Lectures
In 2022, the DZL Academy will organize virtual block lectures in one afternoon at two-monthly intervals, addressing a specific lung research topic. The talks will be presented by internal and / or external speakers and further information about the speakers and lecture content will be announced in due course here and via e-mail to all Academy fellows.
NEXT EVENTS 2022
09. December, 2-6 PM - Program
Current topics in translational research on bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Session Chairs: Ms. Miša Gunjak (Morty Laboratory, DZL Campus TLRC) and
Dr. Claudio Nardiello (Weißmann Laboratory, DZL Campus UGMLC)
2:00-2:05 pm Introduction
Prof. Dr. Rory E. Morty (Department of Translational Pulmonology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany)
2:05-3:00 pm How important is sex as a biological variable in the neonatal lung?
Assoc. Prof. Krithika Lingappan (Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A.)
3:00-4:00 pm Round-table discussion on alveologenesis
Assist. Prof. Jennifer Sucre (Division of Neonatology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, U.S.A.)
4:00-4:20 pm Bio-break (and football score update!)
4:20-5:00 pm New directions in translation studies on bronchopulmonary dysplasia: work from the Young Laboratory in Miami
Assoc. Prof. Karen C. Young (Division of Neonatology, University of Miami, Miami, U.S.A.)
5:00- 5:55 pm How the maternal environment impacts epigenetic changes in offspring: implication for the lungs
Prof. Lynette K. Rogers (Center for Perinatal Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, U.S.A.)
5:55- 6:00 pm Wrap-Up
Prof. Dr. Rory E. Morty (Department of Translational Pulmonology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany)
