Scientific program

March 10th, 2026 09.00-17.15

08.30-09.00Registration – Forum
09.00-09.15Welcome and opening remarks
Prof. Trond V. Hansen, University of Oslo, Norway
Dean of Research and Innovation Prof. Jan G. Bjaalie, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Vice Dean of Research Prof. Øystein Prytz, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo
09.15-10.15Pro-Resolving Chemical Mediators and Mechanisms in Resolution of Inflammation: Novel Resolvins for Resolution Medicine
Prof. Charles N. Serhan, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
10.15-11.00Unanticipated Pivotal Roles for Neutrophils in the Resolution of Lung Injury and Inflammation
Prof. Bruce D. Levy, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
11.00-11.30Coffee break and mingling
11.30-12.15From Culprits to Resolvers: Lipids in Cardiovascular Disease
Prof. Magnus Bäck, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
12.15-13.00Inflammatory resolution mechanisms in cardiometabolic health and disease
Ass. Prof. Emma Börgeson, Aarhus University, Denmark
13.00-14.15Lunch
14.15-15.00RvD1 signaling in primary human macrophages
Prof. Martin Hersberger, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
15.00-15.30Biosynthesis and structure–function relationships of protectins
Prof. Trond V. Hansen, University of Oslo, Norway
15.30-16.00Coffee break and mingling
16.00-16.30Resolvins under the hood: methods and metabolism
Dr. Pedro Araujo, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
16.30-17.15Targeting the lipid mediator class switch as strategy for inflammation resolution pharmacology
Prof. Oliver Werz, Jena University, Germany
17.15Summary and remarks

March 11th, 2026 09.15-14.00

09.15-10.005-Lipoxygenase pathway, at the crossroad of proinflammatory and proresolving lipid mediators
Prof. Jesper Haeggström, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
10.00-10.45SPMs & the Resolution of Cancer Inflammation
Ass. Prof. Dipak Panigrahy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
10.45-11.15Coffee break and mingling
11.15-11.45Resolving inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease
Prof. Bente Halvorsen, University of Oslo, Norway
11.45-12.30Resolvin D1 reshapes immune cell dynamics and reprograms neuroglial interactions in Parkinson's disease
Ass. Prof. Valerio Chiurchiù, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
12.30-12.55Resolution of inflammation: Future directions in science, innovations and clinics
Panel discussion
12.55-13.00Concluding remarks and closing of conference
Prof. Charles N. Serhan, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
13.00-14.00Lunch
Interior of the Forum auditorium in Oslo Science Park
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