Functional Foods and Nutrigenomics – Nutrition in Health and Disease

09.30 – 10.30

Arrival and registration.

10.30 - 12.30

Session 1: Functional Foods

Chair: Anne Meyer, Technical University of Denmark

Robert A. Rastall, University of Reading, UK: Prebiotica and symbiotics.

Richard Mithen, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK: Keynote address: The biofunctional effects of sulforaphane in Broccoli.

Two short talks (15 min)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

Exhibition

14.30 – 16.30

Session 2: Nutrition and ageing

Chair: Uffe H. Mortensen, Technical University of Denmark

Donald K. Ingram, Nutritional Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA: "Diet Restriction versus diet Selection: A confluence of aging research.

Tinna Stevnsner, Danish Center for Molecular Gerontology, Aarhus University: DNA repair, mitochondria, and neurodegeneration.

Three short talks (15 min).

16.30 - 18.30

Session 3: Posters and exhibition

Chair: Marianne Weile Nonboe, Novozymes

19.00 - 22.00

Banquet.

20.00 - 20.30

Dinner talk: Arne Vernon Astrup, Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

08.30 - 10.00

Session 4: Probiotics

Chair: Henrik Dalbøge, Chr. Hansen.

Göran Molin, Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University, Lund, Sweden: Probiotics and disease.

Eric Johansen PhD, Innovation, Chr Hansen A/S. 10-12 Bøge Allé, DK-2970, Hørsholm: Genomics of Probiotic Microorganisms.

Hanne Frøkiær, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Biocentrum, Technical University of Denmark: Nutrition and immunity.

Simon S. Jensen, Bioneer A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark: Screening of probiotics for immunomodulatory activities using primary human cell models.

10.00 - 10.30

Coffee and exhibition

10.30 – 12.30

Session 5: Nutrigenomics

Chair: Steen Gammeltoft, Glostrup Hospital

Bruce German, UC Davies, CA, USA and Nestlé: Lipid metabolomics.

Jens Stougaard, Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark: Plant genomics.

Lars Dragsted, Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen: Nutrigenomics.

One short talk (15 min)

12.30 -13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Exhibition

14.00 – 16.00

Session 6: Nutrition and obesity

Chair: Jonas La Cour, Biocenter, University of Copenhagen

Jens Nielsen, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden: Energy balance. Lipid metabolism and AMPK.

Christian Elling, 7TM Pharma, Hørsholm, Denmark: Neuropeptides in regulation of feeding behaviour. 

Thomas Meinert Larsen, Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen: Can we prevent obesity and related complications using nutrigenomics?

Bente Klarlund Petersen, The Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: Nutrition, exercise and disease.

16.00 – 16.30

Closure of the conference

16.30

Departure