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 1990 Kuopio 1990 Breda 1989 Breda 1989 Copenhagen 1988, 1974 Copenhagen 1988, 1974 Strbske Pleso 1987 Strbske Pleso 1987 Odense 1986 Odense 1986 Aachen 1985 Aachen 1985 Florence 2007, 1984, 1975 Florence 2007, 1984, 1975 Brighton 1983 Brighton 1983 Bled 2005, 1982 Bled 2005, 1982 Hannover 1981 Hannover 1981 Visegrad 1980 Visegrad 1980 Stockholm 2008, 1979 Stockholm 2008, 1979 London 1977 London 1977 Paris 1976, 1972 Paris 1976, 1972 Marburg 1991, 1973 Marburg 1991, 1973


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1973 Marburg
1974 Copenhagen
1975 Florence
1976 Paris
1977 London
1978 Lodz
1979 Stockholm
1980 Visegrad
1981 Hannover
1982 Bled
1983 Brighton
1984 Florence
1985 Aachen
1986 Odense
1987 Strbske Pleso
1988 Copenhagen
1989 Breda
1990 Kuopio
1991 Marburg
1992 Malaga
1993 Cologne
1994 Budapest
1995 Moscow
1996 Antwerp
1997 Seville
1998 Lodz
1999 Lyon
2000 Nemi (Rome)
2001 Turku
2002 Eger
2003 Noordwijkerhout
2004 Bergisch-Gladbach
2005 Bled
2006 Delphi
2007 Florence
2008 Stockholm
2009 Fulda
2010 Durham
2011 Sochi
2012 Belfast



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Belfast 2012
   
Organized by: Madeleine Ennis
   
Joint meeting with: COST Action BM0806 'Recent advances in histamine receptor H4R research'
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Interactions between mast cells and structural airway cells in the pathogenesis of asthma
Peter Bradding (UK)
   
Plenary Lectures: Histamine H4 receptor - ligand, binding and activation
Holger Stark (Germany)
  H4R and neuroinflammation: insights from mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Beatrice Passani (Italy)
  Late signaling events for histamine release by mast cells
Ulrich Blank ( France)
  Eicosanoids - performing lipidiomics on activated mast cells
Gunnar P. Nilsson (Sweden)
  The allergic effector unit: mast cells - eosinophils interactions regulate the allergic response
Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel)
   
Round Table Discussion: What's new in H4 research?
Moderated by Rob Thurmond (USA)
  Elena Rivera (Argentina)
  Paul Chazot (UK)
  Ralph Gutzmer (Germany)
  Holger Stark (Germany)
   
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to: Zsuzsanna Huszti (oration by Anita Sydbom)
Helmut L Haas (oration by Patrizio Blandina)
   
   
   
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Sochi 2011
   
Organized by: Roman Khanferyan
   
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: The role of the Histamine H4 receptor in allergy and inflammation
Robin.L. Thurmond (USA)
   
Plenary Lectures: Viruses and Asthma
Nikos Papadopoulos (Greece)
  H1/H2 Receptor in Allergic and Immune Response
Marek Jutel (Poland)
  Is brain Histamine involved in depression?
Patrizio Blandina (Italy)
   
EHRS Anniversary Lecture: EHRS - Birth of the Histamine Club
Wilfried Lorenz (Germany)
   
EHRS Anniversary Poster: 40 years EHRS - science, fun and friends in Europe? Madeleine Ennis (Northern Ireland)
   
   
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Durham 2010
   
Organized by: Paul Chazot
   
Joint meeting with: COST Action BM0806 'Recent advances in histamine receptor H4R research'
   
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Clinical applications of pitolisant (BF2.649), an inverse agonist at the H3 receptor.
Jean-Charles Schwartz (France)
Plenary Lectures: Functional implications of Histaminergic Neurons Heterogeneity
Patrizio Blandina (Italy)
  Translational approaches towards the identification of a histamine H3 receptor antagonist and its' clinical evaluation for the symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis
Nick Carruthers (USA)
  Discovery of Novel Agents for the Treatment of CNS Disorders
Jorge Brioni (USA) (given by M. Cowart)
  Histamine H3 antagonist properties and efficacy in CNS models
Marlon Cowart (USA)
  Histamine H3 and H4 receptors – therapeutic opportunities in airway and inflammatory diseases
Steve Liu (UK)
   
COST Action PublicLecture Histamine as a neurotransmitter in brain: from discovery to novel psychotropic drugs – A short history dedicated to the memory of Sir James Black (1924-2010)
Jean-Charles Schwartz (France)
   
COST ESR WG1 Methods Workshop: Medicinal Chemistry & Receptor Modelling Rob Leurs
Genomics & Bioinformatics Andràs Falus
In vivo preclinical studies Abdel Ennaceur
Antibody production & validation Paul Chazot
Inflammation models Emanuela Masini
   
EHRS 2010 Programme and Abstracts Book
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Fulda 2009
   
Organized by: Friedhelm Diel
   
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Flexibilities within and around hematopoietic cell development
Fritz Melchers (Ger)
Plenary Lectures: Roles of transcription factor STAT3 in cancer and immune disorders
Karlheinz Friedrich (Ger)
  Histamine-dependent and – independent itch and pain
Martin Schmelz (Ger)
  Histamine and pregnancy
Erna Pap (Hun)
  Basophils – clinical aspects
Jörg Kleine-Tebbe (Ger)
  The clinical usefulness of basophil histamine release
Per S Skov (Den)
  New molecular insights in the H4R – receptor field
Rob Leurs (Ne)
  H4R-ligands – clinical aspects
Robin Thurmond (USA)
Memorial Lectures: Nina Grosman Memorial Lecture
Histamine and the "omics" era
Andras Falus (Hun)
  Wolfgang Schmutzler Memorial Lecture
Basophils – basic science aspects
Bernhard Gibbs (UK)
   
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Madeleine Ennis (oration by Fred Pearce)
Fred Pearce (oration by Madeleine Ennis)
Bruno Mondovi (oration by Pierfrancesco Mannaioni)
   
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Stockholm 2008
Organized by: Sven-Erik Dahlén and Anita Sydbom
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Mast cells, nerves and IgE
John Bienenstock (Canada)
Plenary Lectures: Post-consolidation therapy with histamine dihydrochloride and interleukin-2 in acute myelogenous leukemia.
Kristoffer Hellstrand (Sweden)
  The vertebrate brain histaminergic system: a multifaceted network.
Pertti Panula (Finland)
  Differential release of mast cell mediators - implications in health and disease.
Gunnar Nilsson (Sweden)
  The role of serglycin proteoglycan in mast cell secretory granule formation
Gunnar Pejler (Sweden)
  Intracellular trafficking and signaling mechanisms in the secretion of inflammatory mediators and histamine by mast cells.
Ulrich Blank (France)
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Florence 2007
Organized by: Emanuela Masini
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: And then there were four...
Rob Leurs (Netherlands)
Plenary Lectures: Oxidative stress and monoamineoxidases: from basic studies to novel therapeutical interventions.
Angelo Parini (France)
  Anaphylaxis: pathophysiology and management.
Johannes Ring (Germany)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Robin Ganellin (oration by Sir James Black)
  Walter Schunack (oration by Holger Stark)
  Henk Timmerman (oration by Rob Leurs)
EHRS 2007 Programme and Abstracts Book
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Delphi 2006
Organized by: Catherine Tiligada
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Histamine and systems biology; genes and genomics beyond genes
Andras Falus (Hungary)
Plenary Lectures: Histamine and the EHRS - what has happened in the last 35 years?
Madeleine Ennis (UK)
  Occupational asthma: diagnosis and management
Piero Maestrelli (Italy)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Mrs Ingrid Olhagen-Uvnäs (oration by Anita Sydbom)
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Bled 2005
Organized by: Lovro Stanovnik
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: My journey with histamine from the cardiovascular system to the brain
Marija Carman-Krzan (Slovenia)
Plenary Lectures: Superallergens: a new mechanism of immunologic activation of human basophils and mast cells
Gianni Marone (Italy)
  The role of mast cells in allergic disease and innate immunity
Michael A. Beaven (USA)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Wilfried Lorenz (oration by Madeleine Ennis)
  Piero Mannaioni (oration by Emanuela Masini)
  Takehiko Watanabe (oration by Kazuhiko Yanai)
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Bergisch-Gladbach 2004
Organized by: Helmut Haas
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: The riddle of the mast cell receptors in the immune response
P. Mannaioni (Firenze, Italy)
Plenary Lectures: Histamine and orexin neurons: synergistic and complementary regulation of the sleep-wake cycle?
Jiang-Sheng Lin (Lyon, France)
  Histamine receptors and susceptibility to central nervous system autoimmune disease
C. Teuscher (Burlington, Vermont, USA)
  How to bind and activate histamine H1 receptors
R. Leurs (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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Noorwijkerhout 2003
Organized by: Henk Timmerman and Rob Leurs
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: The role of chronic inflammation and remodelling in the pathogenesis of persistent asthma
S.T. Holgate (UK)
Plenary Lectures: Histamine and histamine receptors in CNS disorders
P. Panula (Finland)
  Histamine H1- and H3-receptor subtypes: Targets for drug development
W. Schunack (Germany)
  Pain perception and the histaminergic system
L.B. Hough (USA)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Wolfgang Schmutzler (oration by Fred Pearce)
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Eger 2002
Organized by: Andras Falus
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Getting away from histamine
GR Gannellin (UK)
Plenary Lectures: The histamine - cytokine connection
Michel Dy (France)
  Histamine uptake by non-neuronal cells of the brain: properties and function
Zsuzsanna Huszti (Hungary)
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Turku 2001
Organized by: Pertti Panula
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Histamine's Wake
Helmut Haas (Düsseldorf)
Plenary Lectures: Roles of H1R and H2R in immune and gastric function. Study by histamine receptor-deficient mice
Takeshi Watanabe (Fukuoka)
  Histamine receptors, a versatile subject for studying molecular aspects of receptors and receptor mechanisms
Professor Henk Timmerman (Amsterdam)
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Nemi (Rome) 2000
Organized by: Bruno Mondovi
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Paradigms in histamine research: many controversies - many solutions
W. Lorenz (Marburg)
Plenary Lectures: Histidine decarboxylase: from purification to gene knockout
T. Watanabe (Tohoku University)
  Structure and function of copper-containing amine oxidases
L. Morpurgo
  Autacoids modulation of ischaemia-reperfusion injury
E. Masini (Florence)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Franc Erjavec (oration by Maria Carmen-Krzan)
  Jack Peter Green (oration by Patrizio Blandina)
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Lyon 1999
Organized by: Philippe Belon
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Clinical significance of mast cell heterogeneity
Madeleine Ennis (UK)
Plenary Lecture: Modulation of allergen and anti-IgE induced human basophil activation by serial histamine dilutions
Jean Sainte-Laudy (Paris, France)
