Frontiers in Hepatology
30th November – 1st December 2010
The UCH Education Centre, 1st Floor West, 250 Euston Road, London, NW1 2PG
DRAFT PROGRAMME
| Time | Tuesday 30th November 2010 | Wednesday 1st December 2010 | |
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| 08:30-08:50 | Registration and refreshments | ||
| 08:50-09:00 | Welcome and introduction Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
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| 09:00-10:00 | New drugs, new approaches for viral hepatitis B and C Professor Graham Foster Chair: Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
Liver support Professor Roger Williams, CBE Chair: Professor Andy Burroughs |
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| 10:00-11:00 | Understanding viral clearance and persistence Shilpa Chokshi and Dr. Alex Evans Chair: Professor Graham Foster |
Optimal management for acute variceal bleeding Professor Andy Burroughs Chair: Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Refreshments | Refreshments | |
| 11:30-12:30 | HCC – opportunities and improving results Professor Philip Johnson Chair: Amit Nathwani |
Host defences in liver failure Dr. Debbie Shawcross Chair: Dr. Will Bernal |
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| 12:30-13:00 | Questions for the experts - round table discussion Participants: Professor Graham Foster, Shilpa Chokshi, Dr. Alex Evans, Professor Philip Johnson, Dr. Amit Nathwani Chair: Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
Questions for the experts - round table discussion Participants: Professor Andy Burroughs, Dr. Debbie Shawcross, Dr. Will Bernal Chair: Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome Dr. Quentin Anstee Chair: Professor Tony Segal |
Stem cells – the Holy Grail? Dr. Philip Newsome Chair: Professor David Adams |
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| 15:00-16:00 | Mouse mutational models and genetics of alcoholism Professor Howard Thomas Chair: Professor Tony Segal |
Progress with hepatocyte transplantation Professor Anwar Dawan Chair: Jules Wendon |
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| 16:00-16:30 | Refreshments | Refreshments | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Potential of metabononics and proteomics Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson Chair: Dr. Quentin Anstee |
The gut - liver interface Professor David Adams Chair: Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
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| 17:30-18:00 | Questions for the experts - round table discussion Participants: Dr. Quentin Anstee, Professor Tony Segal, Professor Howard Thomas, Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson Chair: Professor Roger Williams, CBE |
National liver disease strategy programme Dr. Martin Lombard Chair: Dr. John O’Grady |
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| 18:00-19:30 | Wine & Cheese Reception | Farewell Reception | |
For further information please contact: Enda O'Sullivan, Course Administrator, Institute of Hepatology, Foundation for Liver Research, 69 - 75 Chenies Mews, London, WC1E 6HX. Tel: 020-7255-9833 or E-mail: e.o’sullivan@researchinliver.org.uk
