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• 19 - 21 October 2022

  4th General Assembly (GA) meeting in Madrid

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  The 4th GA meeting of DECISION took place from 19-21 October 2022 in Madrid. The meeting was a great success with the first day devoted to paper writing: on that day, 12 meetings took place to discuss and progress on 7 different papers with more than 20 people. On the second day, we extensively discussed the specifics of our upcoming COMBAT-Trial as well as our brand new and refined animal models of ACLF. The third day was devoted to multi-omics analyses, bioinformatics and machine learning as well as an update on the newly developed tools and checklists for ethics and data protection and the health economics studies planned in DECISION. We thank our Scientific Advisory Board members for their valuable feedback to improve the quality of our studies.

• 21 - 23 September 2022

  14th International Meeting on Therapy in Liver Diseases

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  From 21-23 September 2022, the 14^th edition of the International Meeting on Therapy in Liver Diseases organised by the Liver Unit at Hospital Clinic of Barcelona will take place. The aim of the meeting is to highlight and discuss the latest advances in Clinical Hepatology to be applied in every day clinical practice.

  On Thursday, 22^nd September at 3.45 p.m., DECISION member, Paolo Caraceni, will give a talk on “Acute decompensation in 2022: what is mandatory in the first diagnostic workup?”

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• 4 - 8 November 2022

  MEET-THE-EXPERT Session 16 – “Extracellular vesicles in liver disease”

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  The AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases) brings together clinicians, associates, and scientists from around the world to exchange information on the latest research, discuss new developments in liver treatment and transplantation, and network with leading experts in the field of hepatology.

  Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou will be one of the moderators of this event, on 6^th November 2022 (8.00 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.) in Washington, DC. So, don’t miss the chance to interact with him and many other leading hepatologists.

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• 22 - 26 June 2022

  International Liver Congress (ILC), June 2022

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  SAVE THE DATE: The International Liver Congress (ILC) 2022 has been rescheduled to 22–26 June 2022 in London, UK. We are looking forward to Prof Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou’s presentation on “Prognostic biomarkers of non-malignant liver disease – leaving the biopsy behind” during the postgraduate course: “The future of clinical hepatology” on June 22, 2022.

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• 24 June 2022

  Meet us at ILC2022 on 24/06/2022, 12-13h GMT!

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  Don`t miss the opportunity to meet the team and receive important information about the project at ILC2022 at the EASL Community Hub! Read more.

• 29 - 30 April 2022

  Université de Paris Conference, April 2022

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  The 2021 edition had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, but we are already looking forward to this year’s EPU de Gastroentérologie et d’Hépatologie de l’Université de Paris from 29 – 30 April 2022 in Paris, France.

  At this year’s conference, project coordinator Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou will give a presentation on the topic ‘Why is portal hypertension deleterious?’. Stay tuned!

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• 13 April 2022

  EASL studio, April 2022

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  On April 13, 2022, project coordinator Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou is giving a talk about ‘Should anticoagulants be given to patients with cirrhosis to improve outcome?’ at the EASL studio. Click here for more EASL events.

• 24 March 2022

  5th Steering Committee (SC) Meeting successfully completed

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  Our 5th SC meeting, taking place from 23-24 March 2022 in Paris, France has been successfully completed.

• 28 January 2022

  DECISION members at Falk Symposium on Alcoholic Liver Disease

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  From 27-28 January 2022, consortium member Prof. Jonel Trebicka (GUF), who had co-organised the Falk Foundation online Symposium, served as chairman of Session II on “Alcoholic hepatitis, liver failure, and systemic disturbance” and the poster session, while Dr. Richard Moreau and Dr. Sophie Lotersztajn (both at INSERM) gave talks on novel research data and discussed alcoholic liver disease and liver failure as an ailment that disturbs biological communication in the entire body, including systemic inflammation.

• 10 September 2021

  3rd General Assembly Meeting successfully completed

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  During DECISION’s first ever hybrid-meeting, 34 participants gathered face-to-face from 8-10 September in sunny Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain. Additionally, 20 participants joined us remotely via Zoom. Discussions on novel rat models and the clinical study, as well as a poster session for the Early Career Scientists, were only a few highlights. Thanks to the amazing work of all partners, the project is progressing well.

• 08 September 2021

  First MasterClass for Early Career Scientists

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  On 8^th September 2021, 29 participants of the DECISION Consortium attended the first MasterClass which was organized as part of the WP7 training programme before the start of the 3^rd General Assembly Meeting, in Barcelona, Spain.

  The MasterClass included two talks on “How to write a paper (focus on original and review articles)” by Dr. Paolo Angelo from the University of Padova and Prof. Dr. Jonel Trebicka from the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. For further information and to download the presentations, click here.

  Overall, the feedback was positive, and this format will be repeated again at future General Assembly meetings.

• 02 September 2021

  DECISION Symposium connected to EASL School on Hepatology 2021

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  Successful MICROB-PREDICT and DECISION – Online Symposium ‘Management of acute-on-chronic liver failure’ on Thursday, 2nd September 2021 from 12.30 – 16.30h CEST which was organised at the occasion of the EASL School of Hepatology.

  At this symposium, several experts of both project consortia presented recent advances in the fields of microbiome research and systems medicine, introduced the role of proteomics and metabolomics in hepatology and discussed treatment strategies and their mechanisms of action in acute-on-chronic liver failure.

  With almost 100 registered attendees and speakers from 37 countries our symposium was a great success and we would like to thank everyone for their participation and the lively discussions.

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• 23 - 26 June 2021

  Cirrhosis and complications track at ILC 2021 – Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou

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  At the International Liver Congress™ 2021, the cirrhosis and complications track presents an overview of the role of vessels in liver diseases. The track content will include not only the role of liver sinusoidal changes in liver disease progression, but also the management of portal and hepatic vein thrombosis and their complications. The management of complications of portal hypertension will also be addressed, including the place of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and the management of patients with advanced cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).

• 23 - 26 June 2021

  DECISION at the International Liver Congress 2021!

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  SAVE THE DATE: ILC 2021 will take place from Wednesday to Saturday, 23–26 June. Register now and visit our DECISION booth. Click here for more information!

• 24 June 2021

  ILC 2021: Symposium „Old and new treatments for patients with advanced cirrhosis”

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• 09 June 2021

  DECISION online educational event for patients and public on 9th June 2021!

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  SAVE THE DATE: We kindly invite you an online educational event about “Therapies for acute decompensation of cirrhosis and ACLF, research needs and future outlook”. Experts from three EU-funded research projects will give talks and answer questions. The event takes place ONLINE on Wednesday, June 9th, from 03.30 – 05.00 PM (CEST).

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• 5-8 May 2021, ISTANBUL

  International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) Annual Congress

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  The 2021 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE will take place from May 5 – 8, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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• 13-16 November 2020, ONLINE

  The Liver Meeting

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  The Liver Meeting® will take place from November 13 – 16, 2020. The Liver Meeting® is going digital!

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• 11-13 October 2020, ONLINE

  United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week

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  UEG Week Virtual 2020 and Best of Postgraduate Teaching from UEG Week will take place digitally. They remain the premier venue for researches from across the globe to present their latest findings.

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• 31st August 2020, ONLINE

  1st DECISION and ELPA patient event

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  We kindly invite you to the 1st DECISION and ELPA patient event. Our first patient event takes place ONLINE on Monday, August 31st, from 16-17h (CEST). For questions and registration, please contact office@elpa.eu.

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• 29 August 2020

  1st Digital International Liver Congress (Digital ILC)

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  The 1st Digital International Liver Congress (Digital ILC, #ILC2020) took place from 27-29 August 2020. DECISION was represented with a virtual booth and several talks given by members.

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• 27-29 August 2020, ONLINE

  International Liver Congress (ILC) – ONLINE

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  The 1st Digital International Liver Congress (Digital ILC, #ILC2020) takes place from 27-29 August 2020. You can meet us here:

  • DECISION booth, entire duration, Thursday-Saturday
  • Live Session & Chat 1: Fri, Aug 28, 2020 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM (CEST)
  • Live Session & Chat 2: Sat, Aug 29, 2020 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM (CEST)

  Register for ILC and view the programme