New in @natgenet.nature.com: a moving obituary for Peer. Francesca Ciccarelli, Jan Korbel & Christian von Mering reflect on his scientific vision, from protein domains and genome evolution to metagenomics, and on his generosity as a mentor and friend to so many. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our work exploring host-microbial co-metabolism of bile acids in patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) has been published in the JHEP Reports: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪐 A big thank you to everyone involved, to the GALAXY and MicrobLiver consortia who made this possible! 🙌

Why ELPA is going on a unique European Liver Screening Tour ELPA is going on a unique European Liver Screening Tour because Europe can no longer afford to wait for liver disease to become visible only when it is already advanced. For too long, liver disease has remained silent.

Back home from an inspiring & energising #EASLCongress in sunny + hot Barcelona 🌅. These were my personal highlights (sound on 🔊) - what were your‘s? 😎 #Barcelona #EASL2026 #LiverDisease #LiverHealth #ACLF @europeliver.bsky.social @medblab.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social

🩺 #POSTER SAT-532 by Markus Maagaard et al. evaluated if direct #prothrombin concentration🩸can improve prognostic performance of the #MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) score in patients with decompensated #cirrhosis (compared to INR, the international normalised ratio). @easlnews.bsky.social

😁 Those two had fun at their #Poster: Congratulations to Philipp Althaus & Sabine Klein together with other colleagues from the MedB Lab (Münster, Germany), on this excellent poster presentation at #EASLCongress 2026 this Saturday! @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

👏 Two posters by David Tornai today at #EASLCongress! #POSTER SAT-414-YI explored the prognostic value of serum secretory #IgA in patients with #PSC. #POSTER SAT-415 evaluated circulating #macrophage activation markers as prognostic tools in #PSC. @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

🧬 Rocking the presentation of two posters at #EASLCongress 2026 - wow 🤩! 👏 Sania Arif did a great job at these posters today. #ACLF #Cirrhosis #Metabolomics #BacterialInfection #Hepatology #SystemicInflammation #Microbiome @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

🩺 Mortality prediction using non-invasive fibrosis scores independent of chronic liver disease in patients with COVID-19: #POSTER SAT-515 by Maximilian Joseph Brol et al. 📍Presented at #EASLCongress #EASL2026 #COVID19 #LiverDisease #Fibrosis #Hepatology #ClinicalResearch @medblab.bsky.social

💪 Strong finish of #EASL2026 with ✨ Highlights from the MICROB-PREDICT Consensus Conference ✨ at our #Networking session - Thanks for coming 🤗! #Microbiome-based #mechanisms #biomarkers #PatientStratification #cirrhosis #ACLF @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

💊 Non-selective #betablocker use was associated with improved survival across all stages of chronic #LiverDisease, including pre-ACLF & #ACLF: 👏 #POSTER SAT-458-YI by Josune Cabello Calleja et al. #EASL2026 #Cirrhosis #Hepatology @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

Today at #EASLCongress 2026 🎤: Thesession "EASL / EF-CLIF: The Road Ahead – Horizon Scanning in #Cirrhosis & #PortalHypertension" spotlighted the next wave of evidence that could reshape the management of advanced #LiverDisease! @europeliver.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @medblab.bsky.social

☺️ What a refreshingly honest #workshop on Friday eve: 💪 How can we turn setbacks into strengths? Former EASL Secretary General Aleksander Krag spoke with a group of #YoungInvestigators about his own career path that also included failures & setbacks. @easlnews.bsky.social #EASL2026 #EASLCongress

🧪 Minneke Coenraad (LUMC) chaired the last #PosterTour today on "Experimental and Pathophysiology" at the Cirrhosis & Complications Track Hub! 💫 Marie Bobowski-Gerard (GENFIT) did a fantastic job presenting this poster, a collaboration with @medblab.bsky.social: 👉 #Poster FRI-383 #EASLCongress

Congrats to V. Legry et al. on this #ACLF translational advance presented by Cristina López-Vicario at #EASLCongress, #POSTER FRI-412. ASK1 inhibitor SRT-015 reduced IL-6, IL-1β, TNFα & CXCL10 while preserving/enhancing antibacterial #ImmuneFunction, including phagocytosis & macrophage polarisation.

