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

1. 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 Devinder Kumar & Dr Shaheen Hamdy Hypo- v Hyper-sensitivity 09.30 Hyper-sensitivity: clinical impact, mechanisms and treatment options Professor Devinder Kumar, St Georges, London 10.00 Hypo-sensitivity: clinical impact, mechanisms and treatment options Dr Mark Scott, Bart’s and The London, QMUL College of Medicine and Dentistry, London 10.30 COFFEE Chairs: Professor Devinder Kumar & Dr Shaheen Hamdy Gut Flora 11:00 Gut bugs and host interactions Professor Fergus Shanahan, University of Cork, Ireland 11.30Probiotics: Mechanisms and efficacy in functional GI disorders Professor Robin Spiller, University of Nottingham 12:00 LUNCH Chairs: Professor Robin Spiller & Dr Lesley Houghton Genetics 13.30 Manipulating microbes to treat functional GI disorders Dr 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 Houghton Pharmacology 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 practice Dr Anton Emmanuel, University College London 15:30 TEA KEYNOTE LECTURE 16:00 Visceral pain: a role for oestrogen Professor Fernando Cervero McGill University, Montreal, Canada Closing remarks  To confirm your place, and to receive further details, please detach this slip and return to: Mrs Yasmin Moore NGM Conference Manager GI Sciences Clinical Sciences Building Hope Hospital Salford M6 8HD e-mail: yasmin.moore@manchester.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)161 206 4362 Fax: +44 (0)161 206 1495 your name: Registration fees address: please tick Consultant £50 Research fellow/ Trainee/Physiologist £25 post code: e-mail: telephone: special dietary requirements: WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE