Since 1992, the GB West lecture has been delivered by a distinguished member of the Society who has contributed significantly to the field of Histamine research and is in honour of Geoff West one of the founders of the EHRS.
Geoff West the orator
1992
Highly potent and selective ligands for histamine receptor subtypes
W. Schunack (Germany)
Intracellular histamine receptors – The new frontier
L.J. Brandes (Canada)
1993
Histamine, the heart of the matter
Roberto Levi (USA)
1994
Histaminergic neuron system in brain: recent advances
T. Watanabe (Japan)
1995
Design of H3-receptor agonists and antagonists
Walter Schunack (Germany)
1996
The role of allergy in asthma – Implications for proper asthma management
M.A. Kaliner (USA)
1997
Histamine and antihistamine drugs in septic shock
Eddy Neugebauer
1998
Mast cell heterogeneity
Fred Pearce (London)
1999
Clinical significance of mast cell heterogeneity
Madeleine Ennis (UK)
2000
Paradigms in histamine research: many controversies – many solutions
W. Lorenz (Marburg)
2001
Histamine’s Wake
Helmut Haas (Düsseldorf)
2002
Getting away from histamine
GR Gannellin (UK)
2003
The role of chronic inflammation and remodelling in the pathogenesis of persistent asthma
S.T. Holgate (UK)
2004
The riddle of the mast cell receptors in the immune response
P. Mannaioni (Firenze, Italy)
2005
My journey with histamine from the cardiovascular system to the brain
Marija Carman-Krzan (Slovenia)
2006
Histamine and systems biology; genes and genomics beyond genes
Andras Falus (Hungary)
2007
And then there were four…
Rob Leurs (Netherlands)
2008
Mast cells, nerves and IgE
John Bienenstock (Canada)
2009
Flexibilities within and around hematopoietic cell development
Fritz Melchers (Ger)
2010
Clinical applications of pitolisant (BF2.649), an inverse agonist at the H3 receptor.
Jean-Charles Schwartz (France)
2011
The role of the Histamine H4 receptor in allergy and inflammation
Robin.L. Thurmond (USA)
2012
Interactions between mast cells and structural airway cells in the pathogenesis of asthma
Peter Bradding (UK)
2013
Clinical trials with Pitolisant (WAKIX): a wake promoting H3 receptor inverse agonist
Jean-Charles Schwartz (France)
2014
Histamine synthesis and its functions in murine mast cells
Satoshi Tanaka (Jap)
2015
Histamine and Relaxin: an intriguing connection
Emannuela Masini (Italy)
2016
The role of histamine in the memory of emotionally-salient experiences
Patrizio Blandina (Italy)