NRS Webinar
Next-Gen Approaches to Tuberculosis Control
23 April 12:30-13:30.
NRS Members can join the webinar for free. The link to the webinar have been sent the email addresses of NRS members.
Dr. Reinout van Crevel: Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; resistance, transmission and pathogenesis
Dr. Paula Niewolt: Imaging the site of infection: identifying spatial relationships associated with protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Reinout van Crevel is an internist-infectious disease specialist who combines clinical work in infectious diseases at Radboudumc, tertiary center for mycobacterial diseases, with teaching and research. In his research he links patient studies and laboratory sciences to better understand susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) and improve clinical care. He has collaborated with Indonesian universities for over 25 years, and now leads international consortia in Africa and Asia, on TB meningitis, the most severe form of disease, and the interaction of TB and diabetes. Prof van Crevel holds a part-time position at the Queen Mary Univeristy London and enjoys teaching, especially in international context.
Paula Niewold is a postdoc in infectious disease research at the Leiden University Medical Center. Her research focuses on identifying immune cell (interactions) that contribute to the outcome of tuberculosis disease. Through her collaboration with the Biomedical Primate Research Center, she applies high-dimensional imaging technologies to lung material from the non-human primate model to discover which immune cell phenotypes and interactions underlie protection against infection and disease.
NRS webinars are free for our members. Members will have received the link to the webinar via mail. If you have not received the link, please contact nrs@nrs-science.nl
Advanced Technologies in lung research Symposium 2026
27 March Utrecht University
Themes: The airway microbiome. Sex differences in lung disease, Computational frameworks for integrating Multi-Omics and Imaging in severe asthma, Microplastics and the exposome.
Keynote Speakers
Thomas Eagan, Bergen, Norway
Killian Hurley, Dublin, Ireland
Nazanin Kermani, London, UK
George Downward, Utrecht, NL
NRS Members can join the symposium free of charge. Register here.
Dutch Lung Congress
The DLC2026, held on 29–30 January under the theme Winter Olympics, concluded with highly satisfied participants and excellent overall ratings. Organized by NRS in partnership with NVALT, Longfonds, SKL, this was the first time the DLC took place in the winter season. The event welcomed 145 participants and was marked by lively and active networking throughout both days.
Young Investigator Board
The year of 2025 wrapped up with a highlight for the NRS Young Investigator board at the Young Investigator Symposium in Amsterdam on 28 November. For pictures and highlights of the day, click here
NRS Swierenga Medal
Congratulations to Professor Peter Wijkstra for winning the 2026 NRS Swierenga Penning
Over the course of his career, Prof. Wijkstra combined clinical care, including chronic non-invasive ventilation, sleep apnoea, diaphragm dysfunction, and complex weaning, with education and supervision of students, physicians (in training), and PhD candidates. He held key national and international leadership roles, including chair and president of the NVALT and NRS, and served as Treasurer of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). His work contributed to advances in chronic ventilation, ALS care, diaphragm pacing, and guideline development.
Benefits of the NRS membership
Join the NRS and participate in an active community that strives to advance respiratory research!
We will be sending out invoices for renewal of 2026 membership in the second week of January 2026.
NRS National Lung Course 2026
Advanced Technologies Symposium 2026
NRS Webinar-Next-Gen Approaches to Tuberculosis Control
NRS Webinar-Omics in Rare Disease: From Data to Diagnosis
NRS Webinar-From Cells to Fibrosis: Mechanistic Advances in ILD
NRS Webinar-Closing the Gaps: Addressing Disparities in Obstructive Lung Disease