Program

Thursday 17 March 2011

  • 14.30-14.45 Welcome Address: Gerardo Nardone (Italy)
    Opening: Nicola Caporaso (Italy)
    Introduction: Peter Malfertheiner (Germany)

Session 1.

  • Chairman: Francesco Di Mario (Italy)
  • 14.45-15.15 Gut microbiota and their pathophysiology in disease paradigms
    Davide Festi (Italy)
  • 15.15-15.45 Metagenomics: key to human gut microbiota
    Patrizia Brigidi (Italy)
  • 15.45-16.15 Gut microbiota & pediatric disease
    Salvatore Cucchiara (Italy)
  • 16.15-16.20 Closing remarks
    Francesco Di Mario (Italy)

Free oral presentations

  • 16.20-16.30 Studies on quorum sensing in anaerobic gut bacteria
    Christoph Jacobi (Germany)
  • 16.30-16.40 Methane production assessed by glucose breath test is associated with constipation
    Manuele Furnari (Italy)
  • 16.40-16.50 Gut permeability, faecal microflora in the autism spectrum disorders
    Anna Sapone (Italy)
  • 16.50-17.00 Prevalence of small intestine bacterial overgrowth in adult celiac disease
    Germana de Nucci (Italy)
  • 17.00-17.15 Coffee break

Session 2.

  • Chairman: Matteo Neri (Italy)
  • 17.15-17.45 Altered intestinal microbiota in irritable bowel syndrome
    Jan Tack (Belgium)
  • 17.45-18.15 Gut microbiota & immune response and food tolerance allergy
    Antonio Gasbarrini (Italy)
  • 18.15-18.45 Gut microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease
    Heinz Hammer (Austria)
  • 18.45-18.50 Closing remarks
    Matteo Neri (Italy)

Free oral presentations

  • 18.50-19.00 Mesalamine vs mesalamine plus probiotic (Giflorex) for prevention of
    clinical recurrence of post-operative ileal Crohn’s disease (CD): a pilot study
    Sebastiano Forgia (Italy)
  • 19.00-19.10 Lipopolysaccharide-induced alterations in human colonic muscle are restored by
    antioxidants: a possible therapeutic target in post-infective irritable bowel syndrome
    (PI-IBS)
    Annunziata Scirocco (Italy)
  • 19.10-19.20 A comparison between lactose breath test and a quick test on duodenal biopsies
    for lactase deficiency in patients with a self reported lactose intolerance
    Daria Bonfanti (Italy)

Friday 18 March 2011

Session 3.

  • Chairman: Piero Portincasa (Italy)
  • 09.00-09.30 Gut microbiota & liver metabolism
    Fabio Marra (Italy)
  • 09.30-10.00 Gut microbiota, energy balance and diabetes
    Herbert Tilg (Austria)
  • 10.00-10.30 Gut microbiota & cancer
    Gerardo Nardone (Italy)
  • 10.30-10.35 Closing remarks
    Piero Portincasa (Italy)

Free oral presentations

  • 10.35-10.45 Intestinal and hepatic expression of TLR2 And TLR4 in patients with non alcoholic
    fatty liver disease
    Alba Rocco (Italy)
  • 10.45-10.55 Protective effects of Lactobacillus paracasei F19 in a rat model of oxidative and
    metabolic hepatic injury
    Debora Compare (Italy)
  • 10.55-11.10 Coffee break

Session 4.

  • Chairman: Vincenzo Savarino (Italy)
  • 11.10-11.40 H. pylori infection and other gastric bacteria
    Peter Malfertheiner (Germany)
  • 11.40-12.10 Probiotics in surgery
    Lars Lundell (Sweden)
  • 12.10-12.40 Current and future treatment options for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
    Carmelo Scarpignato (Italy)
  • 12.40-12.45 Closing remarks
    Vincenzo Savarino (Italy)

Free oral presentations

  • 12.40-12.50 Probiotic massive alimentary integration may induce H. pylori disappearance from the
    stomach of dyspeptic patients
    Rosa Rosania (Italy)
  • 12.50-13.00 Effects of long-term PPI treatment on producing bowel symptoms and SIBO
    Debora Compare (Italy)
  • 13.00-13.10 Summing up of the Post-Graduate Course
    Gerardo Nardone (Italy) & Peter Malfertheiner (Germany)