We hope to see you at the DDF conference which starts this week!  This is your conference; BASL will not be holding its usual annual meeting in September due to DDF.

Nurse Programme  Tuesday 23rd & Wednesday 24th June afternoons.
Main BASL Stream Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th June 
BASL Plenary Wednesday 24th June.

A call to members from the BASL President: http://www.ddf2015.org.uk/about/societies/basl

REGISTER
It is important that you register as a BASL Member!  The profits from the meeting are allocated to each of the the partner societies based on the number of their members in attendance.
To retrieve your membership number, please login into ‘Manage Accounts’ on the BASL website.  If you have any difficulties, please just contact Jane on admin@basl.org.uk or 01543 442154.

>If you still need to register please click here.
>View the Liver programme highlights here.
>View the full interactive programme here.

Join us for a fabulous evening at Ironmongers’ Hall, Shaftesbury Place, EC2Y 8AA on Wednesday 24th June 2015

If you have already booked for DDF but haven’t booked the dinner, or if you are not attending DDF and would still like to join us for the evening you may still be able to do so.  Please contact Paula on paula@execbs.com or in person on the BASL stand (Stand 58) to check availability.

Tickets £50.00

For info: http://www.ddf2015.org.uk/social-programme

Novotel London Excel  1300 – 1430.  

This event will take place during the DDF Conference in London and aims to help trainees get hepatology experience and to try to develop a hepatology trainee network.  For more information please click here.

Places are limited.  If you would like to attend please email jessicadyson@doctors.org.uk and copy in Paula at the BASL Secretariat at paula@execbs.com.

President Nominations closed on Friday 19th June.  Thanks to all that voted.  The successor to Mark Hudson will be announced at the BASL ABM at DDF, Wed 24th, 2pm, ICC Capital Suite, Rooms 10 & 11.
 

The event will integrate the meetings previously organised by each individual transplant centre.
The BLTG day will host the Williams-Calne Lecture within the programme.For more information and the online booking please click > here.
There will be an evening Dinner on Monday 7th September.  Details to follow.

This unique meeting at Seale Hayne in Devon will offer plenty of interaction and discussion as well as a unique opportunity to foster new and lasting collaborative projects across all areas of hepatology research.

Registration fee £150.00 (includes two nights accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner).

Abstracts - Submission deadline 17th July 2015.
If you would like the chance to present your latest research on one or more of the above topics please submit an abstract for review.
To apply, please email the Secretariat  at admin@basl.org.uk with your submission before the deadline.

Submit your application for the Dame Sheila Sherlock Prize Lecture - deadline 17th July 2015.
The winner will receive free registration to the meeting and £1,000.

For more information and online booking please click >here.

Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge

The event is FREE to members, please note a refundable deposit will be taken on booking.  Accommodation is available from Friday evening and all meals are included.

For event and programme information and to book online, please click the link below
http://www.basl.org.uk/events/157/BASL-School-of-Hepatology-July-2015/index.cfm

If you have any queries, please contact the Secretariat on admin@basl.org.uk or +44 (0)1543 442154.

Please add these BASL Association event dates to your diaries.  Online booking will be open in due course.

>BASL School of Transplant, 8th September, London - BOOKING NOW OPEN.  For more information and online booking please click >here
>BVHG HIV Co-infection, Immunosuppressed Patients & Transplantation, 16th October, London
>BVHG Maternal & Paediatric Sub-Group meeting, 16th October, London
>BASL School of Viral Hepatitis, 16th October, London

Thursday 19 November 2015, London
Nurse Clinics 2015 will provide specialist nurses with a valuable opportunity to hear national updates and best practice for working at advanced practice, and practical guidance for setting up and running nurse led clinics and services in primary and secondary care.

For more information visit:
http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/nurse-clinics-2015

BASL Endorsed Events
UCL Hepatology Ultrasound Course, 31 October- 01 November 2015

Information coming soon

Other external events
>Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage - Report Launch
Friday 3rd July 2015, RCP London

Submission Date: 27 June 2015.

Share your expertise on the complex aspects of end-stage liver disease at the EASL Special Conference.

Up to 50 full bursaries of €650 each will be attributed to the presenting author of the best scored abstracts. In addition, up to 50 registration bursaries will be awarded and registration fees waived.
All Bursary Recipients will receive one year free membership to EASL.
Up to 100 young investigator EASL bursaries are also on offer for Glasgow.

Visit the EASL event website for full details of the scientific programme

Two Academic Hepatology posts, Institute of Hepatology, London
The Foundation for Liver Research is seeking to appoint two academic/NHS consultant hepatologists to establish research teams within the Clinical (Translational) Research Centre at the Institute of Hepatology, London..
Closing Date Wednesday 17th June 2015, 5pm. For further information, please click:
http://www.basl.org.uk/news/158/Academic-Hepatology-posts-available-at-the-Institute-of-Hepatology/index.cfm

NIHR Clinical Research Fellow, Birmingham
Available from August 2015 to work on a clinical trial of mesenchymal stromal cells in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis in the Liver Unit in Birmingham and the Centre for Liver Research (CLR) laboratories. The clinical trial will be led by Dr Gideon Hirschfield and Professor Philip Newsome. Closing date, Friday 19th June 2015.  For further information, please click::
http://www.basl.org.uk/news/161/NIHR-Clinical-Research-Fellow-Vacancy---Birmingham/index.cfm

We would like to inform you that BASL have commissioned a new website and the test site is currently under construction.

The new BASL website will be much updated in its aesthetics, usability, content and available resources.

We will keep you updated on progress!  If you have any questions in the meatime, please contact Paula at the Secretariat office at paula@execbs.com.

Opportunities for  researchers to develop their academic careers in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences. We are creating a support programme for outstanding clinical and non-clinical researchers who wish to apply for independent research fellowships.
Closing date 3rd July 2015
For more information and to enquire please visit:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/mds/fellows.aspx

To download this please click >here.  This can also be found via the IC-Hep logo on homepage of BASL Website.