GB West Lecture

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       Geoff West the orator

1992:

W. Schunack (Germany) Highly potent and selective ligands for histamine receptor subtypes

L.J. Brandes (Canada) Intracellular histamine receptors – The new frontier

 

1993:

Roberto Levi (USA) Histamine, the heart of the matter

 

1994: 
T. Watanabe (Japan) Histaminergic neuron system in brain: recent advances

 

1995:

Walter Schunack (Germany) Design of H3-receptor agonists and antagonists

 

1996:

M.A. Kaliner (USA) The role of allergy in asthma – Implications for proper asthma management

 

1997:

Eddy Neugebauer (Germany) Histamine and antihistamine drugs in septic shock

 

1998:

Fred Pearce (UK) Mast cell heterogeneity

 

1999:

Madeleine Ennis (UK) Clinical significance of mast cell heterogeneity

 

2000:

W. Lorenz (Germany) Paradigms in histamine research: many controversies – many solutions

 

2001:

Helmut Haas (Germany) Histamine’s Wake

 

2002:

GR Gannellin (UK) Getting away from histamine

 

2003:

S.T. Holgate (UK) The role of chronic inflammation and remodelling in the pathogenesis of persistent asthma

 

2004:

P. Mannaioni (Italy) The riddle of the mast cell receptors in the immune response

 

2005:

Marija Carman-Krzan (Slovenia) My journey with histamine from the cardiovascular system to the brain

 

2006:

Andras Falus (Hungary) Histamine and systems biology; genes and genomics beyond genes

 

2007:

Rob Leurs (The Netherlands) And then there were four…

 

2008:

John Bienenstock (Canada) Mast cells, nerves and IgE

 

2009:

Fritz Melchers (Germany) Flexibilities within and around hematopoietic cell development

 

2010:

Jean-Charles Schwartz (France) Clinical applications of pitolisant (BF2.649), an inverse agonist at the H3 receptor

 

2011:

Robin Thurmond (USA) The role of the Histamine H4 receptor in allergy and inflammation

 

2012:

Peter Bradding (UK) Interactions between mast cells and structural airway cells in the pathogenesis of asthma

 

2013:

Jean-Charles Schwartz (France) Clinical trials with Pitolisant (WAKIX): a wake promoting H3 receptor inverse agonist

 

2014:

Satoshi Tanaka (Japan) Histamine synthesis and its functions in murine mast cells

 

2015:

Emannuela Masini (Italy) Histamine and Relaxin: an intriguing connection

 

2016:

Patrizio Blandina (Italy) The role of histamine in the memory of emotionally-salient experiences

 

2017:

Katzuhiko Yanai (Japan) The functional significance of the histaminergic neuronal system: Lessons from gene knockout mice and positron emission tomography

 

2018:

Nick Carruthers (USA) Three out of four: A 25 year relationship with histamine receptors

 

2019:

Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Israel) Inhibition activation or activated inhibition of mast cells and eosinophils: which weapon is better to fight allergic diseases?

 

2022:

Wolfgang Bäumer (Germany) Histamine in atopic dermatitis, particularly animal models of atopic dermatitis