47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the
European Society for Clinical Investigation
Albufeira, Portugal
17 – 20 April 2013
Congress venue: São Rafael Atlantic Hotel
Scientific Programme
I Plenary lectures
- Wednesday 17 April, 19.15 – 20.00
Mitochondrial diseases
Anthony Schapira - Thursday 18 April, 10.30 – 11.15
Innovations in biomarker discovery in cardiovascular disease
Gerard Pasterkamp - Thursday 18 April, 14.00 – 14.45
Atherosclerosis – Non-resolving Inflammation
Ira Tabas - Friday 19 April, 10.30 – 11.15
Lecture ESCI Award Winner 2013
Basic/Translational Research
Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of life and death
Luca Scorrano (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Friday 19 April, 14.00 – 14.45
Lecture ESCI Award Winner 2013
Clinical Research
Immune deficiency in infections
Mihai Netea (Nijmegen, NL)
- Friday 19 April, 15.00 – 15.45
Lecture awardee Albert Struyvenberg Medal
Interlocking basic and clinical research in approaching the complex puzzle of obesity
Gema Frühbeck (Pamploma, Spain)
- Saturday 20 April, 10.30 – 11.15
New insights into the pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Brent Neuschwander-Tetri (St. Louis, USA)
II Workshops
- Phagocyte biology
Organizer: Oliver Söhnlein (Munich, Germany) - Mitochondrial physiology: from basic research to the clinic
Organizers: Paulo Oliveira (Coimbra, Portugal) and Mariusz Wieckowski (Warsaw, Poland) - Oxidants and antioxidants in aging and disease
Organizers: Ignacio Vega-Naredo (Coimbra, Portugal) - Digestive and nutritional aspects in health and disease. From bench to bedside
Organizer: Piero Portincasa (Bari, Italy) - Pathophysiology of menopause: more than just aging?
Organizer: Vilma Sardão (Coimbra, Portugal) - Pathophysiology of renal stones
Organizers: Jean-Philippe Haymann (Paris, France) and Michel Daudon (Paris, France) - Rheumatology
Organizer: György Nagy (Budapest, Hungary) - Cardiology
Organizer: Hendrik Nathoe (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
III Poster Sessions
- Phagocyte Biology and Immunology
- Mitochondrial Physiology
- Oxidants and Antioxidants
- Digestion and Nutrition
- Menopause
- Nephrology
- Rheumatology
- Cardiology
- Other topics: Basic Research
- Other topics: Clinical Research
Poster viewing will be possible during coffee breaks and at lunchtime from Thursday 18 April and Friday 19 April. Poster presenters should be present at their poster during lunchtime in order to be eligible for the poster award.
Poster Awards: the four best posters (including workshop posters) will be awarded the Poster Award 2013 to the amount of EURO 200 per poster
IV 2nd ESCI course on Methodology of Research