28. Februar - 2. März 2025

DGNM annual conference 2025

Innovative research, diagnostics and personalised therapy approaches: the next DGNM annual conference will take place in Berlin.

Studies on GI-motility with videofluoroscopy

The gut in motion

136 educational videos show a wide variety of intestinal movements and explain the basics of the regulation of gastric and intestinal motor functions.

Visit the YouTube channel "Gut in motion"

News

Germany's Highest Science Award for Gut-Brain Axis Research

The German Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility (DGNM) congratulates Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Kai Markus Schneider on receiving the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, Germany’s most prestigious award for early-career researchers. Through his research on the gut-brain axis, a central focus in neurogastroenterology, Schneider has made significant advancements, underscoring the importance of this field.

DGNM Travel Grant for FNM 2024 in Thailand

A travel grant from the German Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility (DGNM) aims to support early-career scientists in attending international scientific congresses to present their own data. This year, the DGNM is supporting two applicants from Germany selected to attend LBBB 2024, the 18th Little Brain Big Brain Meeting.

Scholarships

For students interested in neurogastroenterology as a field of work, scholarships are available to cover travel and accommodation costs to Berlin. Conference fees are waived.

UEG Masterclass on Oesophagogastric Motility and Function

A special offer for clinicians interested in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with esophagogastric motility and functional disorders according to current, multidisciplinary standards: with this perfect blend of online and on-site (face-to-face) training, you will gain a modern learning, networking, and development experience with leading experts. Registration deadline: June 14, 2024.

World IBS Day

More and more people - both worldwide and in Germany - are suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. A patient initiative has therefore proclaimed 19 April as World IBS Day to raise awareness of the condition.

Report Annual Meeting

30 lectures, a special symposium, two award winners and two travelling scholarship awardees - the 31st annual conference in Freising had a lot to offer!

About us

The German Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility e.V. (DGNM) aims to support the exchange and development of the scientific understanding in neurogastroenterology and gastrointestinal motility. The members of the DGNM include scientists and physicians from basic research and clinical practice, who contribute to psycho-neurogastroenterological research in national scientific working groups and international specialist conferences.

The DGNM awards travel grants to enable students and junior faculty to attend international meetings.

Research

The main research focus of the society is neurogastroenterology, a field that deals with the innervation and regulation of the gastrointestinal tract and its functions. Dysfunctions of the enteric nervous system and the connection between microbiome, gut and brain (microbiome-gut-brain axis) can affect the gastrointestinal tract. Typical neurogastroenterological disease patterns are dysphagia, irritable stomach syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome or chronic abdominal pain. These clinical presentations are multifactorial and require interdisciplinary dignosis and treatment; therefore, psychosomatics also plays an important role in the DGNM.