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XVIIth Little Brain Big Brain: an extraordinary meeting in extraordinary times

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 20, pages 197–198 (2023)Cite this article

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Little Brain Big Brain is a biannual meeting organized and attended by young investigators. Since its inception in 1989, this meeting has brought together promising junior researchers in neurogastroenterology. The XVIIth meeting featured the latest basic, clinical and industry research in the field in a special post-pandemic edition.

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Fig. 1: Overview of the selection process for Little Brain Big Brain 2022.

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The XVIIth LBBB was supported by the American Neurogastroenterology & Motility Society, the Australasian Neurogastroenterology & Motility Association, the Belgian Network on Gastrointestinal Regulatory Mechanisms, the Division of Gastroenterology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurogastroenterologie und Motilität e.V., the European Society of Neurogastroenterology & Motility, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology and the Wellcome–MRC Institute of Metabolic Science. The authors would also like to acknowledge the mentorship of the LBBB2020 organizing committee: M. Hao, L. Stamp, J. Foong, S. Carbone and L. Grundy.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Constanza Alcaino, Florencia Carbone, Peter H. Neckel, Naomi E. B. Tjaden.

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  1. Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Constanza Alcaino

  2. Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders and University Hospital of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Florencia Carbone

  3. Institute of Clinical Anatomy and Cell Analysis, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Peter H. Neckel

  4. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Naomi E. B. Tjaden

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Alcaino, C., Carbone, F., Neckel, P.H. et al. XVIIth Little Brain Big Brain: an extraordinary meeting in extraordinary times. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 20, 197–198 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-023-00747-6

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