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We are pleased to announce that registrations are now officially open for the BIRD 2026 5th Annual Congress.🥳 Visit the BIRD website to view the program and register! 🔗 birdgroup.be/en/congress/bir…

📢 📢 Each month, EduCom, the educational committee of BIRD, selects a research paper of the month for you to read on our website. Take some time this week to read the selected paper: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

📢 📢 Each month EduCom selects a research paper of the month for you to read on our website. Take some time this weekend to read the selected paper: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

BIRD wishes you a merry holiday season and all the best for 2025!

The selected paper for July is "Mechanisms and management of loss of response to anti-TNF therapy for patients with Crohn's disease" (Lancet Gastro Hepat. 2024 June vol 9, issue 6, p521-538) Read the article here: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

Record turnout for the spring edition of the BIRD General Assembly! We were pleased to welcome almost 90 BIRD and BINA members to this extraordinary meeting in Zaventem. Mark you calendars so you don't miss out on the fall edition - Thursday 3 October.

The selected paper for May is "Histologic Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Female Fertility: A Nationwide Study" (Gastroenterology. 2024 May;166(5):802-814.e18) Read the article here: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

We have opened the registrations for the 2024 Third Annual BIRD Congress! This year’s Congress will take place on 15-16 November in Brussels at the newly minted Mix venue. You can read the program of the BIRD Congress and register at birdgroup.be/en/congress/bir…

We are very excited to announce that our 4th BIRD clinical trial has received official approval. The AMARETTO trial will be initiated in 15 participating sites, aiming to enroll a total of 275 IBD-patients. Stay tuned for further updates as we launch this study!

BIRD is happy to announce its first IUS workshop! 🎉 To read more about the program and how to register, visit birdgroup.be/en/symposium/bi…

❗ Don't miss out... applications for the BIRD Research Grant are due this week! BIRD awards up to two original (basic or clinical) research projects related to inflammatory bowel diseases with a BIRD grant of 6000 Euros each. Read more here: birdgroup.be/en/rules

The selected paper for March is "A biomarker-stratified comparison of top-down versus accelerated step-up treatment strategies for patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (PROFILE)" (Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Feb 21) Read the article here: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

February's paper of the month is "Tofacitinib in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis (TACOS): A Randomized Controlled Trial." (Am J Gastroenterol, Jan 24) Read the article here: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

The 1st BIRD session of BWGE ‘24 is underway! 🙌

January's paper of the month is "Dysbiosis and Associated Stool Features Improve Prediction of Response to Biological Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease" (J.Gastro, Dec 23) Read the article here: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

Happy holidays from the BIRD team!

Tonight we are pleased to welcome our current and potential partners for our annual Partner Get Together. 🙌 A huge THANK YOU to our 2023 partners! We look forward to continued collaboration in 2024 and for many years to come. 🎉

December's paper of the month is "A Core Outcome Set for inflammatory bowel diseases: development and recommendations for implementation in clinical practice through an international multi-stakeholder consensus process" (JCC, Nov 23) Read the article here: birdgroup.be/en/other-papers…

The 2023 2nd Annual BIRD Congress was a success, thank you to all who attended! We are immensely grateful to our panel of international and national speakers and to our host @bmccbruges for the warm welcome. Finally, a big thank you to our sponsors for their support!