Download - Friday 19th September 2008, Royal College of Physicians, London

Friday 19th September 2008, Royal College of Physicians, London

Autumn Neurogastroenterology

andMotility Section Symposium

Neurogastroenterology: New Frontiers

08:45 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

09:20 WelcomeDr Lesley Houghton

Chairs: Professor Devinder Kumar & Dr Shaheen HamdyHypo- v Hyper-sensitivity

09.30 Hyper-sensitivity: clinical impact, mechanisms and treatment optionsProfessor Devinder Kumar, St Georges, London

10.00 Hypo-sensitivity: clinical impact, mechanisms and treatment optionsDr Mark Scott, Bart’s and The London, QMUL College of Medicine and Dentistry, London

10.30 COFFEE

Chairs: Professor Devinder Kumar & Dr Shaheen HamdyGut Flora

11:00 Gut bugs and host interactionsProfessor Fergus Shanahan, University of Cork, Ireland

11.30 Probiotics: Mechanisms and efficacy in functional GI disordersProfessor Robin Spiller, University of Nottingham

12:00 LUNCH

ProgrammeChairs: Professor Robin Spiller & Dr Lesley HoughtonGenetics

13.30 Manipulating microbes to treat functional GI disordersDr B Coulie, ActoGenix BV, Belgium

14:00 Role of serotonin receptor type 3 genotype in functional GI Disease Dr Beate Niesler, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Chairs: Professor Robin Spiller & Dr Lesley HoughtonPharmacology

14.30 Targets and Design problems: Is there still a case for development?Dr Chas Bountra, University of Oxford

15:00 Placebo response & implications for research and clinical practiceDr Anton Emmanuel, University College London

15:30 TEA

KEYNOTE LECTURE

16:00 Visceral pain: a role for oestrogenProfessor Fernando CerveroMcGill University, Montreal, Canada

Closing remarks

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