West Midlands ACB Scientific Meeting in association with MetbioNet

West Midlands ACB Scientific Meeting in association with MetbioNet

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

The agenda for the day is as follows:
 

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)