TY - JOUR T1 - ERS Lung Science Conference 2016 report JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW SP - 104 LP - 107 DO - 10.1183/16000617.0040-2016 VL - 25 IS - 140 AU - Bertrand De Meulder AU - Bruno Crestani AU - Ian M. Adcock Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/25/140/104.abstract N2 - The aims of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Lung Science Conference (LSC) are three-fold: to present the very best of international lung science research; to highlight new discoveries likely to impact on the future of respiratory medicine; and to encourage debate and interaction between young post-doctoral scientists and established investigators. The 14th ERS LSC took place on March 10–13, 2016, with the theme of “system approaches in lung disease” and included a number of talks relating to why systems medicine will be increasingly important in defining new phenotypes of patients in lung diseases, particularly in relation to personalised medicine and in elucidating novel drug targets. Other talks highlighted the advances in 'omic technology that has enabled the concept of personalised 'omics to occur, and we also saw the future in how modelling of systems may bring new understanding of disease mechanisms and how linking social media to artificial intelligence models may direct patient-orientated treatment. These featured talks were supported by a large number of posters and abstract talks highlighting the impressive research being undertaken by young researchers in this area, and more generally in cell and molecular biology of lung disease.The 14th ERS LSC took place on March 10–13, 2016, with the theme of “system approaches in lung disease” http://ow.ly/4ncU5W ER -