Asthma Webinar 5th May 2021

The Swedish medical journal "Läkartidningen" is arranging a one day webinar on asthma, focusing on improved diagnosis and novel treatments with several interesting presentations to be held by leading specialists. For more information click here

Forthcoming conferences in the asthma and allergy field

EAACI ISAF (International Severe Asthma Forum), 17 April 2021, digital event

The Swedish Lung Congress (Svenska Lungkongressen, SLK), 4-6 May 2021, Umeå/online

ATS International Conference, 14-19 May 2021, San Diego, USA

EAACI Hybrid Congress, 10-12 June 2021, Krakow, Poland and Madrid, Spain

ERS International Congress, 4-8 September 2021, Barcelona, Spain

Funding opportunities

The Henning Løwenstein Research Award

This is a biennial award given to a young scientist who has shown excellence within the field of allergy. The winner will receive €20,000 and will be offered a travel grant to attend the award ceremony at ALK, Hørsholm, Denmark. Deadline 31st August 2021.

Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation Grants

The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation supports clinically oriented research and prevention-oriented studies in the areas of cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary disease and tuberculosis and it is now time for their major funding round which includes project grants, research fellowships, monthly research stipends and scholarships for research abroad. Applications must be submitted by 18th May 2021.

Type 2 Innovation Grant 2021

Sanofi Genzyme will be supporting research projects investigating type 2 immune-mediated diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). The ten most relevant projects will receive a one-time research grant of up to €80,000. Deadline 31st May 2021.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (RESPIRE)

The European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) RESPIRE fellowship enables early career researchers to develop their skills in an international environment and supports fellows on their journey to becoming future leaders in the respiratory field. Application deadline is 1st May, 2021, and open to researchers with a PhD or four years full-time research experience from any discipline.

Recent publications by CfA researchers 

COX-1 dependent biosynthesis of 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid in human mast cells.Johnsson AK, Rönnberg E, Fuchs D, Kolmert J, Säfholm J, Claesson HE, Hamberg M, Wheelock CE, Nilsson G, Dahlén SE. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2021 May;1866(5):158886. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.158886.

Selective inhibition of prostaglandin D2 biosynthesis in human mast cells to overcome need for multiple receptor antagonists: Biochemical consequences.Johnsson AK, Choi JH, Rönnberg E, Fuchs D, Kolmert J, Hamberg M, Dahlén B, Wheelock CE, Dahlén SE, Nilsson G. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Apr;51(4):594-603. doi: 10.1111/cea.13831.

An update on the epigenetics of asthma. Gruzieva O, Merid SK, Koppelman GH, Melén E.Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Apr 1;21(2):175-181. doi: 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000723.

Distinct plasma biomarkers confirm the diagnosis of mastocytosis and identify increased risk of anaphylaxis.Gülen T, Teufelberger A, Ekoff M, Westerberg CM, Lyberg K, Dahlén SE, Dahlén B, Nilsson G. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Mar 2:S0091-6749(21)00346-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.02.023.

Monocyte subset redistribution from blood to kidneys in patients with Puumala virus caused hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.Vangeti S, Strandin T, Liu S, Tauriainen J, Räisänen-Sokolowski A, Cabrera L, Hassinen A, Mäkelä S, Mustonen J, Vaheri A, Vapalahti O, Klingström J, Smed-Sörensen A. PLoS Pathog. 2021 Mar 10;17(3):e1009400. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009400.

The excess costs of childhood food allergy on Canadian families: a cross-sectional study.Golding MA, Simons E, Abrams EM, Gerdts J, Protudjer JLP. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2021 Mar 10;17(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13223-021-00530-9.

Individual airborne characteristics of dog allergens.Wintersand A, Alsved M, Jakobsson J, Sadrizadeh S, Grönlund H, Löndahl J, Gafvelin G. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Mar 11. doi: 10.1111/cea.13863.

Maternal asthma and early fetal growth, the MAESTRO study.Rejnö G, Lundholm C, Saltvedt S, Larsson K, Almqvist C. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Mar 11. doi: 10.1111/cea.13864.

The transcription factor Bcl11b promotes both canonical and adaptive NK cell differentiation.Holmes TD, Pandey RV, Helm EY, Schlums H, Han H, Campbell TM, Drashansky TT, Chiang S, Wu CY, Tao C, Shoukier M, Tolosa E, Von Hardenberg S, Sun M, Klemann C, Marsh RA, Lau CM, Lin Y, Sun JC, Månsson R, Cichocki F, Avram D, Bryceson YT. Sci Immunol. 2021 Mar 12;6(57):eabc9801. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abc9801.

Pneumonia in infancy and risk for asthma - the role of familial confounding and pneumococcal vaccination.Rhedin S, Lundholm C, Osvald EC, Almqvist C. Chest. 2021 Mar 13:S0012-3692(21)00480-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.006.

High-Precision Automated Workflow for Urinary Untargeted Metabolomic Epidemiology.Meister I, Zhang P, Sinha A, Sköld CM, Wheelock ÅM, Izumi T, Chaleckis R, Wheelock CE. Anal Chem. 2021 Mar 30;93(12):5248-5258. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00203.

Extract and molecular-based early infant sensitisation and associated factors - a PreventADALL study.Tedner SG, Söderhäll C, Konradsen JR, Bains K, Borres MP, Carlsen KH, Carlsen KC, Färdig M, Gerdin S, Gudmundsdóttir H, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Jonassen C, Kreyberg I, Mägi CO, Nordhagen L, Rehbinder E, Rudi K, Skjerven HO, Staff A, Vettukattil R, van Hage M, Nordlund B, Asarnoj A. Allergy. 2021 Mar 9. doi: 10.1111/all.14805.

Hergen Spits-A legend at the top of his career.Mjösberg J, Roncarolo MG, Blom B. Allergy. 2021 Mar 9. doi: 10.1111/all.14788.

Shared DNA methylation signatures in childhood allergy: The MeDALL study. Xu CJ, Gruzieva O, Qi C, Esplugues A, Gehring U, Bergström A, Mason D, Chatzi L, Porta D, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Baïz N, Madore AM, Alenius H, van Rijkom B, Jankipersadsing SA, van der Vlies P, Kull I, van Hage M, Bustamante M, Lertxundi A, Torrent M, Santorelli G, Fantini MP, Hovland V, Pesce G; BIOS Consortium, Fyhrquist N, Laatikainen T, Nawijn MC, Li Y, Wijmenga C, Netea MG, Bousquet J, Anto JM, Laprise C, Haahtela T, Annesi-Maesano I, Carlsen KH, Gori D, Kogevinas M, Wright J, Söderhäll C, Vonk JM, Sunyer J, Melén E, Koppelman GH.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Mar;147(3):1031-1040. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.11.044.

Assessment of chronic bronchitis and risk factors in young adults: results from BAMSE. Wang G, Hallberg J, Um Bergström P, Janson C, Pershagen G, Gruzieva O, van Hage M, Georgelis A, Bergström A, Kull I, Lindén A, Melén E.Eur Respir J. 2021 Mar 4;57(3):2002120. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02120-2020.

Characterization of Asthma Trajectories from Infancy to Young Adulthood. Ödling M, Wang G, Andersson N, Hallberg J, Janson C, Bergström A, Melén E, Kull I.J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Feb 16:S2213-2198(21)00187-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.02.007.

Distinct effects of antigen and Compound 48/80 in the guinea pig trachea.Liu J, Kolmert J, Säfholm J, Johnsson AK, Zurita J, Wheelock CE, Dahlén SE, Nilsson G, Adner M. Allergy. 2021 Feb 22. doi: 10.1111/all.14789.