💬Prof. @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social co-chairs a symposium on #MetALD Key takeaways: • Structured diagnosis & prognosis • Managing AUD in liver patients • Integrating cardiometabolic risk control Focus: Practical application for #clinicalcare #Hepatology #EASL2026

👏 Minneke Coenraad's group (LUMC) has a strong presence during today's #PosterSession at #EASLCongress! See below what they investigated by watching our short movie clip 🎬... #Hepatology #LiverTransplantation #MELD #Cirrhosis @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

✨ Poster Tour Highlight ✨ 🩺 Reductions in phosphatidylethanol #PEth are associated with improvements in #BloodPressure & lipid profile in steatotic liver disease #SLD. Shown by Nikolaj Torp et al. in #POSTER THU-204. #EASL2026 #SLD #MASLD #Hepatology @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

🦠 Incidence, risk factors & outcomes of #cytomegalovirus infection after liver transplantation: #POSTER FRI-474 by Maximilian Joseph Brol et al. investigates the incidence & clinical impact of CMV infection following #LiverTransplantation. 📍Presented at #EASLCongress #EASL2026 @medblab.bsky.social

We're back in the #EASLStudio. This time, @debbieshawcross.bsky.social, EASL Secretary General, chairs the session 'From evidence to action: Will the EASL-LANCET commission 2.0 move the needle on liver disease?' @thelancet.com @easlnews.bsky.social #EASL2026 #EASLCongress #liverdisease

🧬 Impaired endothelial FoxO1 signalling may contribute to endothelial dysfunction in ACLF. 👉 #POSTER FRI-428-YI by Fabian Schachteli et al. #EASL2026 #EASLCongress #ACLF #Cirrhosis #Hepatology @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

🧬 Maladaptive emergency #myelopoiesis may drive progression from acutely decompensated cirrhosis to ACLF. 👉 #POSTER FRI-388-YI by Zhujun Cao et al. #EASLCongress #EASL2026 #ACLF #Cirrhosis #Immunology #DecompensatedCirrhosis @medblab.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social

📊 A nationwide German study highlights changing trends in hepatocellular carcinoma severity, treatment strategies & complications 2005-2019: #POSTER FRI-220 by Josune Cabello Calleja et al. #EASL2026 #HCC #LiverCancer #Hepatology @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

Prof. @aleksanderkrag.bsky.social (FLASH OUH) co-chairs today's #EASLStudio on the EASL-Lancet Commission on sustainable liver health in 🇪🇺 The session is dedicated to Michael Manns (1951-2025) @thelancet.com @easlnews.bsky.social #EASL2026

🛜 Conferences like #EASLCongress are the perfect chance to network, exchange ideas & collaborate ☺️: As part of the "German Cirrhosis Study Group", the MedB Lab is excited to be represented so strongly at #EASL2026 in Barcelona! #Hepatology #LiverResearch @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social

🌎 Regional variation in #Rifaximin use & #GutMicrobiota composition in European patients with decompensated #cirrhosis: ✨ The outstanding international collaboration & poster SAT-467-YI by Susan Fischer et al. was featured during today's afternoon #PosterTour at Track Hub 6! #EASL2026 #Hepatology

🧬Constitutive #MAS1 activation may reduce #LiverFibrosis and #PortalHypertension in chronic liver disease! 🚨See POSTER FRI-329 by Philipp Althaus et al. (last author + #PosterTour presenter today: Sabine Klein, @medblab.bsky.social at UKM) #EASLCongress #Hepatology #EASL2026 @easlnews.bsky.social

🚨 Michael Praktiknjo et al. validated a custom-built 22G #EUS-PPG system with great correlation to the commercial 25G platform. 👉 Lower cost💲+ better availability may expand access to #PortalHypertension assessment worldwide 🌎! @medblab.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social

📊 More inclusive definitions of non-acute decompensation #NAD to improve #RiskStratification in chronic #LiverDisease. ✨ POSTER WED-485 by Martin S. McCoy et al. was featured in today's #PosterTour! #EASLCongress #Cirrhosis @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

🔬 Can a simple urine #dipstick predict acute decompensation in #cirrhosis? #POSTER THU-436 by Susan Fischer (LUMC) investigated this question: Low #UrinaryChloride (≤38 mmol/L) was independently associated with a significantly higher risk of #AcuteDecompensation within 90 days. @easlnews.bsky.social

🧬 Reduced #apoptosis in HBV/HDV-expressing #hepatocytes: Poster THU-595 by @Pia Lembeck et al. investigated how HDV modulates apoptotic + #StressResponse pathways in HBV/HDV-expressing hepatocytes. 📍Presented at #EASLCongress 2026 @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

💡Co-chaired by Maria Papp (Debrecen, Hungary), this was a key session at #EASLCongress today on acute #encephalopathy in #cirrhosis and the challenges of recognising hepatic encephalopathy (HE) versus other causes of altered mental status in the ICU. @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

👏 Special honours go to Josune Cabello Calleja for being featured in this afternoon’s #PosterTour on #Cirrhosis & its complications - #ACLF & Critical illness. 👉 SAT-458-YI Beneficial impact of consequent non-selective #BetaBlocker intake on patient outcomes in all stages of chronic #LiverDisease

MICROB-PREDICT member @debbieshawcross.bsky.social, EASL Secretary General co-chaired the Global Liver Forum on Alcohol. #EASL2026 #EASLCongress @easlnews.bsky.social

