Niki D. Ubags, Jonathan Baker, Agnes Boots, Rita Costa, Natalia El-Merhie, Aurélie Fabre, Alen Faiz, Irene H. Heijink, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Mareike Lehmann, Silke Meiners, Sara Rolandsson Enes, Sabine Bartel ERJ Open Research 2020 6: 00350-2019; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00350-2019 Abstract In this review, the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) provides an overview of the 2019 ERS International Congress highlights.