7th IES Symposium
The purpose of the biennial symposium is to provide a venue for scientists and clinician-investigators interested in eosinophils to meet, exchange information and develop collaborations to advance research in the fields of eosinophil biology and the pathogenesis of eosinophil-associated allergic and other diseases. The symposium showcases new research findings related to the production of eosinophils, their trafficking, their effector functions, the use of animal models to explore the importance and role of the eosinophil in health and disease, translational studies of animal model findings into patient-oriented research, and the development of new therapies of eosinophil-associated diseases.
Submitted abstracts were presented in poster discussion sessions, and some were selected for oral presentations and incorporated into the general meeting in various sessions.

IES thanks the following partners for their support of the 7th Biennial Symposium:



Groupe de recherche en santé respiratoire du l’Université Laval


Confirmed Speakers
David Abraham
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Seema Aceves
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
Steve Ackerman
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Darryl Adamko
University of Alberta
Alberta, CANADA
Judith Appleton
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA
Claudia Berek
Institute of the Leibniz Gemeinschaft
Berlin, GERMANY
Carine Blanchard
Nestlé Research Center
SWITZERLAND
Bruce Bochner
The Johns Hopkins Allergy and Asthma Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
Miranda Buitenhuis
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
William Busse
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, WI, USA
Monique Capron
Lille Medical School
Lille, FRANCE
Kimberly D. Dyer
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
Paul S. Foster
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Allison Fryer
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Glenn T. Furuta
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Aurora, CO, USA
Gail Gauvreau
McMaster University
Hamilton, CANADA
Gerald Gleich
University of Utah Health Care
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Frederick Hargreave
McMaster University
Hamilton, CANADA
Simon P. Hogan
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Alison Humbles
MedImmune, LLC
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Elizabeth A. Jacobsen
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
David Jacoby
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Dragana Jankovic
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
A. Barry Kay
Imperial College
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Hirohito Kita
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN, USA
Amy Klion
Baltimore, MD, USA
Leo Koenderman
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
Paige Lacy
University of Alberta
Edmonton, CANADA
James Lee
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Kristin M. Leiferman
University of Utah Health Care
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, ISRAEL
Joeg Mattes
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Kelly M. McNagny
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, CANADA
Michael Minnicozzi
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
Anil Mishra
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Redwan Moqbel
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, CANADA
Yasuo Mori
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA, USA
Ariel Munitz
The Tel-Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, ISRAEL
Madeleine Rådinger
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Helene Rosenberg
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, USA
Marc Rothenberg
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Florence Roufosse
Hôpital Erasme
Bruges, BELGIUM
Robert Schleimer
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Dagmar Simon
University of Bern
Bern, SWITZERLAND
Hans-Uwe Simon
University of Bern
Bern, SWITZERLAND
Lisa A. Spencer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA
Alex Straumann
University Hospital Basel
Basel, SWITZERLAND
Kiyoshi Takatsu
University of Toyama
Toyama, JAPAN
David Traver
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA, USA
Per Venge
Uppsala University
Uppsala, SWEDEN
Yui-Hsi Wang
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Andrew Wardlaw
Glenfield Hospital
Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM
Peter Weller
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA
Timothy Williams
Imperial College School of Medicine
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Nives Zimmerman
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA