Congress and Events
Explore our dedicated page for congress and event updates. Here, you can catch up on symposia sessions you might have missed, or read a summary of the latest research in epithelial science presented at a meeting. You can also find more information about upcoming events, webinars, and opportunities to collaborate on EpiCentral projects.
Explore our dedicated page for congress and event updates. Here, you can catch up on symposia sessions you might have missed, or read a summary of the latest research in epithelial science presented at a meeting. You can also find more information about upcoming events, webinars, and opportunities to collaborate on EpiCentral projects.
2024
ERS
Explore the mechanisms of epithelial-driven inflammation, and the possibilities of epithelial repair and restoration of epithelial barrier function. Developed in collaboration with Dr Julia Eckl-Dorna.
Learn about the epithelium as a driver of multiple inflammatory pathways in airway diseases.
Learn about the epithelium as a driver of multiple inflammatory pathways in airway diseases. Developed in collaboration with Dr Simon Couillard.
Examine the impact of environmental triggers on epithelial barrier dysfunction. Developed in collaboration with Associate Professor Asger Sverrild.
Examining the evidence in airway disease: is the epithelium the missing link?
Re-watch our symposium from ERS 2024 chaired by Professor Brightling and joined by Associate Professor Sverrild and Drs Couillard and Eckl-Dorna
EAACI
Increased understanding in the ‘epithelial era’: does one airway still mean one disease?
Learn more about the role of the epithelium in the development of multimorbid allergic diseases.
The role of epithelial cytokines in CRS
Discover the role of epithelial cytokines in modulating processes underlying
the pathophysiology of CRS.
Epithelial crosstalk in modulating the immune response
Learn more about the role of epithelial crosstalk in regulating the immune response and how this can be disrupted in disease.
The role of the epithelium as a critical immune-functioning organ in both upper and lower airway disease
Explore the ways in which the epithelium can modulate the immune response in upper and lower airway disease.
2023
ERS
The airway epithelium as an immune-functioning organ: a key driver in the pathogenesis of upper and lower respiratory disease
Re-watch our symposium, 'The airway epithelium as an immune-functioning organ: a key driver in the pathogenesis of upper and lower respiratory disease', from ERS 2023 discussing the airway epithelium as an immune-functioning organ.
Discover the immune mechanisms and epithelial cytokines that drive inflammatory responses in asthma.
EAACI
Learn more about how epithelial cytokines play a key role in upper and lower airway disease processes.
Modulation of mast cell-dependent constriction of human airways by epithelial cytokines
Discover the role of mast cells and epithelial cytokines in modulating processes underlying key asthma pathophysiology.
Learn more about mucus hypersecretion and mucus plugging in severe asthma and their impact on clinical outcomes.
Explore the bronchial epithelial immune response in asthma and the cytokines that mediate exacerbations of the disease.
2022
EAACI
Learn more about airway smooth muscle dysfunction and epithelial-derived cytokines that drive inflammation in asthma.
Explore how damage to the epithelial barrier and key epithelial cytokines lead to clinical features of asthma.
Learn more about how environmental determinants and epithelial barrier dysfunction lead to asthma exacerbation.
Congress highlights
Discover the key highlights of EAACI and a summary of the latest data.
Impact of environmental triggers and seasonality on the epithelium (1/3)
Explore the environment-epithelium interplay and how this is a major driver of asthma pathology.
The role of epithelial cytokines in driving asthma pathobiology (2/3)
Discover how epithelial cytokines drive airway remodelling and inflammation in asthma.
Inflammatory and airway smooth muscle cell interactions in asthma (3/3)
Learn more about the structure and function of the airway smooth muscle and how it interacts with inflammatory cells in asthma.
ATS
Congress highlights
Discover the key highlights of ATS and a summary of the latest data.
ERS
Congress highlights
Discover the key highlights of ERS and a summary of the latest data.
Full symposium
Re-watch our symposium from ERS 2022 discussing the heterogeneity of inflammation in asthma.