Proceedings of the 4thBEAT-PCD Conference and 5thPCD Training School

Laura E. Gardner, Katie L. Horton, Amelia Shoemark, Jane S. Lucas, Kim G. Nielsen, Helene Kobbernagel, Bruna Rubbo, Robert A. Hirst, Panayiotis Kouis, Nicola Ullmann, Ana Reula, Nisreen Rumman, Hannah M. Mitchison, Andreia Pinto, Charlotte Richardson, Anne Schmidt, James Thompson, René Gaupmann, Maciej Dabrowski, Pleasantine MillSiobhan B. Carr, Dominic P. Norris, Claudia E. Kuehni, Myrofora Goutaki, Claire Hogg (Lead / Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an inherited ciliopathy leading to chronic suppurative lung disease, chronic rhinosinusitis, middle ear disease, sub-fertility and situs abnormalities. As PCD is rare, it is important that scientists and clinicians foster international collaborations to share expertise in order to provide the best possible diagnostic and management strategies. 'Better Experimental Approaches to Treat Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia' (BEAT-PCD) is a multidisciplinary network funded by EU COST Action (BM1407) to coordinate innovative basic science and clinical research from across the world to drive advances in the field. The fourth and final BEAT-PCD Conference and fifth PCD Training School were held jointly in March 2019 in Poznan, Poland. The varied program of plenaries, workshops, break-out sessions, oral and poster presentations were aimed to enhance the knowledge and skills of delegates, whilst also providing a collaborative platform to exchange ideas. In this final BEAT-PCD conference we were able to build upon programmes developed throughout the lifetime of the COST Action. These proceedings report on the conference, highlighting some of the successes of the BEAT-PCD programme.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number7
    Pages (from-to)1-17
    Number of pages17
    JournalBMC Proceedings
    Volume14
    Issue numberSuppl. 8
    Early online date19 Jun 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2020

    Keywords

    • Chronic respiratory disease
    • Multidisciplinary
    • Primary ciliary dyskinesia

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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