🩺 TIPS placement was associated with a lower risk of AKI than contrast-enhanced CT imaging in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. #POSTER2 THU-461 by Markus Kimmann et al. 💪 #EASL2026 #AKI #TIPS #Cirrhosis

📈 ReMELD-Na and MELD 3.0 may support risk stratification after TIPS for variceal bleeding, though FIPS showed stronger short-term predictive performance: #POSTER1 THU-460-YI by Markus Kimmann et al. #EASL2026 #TIPS #Cirrhosis

🥙 While others had their lunch break, Mads Israelsen (OUH) chaired the lively #EASLStudio Session "YI case-based discussions: #Ascites, #alcohol-related #hepatitis 🍺, and #ACLF" on Thursday, 28 May - lots of people joined to listen in the EASL Studio area while the session was broadcasted online 📺!

👏 Excellent attendance at #EASLCongress in the early afternoon session “Rethinking #MASH: Time to explore a multisystem treatment approach” - a Novo Nordisk Symposium. Aleksander Krag served as chair & speaker: 1️⃣ Navigating a multifactorial disease... 2️⃣ Integrating #PatientCare... #MetabolicHealth

This morning, with the talk 'From biomarkers to bedside: Stratified risk assessment in ALD/MetALD and mobile health to close care gaps', @israelsenm.bsky.social (Odense University Hospital) contributed to the session The Road Ahead [...] at #EASLCongress #EASL2026 #MetALD

📢 This morning at #EASLCongress in Barcelona, EASL Secretary General Debbie Shawcross (King's College London) co-chaired the "General Session I and #AwardCeremony" 🏆! @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @debbieshawcross.bsky.social #GeneralHepatology

✨ Poster-Tour Highlight ✨: ACLF #MetabolicMarkers can identify or exclude #BacterialInfections in acutely decompensated #cirrhosis. #POSTER SAT-329-YI (Frederik Holz et al.) was featured & presented during a morning #PosterTour on Thursday already by Sania Arif - congrats! 🥳 @medblab.bsky.social

📢 Full house at the EF CLIF Networking Session today at #EASLCongress here in their local Barcelona 😎 An exciting new initiative is a new #MasterProgramme, starting in Fall 2026🎓 #cirrhosis #ACLF #LiverFailure #EASL2026 @decision4liver.bsky.social @microb-predict.bsky.social @a-tango.bsky.social

Moritz Marciniak (Münster, Germany) at his #poster yesterday! 🤩 Young stars in the making 👉 POSTER ID WED-307 RNA - based #CRISPR/Cas9 - mediated genetic modification of the copper transporter ATP7B in #WilsonDisease @medblab.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social

🧬 Hypoleptinemia in #cirrhosis associated with increased one-year mortality in #women undergoing #TIPS! #POSTER WED-475 by Frederike Krus et al. highlighted #leptin as a potential sex-specific prognostic factor in advanced liver cirrhosis. #EASL2026 #Hepatology #SexDifference @medblab.bsky.social

🤩 What a comprehensive, interactive and fun afternoon session 🧬 at #EASLCogress today: More than 100 attendees, compelling evidence & a majority of agreement on 26 of 31 Delphi statements from a recently completed consensus survey! @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social

In the co-session 'Patient/provider communication', @korenjak.bsky.social (president of @europeliver.bsky.social) stresses three vital in this communication relationship: ⏳ Time 📍Point-of-view 💬Miscommunication @microb-predict.bsky.social @a-tango.bsky.social #EASL2026 #EASLCongress

🚀 After a group picture at the start of the MICROB-PREDICT Consensus Conference, Jonel Trebicka & Minneke Coenraad introduced the topics of the completed consensus #survey & showed the worldwide demographics data of the participants. Welcome everyone! 🥳 @easlnews.bsky.social @medblab.bsky.social

✨ In the spotlight & broadcasted during this afternoon's #EASLStudio" Session📺: Aleksander Krag (OUH) was chairing + speaking about "Tackling MASH Cirrhosis"! Also, don't miss his poster on the global #DelphiConsensus to better define chronic #LiverDisease severity: 👉 LBP-020 (today, Wed, 27 May)

📢 More Posters Alert 🤩 Don't miss these posters ☺️: Moritz (today, WED, #WilsonDisease), Florian (FRI, #LiverTransplantation) + Philipp (SAT, #PortalHypertension) 👉 Have a chat with them at their poster! #EASL2026 #Hepatology #LiverDisease #EASLCongress @easlnews.bsky.social @medblab.bsky.social

💉 Hands-on teaching with the best 👏: Wim Laleman surrounded by the experts of the future at the "Skills Learning Centre" this morning at #EASLCongress! 👉 Topic: EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) + PPG (portal pressure gradient) #Hepatology #Endoscopy #PortalHypertension #Training @easlnews.bsky.social