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The 9th International Workshop on Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections was a great succes, with excellent oral and poster presentations, scientific and social interactions. We thank all organisers and participants for their contribution and hope to see everyone again at the 10th workshop at LO-Skolen, 4-7 July 2012!

The following Young Scientists were awarded for their oral or poster presentations:

BEST OVERALL PRESENTATION

  • Garrett Ng, Melbourne, Australia
    Haematopoietic Muc1 mucin expression regulates Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis

BEST ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  • Joana Gomes, Porto, Portugal
    Changes induced by Pteridium aquilinum in gastric epithelial cells: is there a synergistic effect with Helicobacter pylori infection?
  • Malin Sundquist, Gothenburg, Sweden
    Increased M1 macrophage polarization in human Helicobacter pylori-associated atrophic gastritis and in vaccinated mice
  • Bram Flahou, Ghent, Belgium
    Helicobacter suis γ-glutamyl transpeptidase causes glutathione degradation-dependent gastric cell death

BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  • Tove Frandsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Phylogenetic characterization of Helicobacter colonization of mammals using Next Generation Sequencing
  • Par Johansson, Umea, Sweden
    Binding of the H. pylori BabA adhesin is regulated by local redox conditions, and replacement of key cysteines reveal functional dependence on disulfide bonds
  • Annah Rolig, Santa Cruz, USA
    Helicobacter pylori chemotaxis influences early immune responses that dictate later inflammatory status

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(download a pdf-file with the HPIG2010 final announcement)

Dear colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the "9th International Workshop on Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections" at LO-skolen in Helsingør north of Copenhagen, July 7-10, 2010. The Workshop is organised by the European Study Group on Pathogenesis and Immunology in Helicobacter Infections (ESGPIHI), which is affiliated to the European Helicobacter Study Group (EHSG). EHSG was founded in Copenhagen in 1987 and has arranged the annual"EHSG Workshop” in different European countries since 1988. The next annual workshops will be in Porto in September 2009, Amsterdam in September 2010 and Dublin in September 2011. The award of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2005 jointly to Barry Marshall and Robin Warren for their discovery of the bacterium H. pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease emphasizes an increasing focus on Helicobacter.

ESGPIHI was founded at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen in 1992 as the European Pathogenesis and Immunology Study Group by scientists working on Helicobacter infections with the main purpose of stimulating collaboration between scientific groups. One approach to realize this goal is to arrange basic science meetings on pathogenesis and immunology, Pathophysiology, diagnosis, antimicrobial agents and susceptibility testing are not the main subjects for the meetings although basic mechanisms in these fields are borderlines to the workshop.

The first open meeting of the group was in Helsingør, Denmark in 1994 followed by Galway, Ireland 1997 and Helsingør 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. The 2010 Helicobacter workshop in Helsingør will also deal with:

  • Motility, adhesion and colonization of Helicobacter species
  • Molecular mechanisms and inflammation
  • Molecular genetics and virulence factors
  • Humural immune response and vaccines
  • Interactions between host cells and Helicobacter spp.
  • Carcinogenesis in Helicobacter infections
  • New Helicobacter species and extragastric Helicobacter infections
  • Experimental animal models
  • Basic mechanisms of helicobacters and probiotics
  • Metabolisms and treatment targets in Helicobacter infections

These disciplines are essential for understanding the development of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer and MALT lymphoma, as well as the extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter infections in humans and in experimental animal models. Over the years, the workshops have developed into international meetings with interaction between invited specialists presenting keynote lectures and young scientists presenting original work.

We are grateful to ESCMID, which is supporting 21 Young Scientists with a grant.

We look forward to seeing you in Helsingør in July 2010.

Dr. Leif Percival Andersen & Professor Torkel Wadström,
Chairmen

Organised by Helicobacter Research Center Oresund (HRCO)
in collaboration with DGHM Task Force "Gastrointestinal Infections"

 

Last updated: August 8, 2010