5th European Workshop on Lipid Mediators

October 23

8:00-9:00 Registration, Coffee

9:05-9:15 Opening address by organizers

Opening lecture

9:15-10:00 Paul Vanhoutte (Hong Kong University, China)
Endothelium-mediated control of vascular tone: COX1 and COX2 products

Session 1. PGE2 IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Chairpersons: Organizer, affiliation / Organizer, affiliation

10:00-10:30 Francis Berenbaum (Paris 6 University, France)
PGE2 and osteoarthritis (25 +5 Q&A)

10:30 -11:00 Helen Wise (Hong Kong University, China)
Neuroinflammation: role of PGE2 in neuron-glial interactions

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break - Poster session and Exhibition visit 

11:30 -12:00 Maria G Belvisi (Imperial College London, UK)
PGE2 in airway diseases (25 +5 Q&A)

12:00-12:20 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

12:20-12:40 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

12:40-14:10 Lunch

Session 2. PROSTAGLANDINS AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Chairpersons: Organizer, affiliation / Organizer, affiliation

14:10-14:40 Theresa Kinsella (University College, Dublin, Ireland)
Platelets and vascular cells, prostacyclin and thromboxane receptors (25 +5 Q&A)

14:40 -15:10 Paola Patrignani (University Chieti, Italy)
The role of platelets in cardiovascular disease and cancer (25 +5 Q&A)

15:10 -15:40 Karsten Schror (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany)
Aspirin and lipid mediators in the circulatory system (25 +5 Q&A)

15:40-16:00 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

16:00-16:20 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

16:20-16:50 Coffee Break : Poster session and Exhibition visit 

Session 3. NOVEL LIPID MEDIATORS AND ADVANCES IN LIPID MEDIATOR ANALYTICS
Chairpersons: Organizer, affiliation / Organizer, affiliation

16:50-17:20 Jesús Balsinde (CSIC, Valladolid, Spain)
Lipid signaling and lipidomics in innate immunity and inflammation (25 +5 Q&A)

17:20 -17:50 Rob Vreeken (Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands)
High-resolution lipidomics (25 +5 Q&A)

17:50-18:10 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

18:10-18:30 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

Closing Remarks for Day 1

Reception at the Foyer of the Heritage Building of the Faculty of Pharmacy

October 24

8:30-8:30 Morning address by organizers

Plenary lecture

8:30-9:15 Sven-Erik Dahlén (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
Roles of leukotrienes and other lipid mediators in asthma and allied airway diseases

Young Investigator Session
Chairpersons: Organizer, affiliation / Organizer, affiliation

9:15-11:15 10 junior speakers, 10 +2 min Q&A. to be selected from abstract submissions

11:15-11:45 Coffee Break: Poster session and Exhibition visit

Session 4. LIPOXYGENASES
Chairpersons: Organizer, affiliation / Organizer, affiliation

11:45-12:15 Magnus Bäck (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
5-Lipoxygenase and cardiovascular disease (25 +5 Q&A)

12:15 -12:45 Hartmut Kühn (Charité, Berlin, Germany)
15-Lipoxygenase; structure and function (25 +5 Q&A)

12:45-13:05 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

13:05-13:25 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

13:25-15:25 Lunch (followed by coffee at poster session)

 Session 5. ADIPOSE TISSUE AND BIOACTIVE LIPIDS
Chairpersons: Organizer, affiliation / Organizer, affiliation

15:25-15:55 Johan van de Voorde (Ghent University, Belgium)
Regulation of vascular tone by adipocytes (25 +5 Q&A)

15:55 -16:25 Ebru Erbay (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey)
Nutritional modification of lipotoxic endoplasmic reticulum stress and
inflammation by a bioactive lipokine prevents atherosclerosis (25 +5 Q&A)

16:25 -16:55 María Jesús Moreno Aliaga ( University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)
Role of omega-3 fatty acids in obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases (25 +5 Q&A)

16:55-17:15 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

17:15-17:35 speaker to be selected from abstract submission
Title of presentation (15 +5 Q&A)

17:35 Adjourn : Workshop closing address by organizers

(Coffee and beverages for last stayers)

Paul Vanhoutte (Hong Kong University, China)

Francis Berenbaum (Paris 6 University, France)

Helen Wise (Hong Kong University, China)

Maria G Belvisi (Imperial College London, UK)

Paola Patrignani (University Chieti, Italy)

Theresa Kinsella (University College, Dublin, Ireland)

Karsten Schroör (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany)

Jesús Balsinde (CSIC, Valladolid, Spain)

Rob Vreeken (Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands)

Sven-Erik Dahlén (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)

Magnus Bäck (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)

Hartmut Kühn (Charité, Berlin, Germany)

Johan van de Voorde (Ghent University, Belgium)

Ebru Erbay (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey)

María Jesús Moreno Aliaga ( University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)

The registration fees are 250 euros (Full price) and 50 euros (Reduced price).