Journal of IiMER June 2024 #BRMEC13 PROGRAMME – Day 1 26th June 2024 Arrival Refreshments 08:55 Welcome to BRMEC13 09:35 How infectious diseases (IDs) together with environmental and genetic factors trigger the onset of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) Underlying Mechanisms of Long Covid Chair: Simon Carding, Quadram Institute Chronic Infection Aetiology Starter (viral / non viral): Chair Fridbjorn Sigurdsson 09:10 10:00 ME/CFS and Long Covid: NIH study 10:25 10:45 Chaired Discussion 11:05 BREAK Physiology: Chair Jonas Bergquist 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 13:15 Acute and chronic infections in patients with post–infectious syndromes Diagnostic and potential relevance of autoantibodies for fatigue symptoms Dysautonomia and Results from ICOSS Chaired Discussion Chair: Opening Thomas Vogl, Medical University of Vienna, Austria David Price, Cardiff University Avindra Nath, NIIH A Systems Biology Approach to ME / AI and Phenotypes Tamas Korcsmaros, Imperial College London Discussion Branislav Milovanović, Institute for cardiovascular diseases-Dedinje Department of Cardiology, Serbia Insights from Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise David Systrom, Harvard Medical School Lutz Schomburg, Charite Berlin Markku Partinen, University of Helsinki Discussion 13:30 LUNCH Nervous System and Neuroinflammation: Chair Jon Brooks 14:30 14:35 15:00 15:25 15:50 fMRI Observations from NIH Intramural Study Innate immune activation in the whole body and CNS of ME patients using PET/MRI Using fMRI and PET imaging to study neuroinflammation in ME Chaired Discussion 16:10 BREAK Metabolism Body and Cell Chair: Rikke Olsen 16:35 Ancestral allele of DNA polymerase gamma modifies antiviral tolerance 17:00 Mitochondrial dysfunction in ME/CFS 17:25 17:50 18:00 Genetic predisposition to metabolic disturbances in individuals severely affected by long-COVID Chaired Discussion Adjourn Jon Brooks, UEA, UK Avi Nath, NIH Michelle James, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA Michael van Elzakker, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital/Tufts University Discussion Yilin Kang, Suomalainen-Wartiovaara Group, University of Helsinki Rob Wust, Virje University, Amsterdam, Kristoffer Hansen, Aarhus University Discussion Invest in ME Research Page 30 of 32
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