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The different epithelial stem/progenitor cells identified in the different regions of the lung interact with specific mesenchymal, immune and vascular niches which have recently been characterized. These niches dictate the quiescence of the epithelial stem/progenitor cells, their re-entry into the cell cycle and subsequent differentiation, as well as their regenerative potential. Emerging literature have shed light on the cells composing these different niches, and their distinct roles in driving development, homeostasis, injury/repair and disease development. 

Key Sessions

•    Epithelial stem cells and their niches in lung development
•    Epithelial stem cells and their niches in lung homeostasis and repair
•    Characterisation of novel epithelial and mesenchymal progenitor cell populations

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Miguel Alejandre Alcázar (University of Cologne)
IMMUNE-EPITHELIAL INTERPLAY IN EARLY LIFE INITIATES PREMATURE ALVEOLAR AGING AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE
Wellington V. Cardoso (Columbia University Medical Center)
TRANSITIONAL CELL STATES IN DEVELOPMENT AND REPAIR-REGENERATION
Hal Chapman (UCSF)
DEVELOPMENT OF LUNG FIBROSIS: HOW CELLS SIGNAL, CHANGE, AND EMERGE
Stijn De Langhe (Mayo Clinic)
HIPPO SIGNALING IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS 
Mingxia Gu (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
ENGINEERING VASCULARIZED LUNG ORGANOIDS: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF HUMAN LUNG DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE IN A DISH
Susanne Herold (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen)
MACROPHAGES IN LUNG INJURY, HOMEOSTASIS AND REGENERATION
Tatiana Kalin (University of Arizona) 
ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN LUNG HEALTH AND DISEASE
Carla Kim (Boston Children's Hospital)
CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS IN REGULATION OF LUNG HOMEOSTASIS, DISEASE AND CANCER
Mareike Lehmann (Helmholtz Center Munich / Philipps University Marburg)
THE ROLE OF AGING IN CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES: FROM CELLULAR SENESCENCE TO TISSUE REMODELING
Yuru Liu (University of Illinois at Chicago)
CHARACTERIZATION OF PERIVASCULAR ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL STEM CELLS AND THEIR NICHE IN LUNG HOMEOSTASIS AND CANCER
Moosa Mohammadi (Wenzhou Medical University)
Enid Neptune (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
David Ornitz (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis)
FGF SIGNALING IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALVEOLOGENESIS
Jianwen Que (Columbia University)
LUNG DEVELOPMENT REGULATED BY THE MRNA MODIFICATION PROTEINS METTL3/14
Purushothama Rao Tata (Duke University)
TO REPLICATE OR DIFFERENTIATE: STEM CELLS IN A DILEMMA
Maor Sauler (Yale School of Medicine)
AT2 CELLS: WALKING, TALKING, AND STEERING LUNG DISEASE PROGRESSION
Christos Samakovlis (Stockholm University)
Soni Savai Pullamsetti (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen)
MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS INTO POSTNATAL PULMONARY VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT
Herbert Schiller (Helmholtz Munich)
CELL CIRCUITS IN HUMAN LUNG FIBROSIS PROGRESSION
Jason Spence (University of Michigan)
INTERROGATING STEM CELL NICHES DURING HUMAN LUNG DEVELOPMENT
Xin Sun (University of California, San Diego)
THE ROLE OF LUNG MESENCHYME AS A NICHE
Daniel Tschumperlin (Mayo Clinic)
MATRICELLULAR MRNA DELIVERY TO PROMOTE LUNG REPAIR
Jin-San Zhang (Wenzhou Medical University)
EVIDENCE THAT METFORMIN PROMOTES FIBROSIS RESOLUTION VIA ACTIVATION OF ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL STEM CELLS IN AN FGFR2B-DEPENDENT MANNER

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ECR GRANTS - NOW AVAILABLE!

We are excited to announce we have 5 x $750 grants available to postdocs or those in junior faculty (within 3 years of your post-graduate position).

These will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis and can be applied to a Single registration fee. To apply or for details of T&C’s, please email Alice. 

Your application should include your name, organisation, career level and an abstract for talk or poster consideration.