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Significant progress is being made toward diagnosis, evaluation and management of sensori-motor dysfunction, gut microbiota, gut-brain axis, nutrition, eosinophilic esophagitis. Read the most recent news here.

Annual meeting: NMD-Portugal

On November 17th-18th, 2023, the annual meeting of the NMD-Neurogastroenterology and Digestive Motility Nucleus of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology took place at the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology in Lisbon. This event, tailored for gastroenterology trainees, focused on the theme "Disruption of gut-brain interaction: the fundamentals of science."

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Join the ESNM Network for clinical discussion on DocMatter

ESNM has partnered with the online platform DocMatter to provide access for our members to a private, online Community of organized and moderated clinical discussion. DocMatter is designed specifically for clinicians and provides a peer-to-peer collaboration platform that facilitates knowledge transfer across a global network of highly engaged healthcare professionals to provide life-changing patient outcomes.

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That was TANDEM 2023 – the ESNM Young Investigator Meeting

As it was the aim for the past TANDEM meetings, also the 4th nEUROgastro TANDEM meeting in 2023 was creating a platform for building up successful collaborations, reinforcing the cross-talk between clinical and basic research and creating a European network of young investigators and bring together a new set of valuable expertise to discover new knowledge in the scientific field of Neurogastroenterology.

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Study shows deficits in the coverage of irritable bowel syndrome in German medical curricula

Medical curricula in Germany largely neglect neurogastroenterology leading to medical students feeling highly insecure when dealing with the widespread irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as shown by a survey initiated by the German Society for Neurogastroenterology & Motility (DGNM).

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A journey of a genuine, evergreen scientist into enteric neurology

Prof. Marcello Costa, who retired last year after 47 years at Flinders University, has published his scientific memoir, Adventures in Gut Neuroscience: a Biography.
A very interesting book, that describes Marcello Costas research life and many important moments, including the founding of the Australian Neuroscience Society and his role in the development of ENS research in Australia.

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Acknowledging Excellence in Science – Awardees of NeuroGASTRO 2023

Each year, the ESNM biennial meeting Scientific Committee recognizes the highest scoring abstracts. There are three overall highest scoring abstract prizes and another five Young Investigator Awards, and we extend our sincere congratulations to this year's winners of "NeuroGASTRO 2023" in Bucharest.

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Paul Enck receives ESNM Lifetime Achievement Award

Without him ESNM, would not be where it is today! Congratulations to Professor Paul Enck for receiving the ESNM Lifetime Achievement Award. Paul was one of the founders of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology & Motility, and of the international young investigator meeting "Little Brain Big Brain". He pioneered the work of brain-gut axis, motility, placebo/nocebo etc. His lecture was entitled “Does the gut think, and if so, what does it think of”.

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Our successful biennial meeting "NeuroGASTRO 2023" in Bucharest

Close to 500 delegates from over 46 countries attended the biennial NeuroGASTRO 2023 meeting in Bucharest from Aug 31st to Sept 2nd, with the excitement palpable as we returned to a face-to-face meeting for the first time since 2019. Key opinion leaders presented the state-of-the-art developments in the field of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. It was particularly inspiring to see the quality and breadth of topics presented by young scientists, via both oral and poster presentations.

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