Welcome

The European BHD Consortium (EBC) is a network of researchers and clinicians from throughout Europe actively working on Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome. We welcome enquiries from researchers anywhere in the world working on BHD syndrome. We welcome membership enquiries from European researchers actively working on BHD syndrome. Contact us.

Recent Highlights

  • The Second  BHD Symposium will be held in Washington DC, April 22nd 2010, following the success of the Inaugural BHD Symposium in 2008. Registration is open. Further details.
    • UPDATE: Abstract submission deadline: 15th February 2010
    • We are pleased to announce that Dr. Berton Zbar is this year’s guest speaker.
  • A free online database of sequence variation in the Folliculin gene is available here. Curated by Dr Derek Lim, the database describes unpublished and published mutations, and has been recognised by the Human Genome Variation Society. Researchers are encouraged to add new results. Further details have been published in the journal Human Mutation here.
  • The ‘VHL and Inherited Kidney Cancer Center” based in Paris, France, and headed by EBC member Professor Stéphane Richard, has been officially recognised as a National Reference Center for Rare Tumors by the French Department of Health and the French NCI. The centre also carries out a large amount of Research into Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome.  A dedicated website covering the centre is under construction.
Aims

Aims

The EBC’s aims are driven by its ambition to raise awareness of, improve diagnosis of, and facilitate laboratory research into, Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome.
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Members

Members

Members are clinicians and researchers, drawn from several European countries, who are actively engaged in BHD syndrome research.

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