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Lodz 1998
Organized by: Agnieszka Fogel
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Mast cell heterogeneity
Fred Pearce (London)
Plenary Lectures: Adventures with histamine
Sir James Black (London)
  Brain histamine and the H3 receptor from function to therapy
Jean-Charles Schwartz (Paris)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Sir James Black (oration by Robin Ganellin)
  Czeslaw Maslinski (oration by Walter Schunack)
  Jean West (oration by Fred Pearce)
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Seville 1997
Organized by:
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Histamine and antihistamine drugs in septic shock
Eddy Neugebauer
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Antwerp 1996
Organized by: Frans J. van Overveld
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: The role of allergy in asthma - Implications for proper asthma management
M.A. Kaliner (USA)
Anniversary Lecture: Milestones in histamine research
Börje Uvnas (Sweden)
Plenary Lecture: Release mechanisms of dense core secretory granules in peritoneal mast cells
G. Alvarez de Toledo (Spain)
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Moscow 1995
Organized by: Igor S. Gushchin
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Design of H3-receptor agonists and antagonists
Walter Schunack (Germany)
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Budapest 1994
Organized by: Zsuzsanna Huszti
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lecture: Histaminergic neuron system in brain: recent advances
T. Watanabe (Japan)
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Cologne 1993
Organized by: Eddy Neugebauer
Invited speakers: Histamine, the heart of the matter
Roberto Levi (USA)
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Malaga 1992
Organized by: Manuel García-Caballero
Invited speakers:
GB West Memorial Lectures: Highly potent and selective ligands for histamine receptor subtypes
W. Schunack (Germany)
  Intracellular histamine receptors - The new frontier
L.J. Brandes (Canada)
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Marburg 1991
Organized by: W. Lorenz
Invited speakers: The impact of histamine research on clinical anesthesia and surgey
J. Moss (USA)
Honorary membership of the Society awarded to:
  Geoff West
  Börje Uvnäs
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Kuopio 1990
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Invited speakers: Histamine, a stimulant to physiological imagination
James Black (UK)
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Breda 1989
Organized by: J.J. Keyzer
Invited speakers: Histamine, state of the art
W. Lorenz (Germany)
  Histamine as a neurotansmitter in the brain
Schwartz (Germany)
  Histamine in asthma
T.S. Holgate (UK)
  Mechanisms of histamine secretion
N. Chakravarthy
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Copenhagen 1988
Organized by: S. Norn
Invited speakers: Our unique society
G.B. West (England)
  New aspects in asthma pathogenesis and development of anti-allergic drugs
A.M. Edwards (England)
  Mast cells, neuropeptides and inflammation
M.K. Church (England)
  Interaction between inositol phosphates and Ca2+ in signal transduction mechanisms
O. Thastrup (Denmark)
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Strbske Pleso 1987
Organized by: L. Benes / R. Nosal
Invited speakers: The release of histamine by free radicals
P.F. Mannaioni (Italy)
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Odense 1986
Organized by: Nirmal Chakravarty
Invited speakers: Mechanisms of signal transduction in mast cells and basophils: Studies with RBL-2H3 cells
Mike Beaven (Bethesda, USA)
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Aachen 1985
Organized by: Wolfgang Schmutzler
Invited speakers: Mast cells revisited
GB West (London)
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Florence 1984
Organized by: Pier Francesco Mannaioni
Invited speakers: Turnover of histamine in rat brain
J. Green (USA)
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Brighton 1983
Organized by: GB West
Invited speakers: Antisecretagogues and parietal cells
Karl Sewing (Hannover)
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Bled 1982
Organized by: Franc Erjavec
Invited speakers: Histamine release and vascular changes induced by neuropeptides
John Foreman (London)
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Hannover 1981
Organized by: Karl F Sewing
Invited speakers: Histamine secretion: research in retrospect
Bertil Diamant (Copenhagen)
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Visegrad 1980
Organized by: Zsuzsanna Huszti
Invited speakers: The multiple facets of histamine research
HO Schild
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Stockholm 1979
Organized by: Börje Uvnäs
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Lodz 1978
Organized by: Czeslaw Maslinski
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London 1977
Organized by: Geoff West
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Paris 1976
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Florence 1975
Organized by: Pier Francesco Mannaioni
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Copenhagen 1974
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Marburg 1973
Organized by: Wilfried Lorenz
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Paris 1972
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Lodz 1971
Satellite Symposium on Mechanisms of regulation of the biogenic amine levels in tissues with a special reference to histamine
Chairman of the Organising Comittee: Czeslaw Maslinski
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