Who we are :

The Experimental Pulmonology and Inflammation Research (EXPIRE) group is a scientific research group housed in the Medical Biology and Pathology department in the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). The main research focus of the group are lung diseases: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Diseased and healthy lungs are studied in our laboratory at genetic, cellular, immunological, and 3D structural levels, from childhood to old age.


Our Research ->

Latest News:

Groeifonds grant of €4.4 million for research on personalized treatment of asthma & COPD


Our Latest Publications:

  • Burgess, JK, Halayko, AJ. Answering the Call: Stem Cells, Cell Therapies, and Bioengineering in Lung Biology and Diseases. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2026; :. doi: 10.1093/ajrcmb/aanag225. PubMed PMID:43023451 .
  • Karp, T, Faiz, A, Kerstjens, HAM, Nawijn, MC, Gillett, TE, Sun, Y et al.. Accounting for seasonal variation of nasal gene expression improves transcriptome analysis of asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2026; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2026.10.003. PubMed PMID:42892519 .

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