BCNBP: National Day ‘FOOD, FLORA and FEELINGS’

Morning session: Hunger and craving food (Chair: Philippe de Timary)

9:30 ‘Anorexia nervosa and gut microbiota. The chicken or the egg?’,Laura DI LODOVICO, Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l’Encéphale, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences.

10:10 ‘Obesity, a disease of the brain?’, Roman VANGOITSENHOVEN, Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KUL.

10:50 Coffee break.

11:15 Debate: Is Ozempic a new psychopharmacological drug?

12:00 Lunch.

Afternoon session: Gut feelings (Chair: Cleo Crunelle)

13:15 ‘Isolated by their gut microbiota? The case of alcohol use disorder’, Philippe DE TIMARY, Institute of Neuroscience, UCL.

13:55 ‘Small molecules, big impact? Short-chain fatty acids as microbiota-gut-brain axis mediators of human psychophysiology’, Lukas VAN OUDENHOVE, LabGAS, KUL.

14:35 Conclusions.

Registration fee: BCNBP members: free – Non-members: 95 euro – Trainees: 45 euro
Payment by bank transfer (IBAN: BE40 2900 1349 6963) with communication ‘06.06.2025 + name’.

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