{"id":59715,"date":"2026-11-06T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzl.de\/?p=59715"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:07:09","slug":"young-investigators-of-the-disease-area-diffuse-parenchymal-lung-diseases-meet-in-giessen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzl.de\/en\/news\/young-investigators-of-the-disease-area-diffuse-parenchymal-lung-diseases-meet-in-giessen\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Investigators of the Disease Area \u201cDiffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases\u201d meet in Giessen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Young Investigator Meeting on October 27-28 was organized by the DPLD junior scientists Alejandro Egea-Zorilla, Buse Karakuzulu, Gaidaa Dogheim, Gamze Gelincik, Lara Paulini, and Marleen Stremlau, with support from Franziska Hauptkorn, Sophie Hansen, and Andreas G\u00fcnther.<\/p>\n

The event kicked off on the afternoon of October 27 with social activities designed to help participants get to know each other. An interactive charades, Pictionary, and drawing session provided an informal icebreaker and encouraged networking among the attendees.<\/p>\n

The keynote lecture was delivered by Junior Professor Ana Ivonne Vazquez-Armendariz (University of Bonn), who presented her research on \u201cVascularized Lung Organoids to Model Respiratory Diseases\u201d.<\/p>\n

The scientific program took place on October 28 and featured presentations from junior scientists across a broad range of research areas, including:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lung Development and Pediatric Lung Disease
\n\u2022 Epithelial Injury, Repair and Regeneration
\n\u2022 Disease Modelling and Novel Therapies
\n\u2022 Clinical Research and Patient Outcomes in ILD
\n\u2022 Immunity, Inflammation and Fibrosis, Fibroblasts
\n\u2022 Extracellular Matrix and Metabolic Drivers of Fibrosis<\/p>\n

Thanks to a generous donation of \u20ac6,000 from Boehringer Ingelheim, poster prizes were awarded to outstanding contributions.<\/p>\n

The first prize went to Lin Shen (CPC-M Munich)<\/strong> for the abstract \u201cRedefining the Predictiveness of Human Fibrosis Models through Transcriptomic and Multimodal 3D Analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second prize was awarded to Gaidaa Dogheim (TLRC Heidelberg)<\/strong> for \u201cInterplay between Iron Deficiency and Hyperoxia: Consequences for Lung Development in a Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Model.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on the review rankings, the third prize was shared among six recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Dharmesh Hirani (UGMLC Gie\u00dfen) for \u201cHyperoxia-Induced Chromatin Remodeling Is Linked to Programming of Hematopoiesis and Antiviral Responses, Driving Persistent Peripheral Immune Dysregulation in BPD.\u201d
\n\u2022 Lara-Jasmin Schr\u00f6der (BREATH Hannover) for \u201cFibroblast-Epithelial Lipid Crosstalk Reshapes the Alveolar Lipidome in a Human Organoid Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis.\u201d
\n\u2022 Jamal Nabhanizadeh (UGMLC Gie\u00dfen) for \u201cSpatial Mapping of Environmental Niches in Fibrosis-Associated Lung Cancer.\u201d
\n\u2022 Gamze Cigdem Gelincik (UGMLC Gie\u00dfen) for \u201cStem-Immune Interactions in the Lung: A Conversation Promoting Lung Health and Contributing to Tissue Regeneration.\u201d
\n\u2022 Selma Dizdarevic (UGMLC Gie\u00dfen) for \u201cLung Cancer Progression and Fibrosis Are Interconnected Through Distinct Fibrocyte States.\u201d
\n\u2022 Aysan Ezaddoustdar (UGMLC Gie\u00dfen) for \u201cEpiregulin Promotes Expansion of Aberrant Airway Epithelial Cells, Driving Epithelial-Mesenchymal Miscommunication in Lung Fibrosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

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