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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Donna Krupa (301) 634-7209;
dkrupa@the-aps.org
Stacy Brooks 301.634.7253;
sbrooks@the-aps.org
Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases (Crohn’s, colitis) Research Conference: Immunological and
Pathophysiological Mechanisms in IBD
Sept. 8-11 2004
in Snowmass, Colorado
Bethesda, MD – (June 22, 2004) The American Physiological
Society (APS) announces it is sponsoring a translational research
conference entitled “Immunological and Pathophysiological Mechanisms in
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases” from Sept. 8-11, 2004 in Snowmass, Colorado.
The keynote lecture, “IBD: Light at the End of the Tunnel?”
will be delivered by Daniel Podolsky, M.D., professor of medicine at
Harvard Medical School and chief of the gastrointestinal unit at the
affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. The final panel of the meeting,
featuring researchers from the Mayo Clinic, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
University of Barcelona, Spain, and University of Bologna, Italy, will
describe new therapeutic strategies in the treatment of IBD.
In addition to evening sessions involving research poster
presentations, the meeting will feature symposia led by noted researchers
on the following subjects:
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Genetics of IBD
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Role of the immune system in intestinal inflammation: Who are the
players and what do they do?
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Innate immune responses in IBD: Role of the vasculature
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Cytokines, chemokines and mediators of chronic inflammation
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Bacterial/host interactions in the pathogenesis of IBD
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New therapeutic strategies in the treatment of IBD
According to co-organizers Matthew Grisham, of Louisiana State
University, Shreveport and Fabio Cominelli, of the University of Virginia,
the IBD conference is the “first in a series of translational, that is,
bench to bedside, conferences to be sponsored by APS aimed at bringing
together internationally recognized scientists and clinicians as well as
promising young investigators” in a variety of physiological subjects.
Speakers and other participants, many of whom will be
presenting poster abstracts, come from all over world, and include
researchers and students from the graduate through senior research/faculty
level. Abstracts already have been received from researchers working in
Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands,
Puerto Rico, and Spain, as well as throughout the U.S.
Over the four days of sessions, participants will gain an
in-depth understanding of the latest developments in research on the
underlying mechanisms responsible for experimental and clinical IBD.
Reflecting the “translational” nature of the meetings sponsored by the
American Physiological Society, clinical, pharmaceutical and biotech
researchers will highlight novel IBD therapeutic strategies.
Media registration and information
Full information about the conference, including the detailed
schedule, is at:
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/snowmass/index.htm
Media wishing to attend part or all of the conference in
person, and to arrange interviews in advance, should call or email APS
communications contacts:
Donna Krupa at (301) 634-7209,
dkrupa@the-aps.org
or
Stacy Brooks at 301.634.7253,
sbrooks@the-aps.org
APS website
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For more information about APS, its journals and publications,
extensive educational and mentoring activities and other meetings, go to the
APS website. The “Press Room” section offers access to press releases and
abstracts on research presented at past meetings as well as research
reported in APS journals.
The next APS conference, “Integrative Biology of Exercise,” is
scheduled for October 6-9, 2004 in Austin, Texas. Information is available
at:
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/austin/index.htm
The American
Physiological Society (APS) was founded in 1887 to foster basic and applied
science, much of it relating to human health. The Bethesda, MD-based Society has more than
10,000 members and publishes over 3,800 articles in its 14 peer-reviewed
journals every year. In May 2004, APS received the Presidential Award for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
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