General Information

• Important Dates & Deadlines
• Guidelines for Abstract Presentation
• Travel Grants
• Topic List

Important Dates & Deadlines

Opening of Abstract Submission:
January 19, 2009

Deadline for Abstract Submission:
June 8, 2009

Reviewing of abstracts:
June 15-26, 2009

Deadline for late breaking Abstract Submission:
July 17, 2009

Guidelines for Abstract Presentation

• A title (in capital letters) that clearly indicates the nature of the investigation needs to be provided.
• Abbreviations should be avoided in titles, but may be used in the text if they are defined at first usage.
• The authors’ names (full first names, family names) and places of work (institution, city, country) must be shown, but omit degrees, titles, appointments, postal address and acknowledgement of support.
• The abstract should be as informative as possible:
  • State the specific objective of the study
  • State the methods used, if pertinent
  • Summarise the results obtained
  • State the conclusions reached
• Please ensure that your abstract does not contain spelling, grammatical or scientific errors, as it will be reproduced exactly as submitted.
• Statements such as “data will be presented” will lead to automatic rejection of the abstract.

The reviewers will judge the abstracts according to the relevance to GASTRO 2009, standard of English, objectivity of statement, description of what was done, suitability of methods in relation to aims, conclusions confirmed by objective results, ethics, scientific value, potential clinical value, originality of work and overall impression.

Travel Grants

For detailed information please use one of the following links:

Travel Grants to GASTRO 2009 UEGW/WCOG, London

Travel Grants to GASTRO 2009 UEGW/WCOG, London for Basic scientists

Topic List

1	OESOPHAGEAL, GASTRIC AND DUODENAL DISORDERS
1.1	Cell/molecular biology/pathology
1.2	Dyspepsia
1.3	Barrett's oesophagus
1.4	Reflux disease, epidemiology
1.5	Reflux disease, pathogenesis
1.6	Reflux disease, diagnosis
1.7	Reflux disease, treatment
1.8	Reflux disease, complications
1.9	Oesophageal malignant disease
1.10	Other oesophageal disorders
1.11	Acid peptic disease (includes NSAIDS, but NOT H.pylori), epidemiology
1.12	Acid peptic disease (includes NSAIDS, but NOT H.pylori), pathogenesis
1.13	Acid peptic disease (includes NSAIDS, but NOT H.pylori), diagnosis and treatment
1.14	Gastroduodenal malignancies
2	H. PYLORI
2.1	Epidemiology/natural history
2.2	Pathogenesis: microbial factors
2.3	Pathogenesis: host factors/histo-pathology
2.4	Diagnosis
2.5	Treatment
2.6	H. pylori-associated malignancies
3	INTESTINAL
3.1	Enterocyte biology/pathology and nutrient/water transport/electrolyte transport
3.2	Coeliac disease/malabsorption syndromes and food enteropathies
4	IBD
4.1	Basic/pathogenesis/pathology
4.2	Aetiology/epidemiology
4.3	Genetics
4.4	Diagnosis and monitoring
4.5	Treatment-medical
4.6	Treatment-surgical
5	COLONIC AND ANORECTAL DISORDERS
5.1	Malignant disease-epidemiology
5.2	Malignant disease, pathogenesis
5.3	Malignant disease, diagnosis/histopathology
5.4	Malignant disease, management
5.5	Other colonic and anorectal disorders
6	LIVER
6.1	Molecular biology, inflammation and fibrosis
6.2	Regeneration, stem cells and nutrition
6.3	Metabolic/genetic disorders
6.4	Hepatotoxicity/alcohol
6.5	Cirrhosis and complications: basic aspects
6.6	Cirrhosis and complications: clinical aspects
6.7	Viral hepatitis: basic aspects
6.8	Viral hepatitis B: clinical aspects
6.9	Viral hepatitis C: clinical aspects
6.10	Immunology, autoimmune liver disease
6.11	Acute liver failure, transplantation/surgery
6.12	Imaging, radiology (incl. interventional radiology)
7	BILIARY
7.1	Bile acids, transport, cholestasis
7.2	Gallstones
7.3	Hepato-biliary tumours
8	PANCREAS
8.1	Cell biology/secretion/enzymology/physiology
8.2	Pancreatitis, experimental
8.3	Pancreatitis, acute
8.4	Pancreatitis, chronic (including hereditary disorders)
8.5	Pancreatic cancer
8.6	Endocrine tumours of the pancreas
9	NUTRITION
9.1	Obesity
9.2	Nutrients and gut function
9.3	Enteral and parenteral nutrition
10	PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
11	SURGERY
11.1	Oesophagus / stomach / duodenum
11.2	Small bowel / colorectal and anal
11.3	Hepatobiliary / pancreas / spleen
11.4	Postoperative complications
11.5	Laparoscopic techniques
12	ONCOLOGY
12.1	Proliferation, carcinogenesis
12.2	Molecular biology/genetics/pathology
12.3	Clinical: epidemiology, screening and prevention
12.4	Diagnosis of malignant disease
12.5	Treatment of malignant disease
13	NERVE GUT AND MOTILITY
13.1	Transmitters/signals/receptors/enteric nervous system
13.2	Brain-gut and gut-brain axes, neuro-hormonal, neural-immune and visceral sensitivity
13.3	Upper GI motility
13.4	Lower GI motility
13.5	Functional gastrointestinal disorders (clinical, management)
14	IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY
14.1	Host defence mechanisms, immune reactions
14.2	Inflammation and inflammatory mechanisms
14.3	Gastrointestinal infections
15	VASCULAR DISEASE
16	GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
17	ENDOSCOPY AND IMAGING
17.1	Endoscopy, Upper GI
17.2	Endoscopy, Colon
17.3	Endoscopy, ERCP
17.4	Endosonography
17.5	Enteroscopy
17.6	Capsule Endoscopy
17.7	Cross Sectional Imaging
18	THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY/INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
18.1	Biliary and pancreatic stenting
18.2	Enteral dilatation and stenting (oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon)
18.3	Interventional Radiology