European Histamine Research Society 41st Annual Meeting held jointly with COST Action BM0806
2-5 May 2012
Scientific Programme
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The Programme at a Glance
Wednesday May 2nd 2012
15.00-20.00 Registration and poster mounting at the Belfast Hilton Hotel
16.00-18.30 EHRS Council Meeting, Tower Suite
19.00-20.00 Meeting of WG1 COST BM0806, Board Room
20.00 – onwards Welcome reception, Lagan Suite
Thursday May 3rd 2012
8.00 -12.00 Registration and signing of COST attendance register
8.00 onwards Poster Mounting
8.30 – 9.00 Opening Session
9.00-9.45 Honorary Membership Ceremony
9.45-10.30 Professor Holger Stark (Frankfurt University, Germany)
“Histamine H4 receptor – ligand, binding and activation.”
– COST BM0806
10.30-11.00 Coffee break and poster viewing
11.00- 12.15 Walter Schunack Memorial Symposium
12.30 onwards Outing
Friday May 4th 2012
8.30 – 12.00 Registration and signing of COST attendance register
8.30-9.15 G.B. West Lecture –
Professor Peter Bradding (Leicester University, UK)
"Interactions between mast cells and structural airway cells in the pathogenesis of asthma"
9.15-11.20 Coffee and poster session
11.20-13.05 Novel highlights on mast cell functions - COST BM1007
13.05-14.15 Lunch and meeting of WG2 COST BM0806 (Board Room)
14.15-15.15 Round Table – What’s new in H4 research? COST Action BM0806
15.15-16.00 Coffee & Poster Session
16.00-17.00 Oral Session
17.00-18.00 Oral Session
18.00-19.15 Meeting of WG3 COST BM0806 (Board Room)
20.00 Dinner (Lagan Suite)
Saturday May 5rd 2012
8.30 -12.00 Registration and signing of COST attendance register
8.30-9.15 Professor M. Beatrice Passani (University of Florence, Italy)
"H4R and neuroinflammation: insights from mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis"
– COST Action BM0806
9.15-10.30 Oral Session
10.30-11.45 Coffee & Poster session
11.45-13.00 Oral Session
13.00-14.00 Lunch and meeting of WG4
14.00-15.15 Young Investigator Award Oral Session to include COST Action BM0806 ESR/STMS presentations
15.15-15.45 Coffee & Poster viewing of the selected posters
15.45-16.00 Dr Katherine Tiligada (University of Athens, Greece)
“Progress and limitations in H4R research”
– COST Action BM0806
16.00-17.45 General Assembly of the EHRS
18.00-19.30 Meeting of the MC COST Action BM0806 (Board Room)
20.00 Farewell Dinner (Sonoma Restaurant, Hilton Hotel)