44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the
European Society for Clinical Investigation
Bari, Italy
24 – 27 February 2010
| Congress venue Aula Magna ‘G. De Benedictis’ Building Polifunzionale University Medical School – Hospital Policlinico Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11 Bari, Italy Note that that it takes a 5 minutes walk to the meeting halls. |
Opening ceremony and welcome reception Palazzo Ateneo Salone Affreschi Piazza Umberto I, 1 Bari, Italy on a 15 minutes walk from the Aula Magna. |
Scientific Programme
I Plenary Lectures
- Wednesday, 24 February, 19.15 – 20.00
Plenary opening lecture
A new genus of anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving lipid mediators from a systems approach to inflammation
Charles N. Serhan (Boston, USA) - Thursday, 25 February, 10.30 – 11.15
Cofactor network to control metabolism
Johan Auwerx (Lausanne, Switzerland) - Thursday, 25 February, 14.00 – 14.45
Progress in immunology requires more clinical research
Antonio Coutinho (Lisbon, Portugal) - Friday, 26 February, 10.30 – 11.15
Lecture: ESCI Award Winner 2010, Basic/Translational Research
Role of microRNAs and regulatory RNA binding proteins in cancer
Reuven Agami (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - Friday, 26 February, 14.00 – 14.45
Lecture: ESCI Award Winner 2010, Clinical Research
Understanding obesity – from genes to molecules to behaviour
I. Sadaf Farooqi (Cambridge, UK) - Friday, 26 February, 20.00 congress dinner lecture
Lecture: ESCI Medal Awardee 2010 - Saturday, 27 February, 10.30 – 11.15
Chronic inflammation and gastric cancer
Peter Malfertheiner (Magdeburg, Germany)
II Workshops
- Emerging aspects of phagocyte biology
Organizers: M. Cassatella (Verona, Italy), S. Sozzani (Brescia, Italy)
For more information: http://www.phagocytes.net/workshop.html - Lipid disorders in the body:
- (I) Cholesterol and metabolic aspects
Organizer: P. Portincasa (Bari, Italy) - (II) Liver steatosis
Organizer: F. Lammert (Homburg, Germany) - (III) Bile secretion and gallstone disease
Organizers: D.Q-H.Wang (Boston, USA), K.J. van Erpecum (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
- (I) Cholesterol and metabolic aspects
- Nuclear Receptors in health and disease
Organizer: A. Moschetta (Bari, Italy) - Methodology of Research
Organizers: G. Chrousos (Athens, Greece), J. Ioannidis (Ioannina, Greece) - Aquaporins: pathophysiological relevance in clinical disorders
Organizer: G. Calamita (Bari, Italy) - Systemic sclerosis: the pathophysiology of sclerodermic vasculopathy
Organizer: G. Lapadula (Bari, Italy) - Obesity and reproduction
Organizers: G. Garruti (Bari, Italy), R. De Palo (Bari, Italy), A. Mann (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) - Differential Diabetes Diagnostic (ESCI/CEED3 Joint Meeting)
Organizer: M.T. Malecki (Cracow, Poland) - Irritable bowel syndrome – Constipation: the disease burden
Organizer: D.F. Altomare (Bari, Italy) - Top topics in Gastroenterology (ESCI-EAGE joint meeting)
Organizer: P. Malfertheiner (Magdeburg, Germany) - Stem cells: tissue engineering and clinical implications (ESCI-Plastic Surgery Joint Meeting)
Organizer: A. Portincasa (Foggia, Italy), M. Pascone (Bari, Italy) - Viral hepatitis and metabolic aspects
Organizer: V.O. Palmieri (Bari, Italy)
III Subspecialty Poster Sessions
- Cardiovascular medicine
- Endocrinology, diabetology and metabolism
- Gastroenterology and hepatology
- Haematology and oncology
- Immunology, rheumatology and inflammation
- Lipidology
- Nephrology and hypertension
- Neurology and neurobiology
- Osteoporosis and bone metabolism
- Respiratory medicine
- Thrombosis and haemostasis
Poster viewing will be possible during coffee breaks and at lunchtime from Thursday 25 February until Saturday 27 February.
Poster Awards: the four best posters (including workshop abstracts/posters) will be awarded the Poster Award 2010 to the amount of EURO 250 per poster.
You will find the poster instructions here.
Deadline for electronic abstract submission: 13 October 2009.