gaps that the Research Foundation has identified in the allergy and asthma area, and that the Foundation wants to support in particular. The grants will be up to a maximum of 1 million SEK per year for a maximum period of 5 years. In total, the Research Foundation will announce 10 million SEK for the 5 year period.

Read more here about which research topics will be supported in this special call (in Swedish)

Congratulations!
 

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Susanne Gabrielsson participated in a learning session with Mr. Bill Gates

Recent publications by CfA researchers

IL-13 and IL-4, but not IL-5 nor IL-17A, induce hyperresponsiveness in isolated human small airways. Manson ML, Säfholm J, James A, Johnsson AK, Bergman P, Al-Ameri M, Orre AC, Mårdh CK, Dahlén SE, Adner M. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Dec 2. pii: S0091-6749(19)31618-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.10.037.

Intralymphatic immunotherapy in pollen allergic young adults with rhinoconjunctivitis and mild asthma: a randomized trial. Konradsen JR, Grundström J, Hellkvist L, Thu Tran TA, Andersson N, Gafvelin G, Kiewiet MBG, Hamsten C, Tang J, Parkin RV, Shamji MH, Hedlin G, Cardell LO, van Hage M. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Nov 24. pii: S0091-6749(19)31599-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.017.

Calcium Intake in Children with Eczema and/or Food Allergy: A Prospective Cohort Study. Hildebrand H, Simons E, Kozyrskyj AL, Becker AB, Protudjer JL. Nutrients. 2019 Dec 12;11(12).

Oral Microbiota Development in Early Childhood. Kennedy B, Peura S, Hammar U, Vicenzi S, Hedman A, Almqvist C, Andolf E, Pershagen G, Dicksved J, Bertilsson S, Fall T. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 13;9(1):19025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54702-0.

Developments in the mechanisms of allergy in 2018 through the eyes of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Part I. Roberts G, Almqvist C, Boyle R, Crane J, Hogan SP, Marsland B, Saglani S, Woodfolk JA. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Dec;49(12):1541-1549. doi: 10.1111/cea.13532. Review.

Developments in the field of clinical allergy in 2018 through the eyes of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Part II. Roberts G, Almqvist C, Boyle R, Crane J, Hogan SP, Marsland B, Saglani S, Woodfolk JA. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Dec;49(12):1550-1557. doi: 10.1111/cea.13535. Review.

Gender differences among Swedish COPD patients: results from the ARCTIC, a real-world retrospective cohort study. Lisspers K, Larsson K, Janson C, Ställberg B, Tsiligianni I, Gutzwiller FS, Mezzi K, Bjerregaard BK, Jorgensen L, Johansson G. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2019 Dec 10;29(1):45. doi: 10.1038/s41533-019-0157-3.

Basophil activation testing, IgG and IgG4 in the diagnosis of dog allergy in children with and without a dog at home. Käck U, Asarnoj A, Binnmyr J, Grönlund H, Wallén C, Lilja G, van Hage M, Nopp A, Konradsen JR. Allergy. 2019 Dec 4. doi: 10.1111/all.14139.

Keeping Allergen Names Clear and Defined. Chan SK, Pomés A, Hilger C, Davies JM, Mueller G, Kuehn A, Lopata AL, Gadermaier G, van Hage M, Raulf M, Goodman RE. Front Immunol. 2019 Nov 19;10:2600. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02600. eCollection 2019. Review.

Season of birth, childhood asthma and allergy in a nationwide cohort - mediation through lower respiratory infections. Almqvist C, Ekberg S, Rhedin S, Fang F, Fall T, Lundholm C. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Nov 29. doi: 10.1111/cea.13542.

Filaggrin gene mutations in relation to contact allergy and hand eczema in adolescence. Lagrelius M, Wahlgren CF, Bradley M, Melén E, Kull I, Bergström A, Lidén C. Contact Dermatitis. 2019 Nov 28. doi: 10.1111/cod.13444.

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.

Dietary antioxidant intake in school age and lung function development up to adolescence. Sdona E, Hallberg J, Andersson N, Ekström S, Rautiainen S, Håkansson N, Wolk A, Kull I, Melén E, Bergström A. Eur Respir J. 2019 Dec 5. pii: 1900990. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00990-2019.

Snus in pregnancy and infant birth size: a mother-child birth cohort study. Kreyberg I, Hilde K, Bains KES, Carlsen KH, Granum B, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Jonassen CM, Nordhagen LS, Nordlund B, Rueegg CS, Sjøborg KD, Skjerven HO, Staff AC, Vettukattil R, Lødrup Carlsen KC; PreventADALL Study Group. ERJ Open Res. 2019 Dec 2;5(4). pii: 00255-2019. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00255-2019. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Upcoming conferences and meetings
in the asthma and allergy area

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

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

EAACI Allergy School on Anaphylaxis: Etiology, Prevention and Management, 19-21 March 2020, Izmir, Turkey

Keystone Symposium: Asthma, making new discoveries into better therapies, 2-6 April 2020, Snowbird, Utah, USA

LURN - Lund Respiratory Network meeting, 16-17 April 2020, Ystad, Sweden

Tolerance Conference, organised by the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association, 7-8 May 2020, Stockholm, Sweden

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

EAACI Congress, 6-10 June 2020, London, UK

8th European Workshop on Lipid Mediators, 24-26 June, Stockholm, Sweden

ERS International Congress, 5-9 September, Vienna, Austria

EUROBAT (European Consortium on Application of Flow Cytometry in Allergy), 15 October 2020, Manchester, UK

FAAM (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting), 15-17 October 2020, Manchester, UK

ISAF (International Severe Asthma Forum), 22-24 October 2020, Rome, Italy