Venue: London.
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.

A Dinner will take place on Monday 7th September 2015.
For more information and the online booking please click > here.

In honour of the late Professor Andrew Burroughs, who sadly passed away in March 2014, the BASL committee have launched  the ‘Andy Burroughs Young Investigator Award’

The award winner will deliver the prize lecture at the second BLTG Meeting which is being held at the Royal College of Physicians on 8th September 2015.  Applications closed on 9th August 2015.

For more information please click >here.

Venue: London.
This event will run in parallel to the second BLTG Transplant Meeting at the Royal College of Physicians.
Primarily aimed at SpRs and Doctors in Training.  40 places available.
For more information, a provisional programme and to register click >here

Venue: Hallam Conference Centre, London
This event is aimed at SpRs/Doctors in Training with a NTN
Please book now as numbers are restricted to 40.
BASL Members - Free (*a £40 refundable deposit will be taken on booking*)
Non-members £45
For more information and to register please click >here.

Venue: Hallam Conference Centre, London.
For more information, draft programme and to register please click >here.

Venue: Seale Hayne,  Devon.
Date: 30th September - 2nd October 2015.
This unique meeting 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).

For more information and online booking please click >here.

The BASL Annual Meeting will take place 7th-9th September 2016 at Manchester Central.
The BLTG Transplant meeting will take place also at Manchester Central the day before on 6th September 2016.
More information will be published on the BASL website as it becomes available.

The appointee is responsible for basic science and portfolio development. In addition to his/her role on the Governing Board, the Chair of the Research Committee will make specific recommendations to Governing Board regarding the program of the Annual Scientific Meeting.
For more information please click >here

Closing date for applications is 28th August 2015.
MSD in collaboration with the BASL have made provision for 15 scholarship awards to be made available to assist healthcare professionals to attend the forthcoming AASLD to be held in San Francisco on 12th-17th November 2015. Scholarship awards are capped at a maximum of £2,500 per person and are considered a contribution towards an award winner’s registration fee, travel and accommodation expenses.
For more information, a copy of the guidelines and an application form please click >here.

The newly elected members of the BLTG Committe are as follows:

Professor Darius Mirza          Chair
Professor John O’Grady        Acting Chair
Dr. Doug Thorburn                 Secretary
Professor Matthew Cramp      BASL Treasurer
Dr. Dhiraj Tripathi                  Conference and education

Representatives
Dr. Rachel Westbrook           Transplant Hepatology                         
Mr. Dinesh Sharma               Transplant Surgery 
Prof. Stefan Hubscher           Pathology 
Ms Sinead Tynan                  Pharmacy 
Dr. Charlie Millson                 BSG 
Sarah Coate                         Transplant Co-ordinator
Ms Kate Jones                     Nursing 

To download or view the report please click >here.

What should research on the prevention and treatment of non-alcohol related liver and gallbladder disorders investigate? For further information and to take part in the survey, please click >here.

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

>BVHG Maternal & Paediatric Sub-Group meeting, 23rd October 2015, London
More information to follow as soon as it is available.

BASL Endorsed Events
>UCL Hepatology Ultrasound Course, 31 October- 01 November 2015.
Information coming soon

Other Events

EASL Special Conference 2015, Glasgow, 25-27th September 2015.
Addressing End-stage Liver Disease
Reduced fees available for BASL members.  For more information please click >here

BSG SpR/StR Education Weekend, Birmingham, 9th-10th October 2015.
Venue: Hotel La Tour, Birmingham.
To book and for more information and details of subsidies, including travel expense reimbursments please click >here.

UCL Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (III) Symposium 2015.
Venue:  UCL Institute of Child Health, 14th October 2015.
For more information and to register please click >here.

The Royal Society of Medicine - Working together to improve end of life care for patients with liver disease.
21st October 2015, London.

For more information please click > here

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Annual Symposium on Gastroenterology, 19th November 2015.
Venue:Queen Mother Conference Centre, Edinburgh
For more information please click >here.

BSG Trainees Section, Taster Course in Gastroenterology, 5-6th December
Venue: University College London Hospital, London.
To book please click >here.

European HIV Hepatitis Co-infection (EHHC) Conference,10-11 December 2015. 
Venue: QE II Conference Centre, Westminster,London.
For more information please click >here.

25th Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Tokyo, February 20- 24, 2016
Venue: Tokyo, Japan.
For more information and to book please click >here.

5th APASL Single Topic Conference on Hepatitis C, June 10-12th 2016. 
Venue:Kaohsiung Exhibition Center,Taiwan.
For more information and to book please click >here.

AHA endorse Alcohol Focus Scotland's response to Alcohol Bill.
For a summary of Alcohol Focus Scotland’s view on the bill as a whole please click >here

The Gilead UK and Ireland Fellowship Programme 2015 is open for grant applications in the joint therapy area of HIV & Viral hepatitis. For the full criteria and to apply please click >here.
The closing date for applications is the 28 August.