10:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET
Description
The Division of Lung Diseases at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will convene a two-day virtual workshop entitled “Progenitor Resilience and the Early Onset of Chronic Lung Diseases” on November 7-8th, 2024 from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm ET. The overarching goal of this workshop is to bring together pulmonary medicine researchers and stem/progenitor cell biologists to discuss the current state of science and to identify critical research gaps, challenges, and opportunities in the area of progenitor resilience and chronic lung diseases. Experts will center their discussions around the role of lung progenitor cells in early onset chronic lung disease, and the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of chronic lung diseases.
Key Objectives
- Define progenitor cell resilience and identify factors that regulate lung progenitor resilience
- Understand the role of progenitor/stem cells, particularly resilience, in early onset of chronic lung disease
- Discuss emerging technologies and model systems to study progenitor/stem cell behavior in chronic lung disease
- Identify gaps in research on progenitor-based markers predicting early chronic lung disease
- Discuss potential therapeutic interventions targeting progenitor/stem cells to prevent or treat chronic lung disease
- Leverage insights from other disciplines to improve our understanding of mechanisms of lung progenitor resilience
- Facilitate collaboration among basic science researchers, clinicians, and industry experts to breach knowledge gaps in our understanding of progenitor/stem cell resilience and chronic lung disease
Registration Close Date
Monday, November 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET