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Autumn Neurogastroenterology and Motility Section Symposium Neurogastroenterology: New Frontiers Friday 19th September 2008, Royal College of Physicians, London Programme 08:45 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 09:20 Welcome Dr Lesley Houghton Chairs: Professor Robin Spiller & Dr Lesley Houghton Genetics 13.30 Chairs: Professor Devinder Kumar & Dr Shaheen Hamdy Hypo- v Hyper-sensitivity 09.30 14:00 10.00 Hyper-sensitivity: clinical impact, mechanisms and treatment options Professor Devinder Kumar, St Georges, London Hypo-sensitivity: clinical impact, mechanisms and treatment 14.30 options Dr Mark Scott, Bart’s and The London, QMUL College of Medicine 15:00 and Dentistry, London 10.30 COFFEE 15:30 Chairs: Professor Devinder Kumar & Dr Shaheen Hamdy Gut Flora 16:00 11:00 11.30 12:00 Gut bugs and host interactions Professor Fergus Shanahan, University of Cork, Ireland Probiotics: Mechanisms and efficacy in functional GI disorders Professor Robin Spiller, University of Nottingham Manipulating microbes to treat functional GI disorders Dr B Coulie, ActoGenix BV, Belgium Role of serotonin receptor type 3 genotype in functional GI Disease Dr Beate Niesler, University of Heidelberg, Germany Chairs: Professor Robin Spiller & Dr Lesley Houghton Pharmacology Targets and Design problems: Is there still a case for development? Dr Chas Bountra, University of Oxford Placebo response & implications for research and clinical practice Dr Anton Emmanuel, University College London TEA KEYNOTE LECTURE Visceral pain: a role for oestrogen Professor Fernando Cervero McGill University, Montreal, Canada Closing remarks LUNCH To confirm your place, and to receive further details, please detach this slip and return to: your name: Mrs Yasmin Moore NGM Conference Manager GI Sciences Clinical Sciences Building Hope Hospital Salford M6 8HD address: e-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)161 206 4362 Fax: +44 (0)161 206 1495 special dietary requirements: Registration fees please tick post code: e-mail: telephone: Consultant £50 Research fellow/ Trainee/Physiologist £25 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE