European Histamine Research Society and COST Action BM0806 Joint Meeting

Belfast, Ireland, May 2-5, 2012

Session Title: NOVEL HIGHLIGHTS ON MAST CELL FUNCTIONS

(COST Action BM1007 WG1 Physiological and pathophysiological importance of mast cells and basophils in health and disease)

Speakers and Tentative Titles:

Ulrich Blank, PhD
INSERM, Paris, France
Late signaling events for histamine release by mast cells

Gunnar P. Nilsson, PhD
Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Eicosanoids - performing lipidiomics on activated mast cells

Francesca Levi-Schaffer, PhD
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
The allergic effector unit: mast cells - eosinophils interactions regulate the allergic response

Contact Details:

Ulrich Blank, PhD
CNRS Research Director
Inserm U699
Université Paris 7
Faculté de Médecine Site X. Bichat
16 rue Henri Huchard
75018 Paris, France
Fax: +33(0)157277661
e-mail: ulrich.blank(at)inserm.fr

Prof. Gunnar P. Nilsson, PhD
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Medicine Solna
Clinical Immunology and Allergy Unit
Karolinska University Hospital Solna L2:04
SE - 171 76 Stockholm, SWEDEN
Fax: +46 8 33 57 24
e-mail: gunnar.p.nilsson(at)ki.se

Prof. Francesca Levi-Schaffer, PhD
Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
POB 12065
Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Fax: +972-(2)-6758144
e-mail: fls(at)cc.huji.ac.il