41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the
European Society for Clinical Investigation

Uppsala, Sweden
17-20 April 2007

Scientific Programme

You can find the programme schedule here.

I Plenary Lectures

1.
 Eosinophilia – should we care?
P. Venge (Uppsala, Sweden) – abstract
2.
 Alzheimer’s disease
D. Schenk (San Francisco, CA, USA)
3.
 Genetic basis of obesity
S. O’Rahilly (Cambridge, UK) – abstract
4.
 Lupus – origins and outcome
D.A. Isenberg (London, UK) – abstract
5.
 Molecular evidence-based medicine – Evolution and integration of information in the genomic era
J.P.A. Ioannidis (Ioannina, Greece/Boston, USA),
ESCI Award winner 2007 – abstract
6.
 The regulation of gastric inflammation by Helicobacter pylori and its consequences
M.J. Blaser (New York, NY, USA) – abstract

 

II Workshops
Theme:
 Inflammation
1.
 Phagocyte biology: from gene to function
C. Dahlgren (Göteborg, Sweden), A. Karlsson (Göteborg, Sweden) – programme – abstracts – www.phagocytes.net
2.
 Inflammation and autoimmunity
L. Rönnblom (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
3.
 Transplantation and innate immunity
G. Tufveson (Uppsala, Sweden), O. Korsgren (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
4.
 Asthma and COPD: genetics, remodelling and therapeutic consequences
C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), P. Venge (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
Theme:
 Cardiovascular disease
5.
 Arteriosclerosis: basic mechanisms and clinical consequences
B. Lindahl (Uppsala, Sweden), G. Hansson (Stockholm, Sweden), B. Fellström (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
6.
 Clinical pharmacogenetics
M.L. Dahl (Uppsala, Sweden), H. Melhus (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
Theme:
 Cancer
7.
 Cancer – basic mechanisms
P.Venge (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
8.
 Urinary bladder cancer
P.U. Malmström (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
9.
 Colorectal cancer
B. Glimelius (Uppsala, Sweden), L. Påhlgren (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
10.
 Lymphoma: genetics and inflammation
G. Enblad (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
11.
 Current status of individualized pharmacotherapy of cancer
R. Larsson (Uppsala, Sweden), P. Nygren (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
Theme:
 Metabolism
12.
 Type 2 diabetes and obesity
A.F. Karlsson (Uppsala, Sweden), C. Berne (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
13.
 Nutrition, alcoholic liver disease and NASH
P. Stärkel (Brussels, Belgium) – programme – abstracts
Theme:
 Amyloids, Alzheimer’s disease and Traumatic brain injury
14.
 Neurodegenerative disorders – Alzheimer’s disease
L. Lannfelt (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
15.
 Amyloids and prions in disease
P. Westermark (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
16.
 Traumatic brain injury – from molecule to man
L. Hillered (Uppsala, Sweden), P. Enblad (Uppsala, Sweden – programme – abstracts
Theme:
 Future tools in molecular medicine
17.
 Future tools in molecular medicine
U. Landegren (Uppsala, Sweden), A.C. Syvänen (Uppsala, Sweden) – programme – abstracts
Theme:
 Global epidemics
18.
 Antibiotic resistance
D. Andersson (Uppsala, Sweden), O. Cars (Stockholm, Sweden – programme – abstracts

III Subspeciality Poster Sessions

Cardiovascular Medicine – abstracts
Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism – abstracts
Gastroenterology and Hepatology – abstracts
Haematology and Oncology – abstracts
Immunology and Rheumatology – abstracts
Lipids – abstracts
Nephrology and Hypertension – abstracts
Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism – abstracts
Thrombosis and Haemostasis – abstracts

Poster viewing will be possible during coffee breaks and at lunch time from Wednesday 18 April until Friday 20 April and on Wednesday and Thursday 18.00 – 19.00 hrs. The chaired oral session of selected subspeciality postersis scheduled for Friday, 20 April 2007, 14.00 – 15.00 hrs.Poster Awards: the four best posters (including workshop abstracts/posters) will be awarded the Poster Award 2007 to the amount of EURO 250 per poster. The presentation of the poster awards is scheduled for Thursday, 19 April 2007, 14.45 – 15.00 hrs, immediately following the ESCI Award winning lecture.You will find a copy of the ESCI 2007 poster instructions here.

Deadline of electronic abstract submission 5 December 2006.