ACB West Midlands would like to invite you to join us at The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2DR

Bookings close at midday on 13th November

09.30 - 10:00  Registration and Coffee

10:00 - 10:05  Opening welcome - Pervaz Mohammed (WMACB Chair)

Session 1: Chair - Adam Gerrard

10.05 - 10.40  A lifetime of organic acids - Mary Anne Preece, formerly Birmingham Children’s Hospital

10.40 - 11.15  Newer IMDs emerging from genomics - Dr Saikat Santra, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

11.15 - 11.25  The updated MetBioNet website - Dr Nathan Cantley, Southmead Hospital

11.25 - 11:40  Tea break

11.40 - 12.15  Update on Newborn Bloodspot Screening (UK & West Midlands Experience) - Dr Pippa Goddard, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

12.15 - 12.40  Nitrous-oxide induced B12 deficiency: No laughing matter - Dr Amro Maarouf, Black Country Pathology

12.40 - 13.05  Glycerol intolerance - Dr Shona Brothwell, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

13.05 - 13.50  Lunch, networking and opportunity to meet sponsors

Session 2: Chair - TBA

13.50 - 14.25  Renal stones due to defects in Purine metabolism - Erin Emmett, St Thomas’ Hospital 

14.25 - 15.00  Hyperoxaluria and oxalate stones - Prof Sally-Anne Hulton, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

15.00 - 15:15  Tea break

15.15 - 15.50  The energetics of epilepsy in IMDs - Dr Felix Chan, Aston University

15.50 - 16.25  Disorders of amino acid metabolism in adulthood - Dr Charlotte Dawson, University Hospitals Birmingham

16.25 - 16.30  Closing Remarks - Pervaz Mohammed (WMACB Chair)