Programme

6-7 November 2003

The second International Nutrigenomics Conference

From nutrigenomics to nutritional systems biology

NH Barbizon Palace Hotel

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Wednesday 5 November 2003

20:00	Informal get-together: boattrip across the Amsterdam canals

 

Thursday 6 November 2003

08.45	Opening of The second International Nutrigenomics Conference
	Dr. N.J. Snoeij
	Director TNO, Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands

 

Session 1
State-of-the-art and new challenges

Chair:	Prof.dr. J.B. German
	Nestlé Research Centre, Switzerland / University of California, Davis, USA
09.00	Nutrigenomics: where are we now?
	Dr. B. van Ommen
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
09.30	Bridging nutrigenomics and traditional nutrition
	Prof.dr. J.C. Mathers
	University of Newcastle, UK
10.00	Discovery of early biomarkers in nutritional systems biology
	Prof.dr. J. van der Greef
	TNO Systems Biology, the Netherlands
10.35	Coffee/tea break

 

Session 2
Disease prevention and health promotion: general issues

Chair:	Dr. B. van Ommen
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
11.05	Introduction by the chair
	Dr. B. van Ommen
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
11.15	Nutrigenomics from molecular signalling to organ-cross-talk
	Prof.dr. M. Müller
	Wageningen University, the Netherlands
11.45	The bottleneck of data interpretation
	Prof.dr. A. Biggeri
	University of Florence, Italy
12.15	Nutrigenomics concepts in assessment of benefits and safety
	Dr. J.P. Groten
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
12.45	Lunch

 

Session 3
Disease prevention and health promotion: cancer and intestinal health

Chair:	Mrs. Dr. K. Wertz
	DSM Nutritional Products (formerly Roche Vitamins), Switzerland
14.00	Introduction by the chair
14.10	Nutrigenomic profiling of soy isoflavones: implications for chemoprevention
	Dr. P.J. Gillies
	DuPont Nutritional & Health, USA
14.40	Lycopene and vitamin E in prostate cancer - a nutrigenomic approach
	Dr. U. Siler
	DSM Nutritional Products (formerly Roche Vitamins), Switzerland
15.10	Nutrigenomics and nutrient transport processes
	Mrs. Prof.dr. H. Daniel
	Technical University of Munich, Germany
15.40	Coffee/tea break

 

Session 4
Disease prevention and health promotion: metabolism related health issues

Chair:	Prof.dr. M. Müller
	Wageningen University, the Netherlands
16.15	Introduction by the chair
16.25	Nutrigenomics and immuno-inflammatory mechanisms
	Dr. K.S. Kornman
	Interleukin Genetics, USA
16.55	Lipid profiling in the nutrition and health relationship
	Dr. S.M. Watkins
	The Lipomics Technologies, USA
17.25	Nutrition, genes and obesity
	Dr. D. Langin
	Inserm, France
17.55	End of session 4
18.15 - 19.15	Discussion sessions in the 'Scientific Café'

 

Discussion session 1
Nutrigenomics lost between pharma and nutrition

Chair:	Prof.dr. J.B. German
	German Nestl é Research Center, Switzerland / University of California, Davis , USA
	Dr. J.P. Groten
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
18.15	Chair's introduction
18.30	Discussion
19.15	End of discussion session 1

 

Discussion session 2
Nutrigenomics in Europe: the NuGO developments as an example

Chair:	Dr. B. van Ommen
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
18.15	Chair's introduction
18.30	Discussion
19.15	End of discussion session 2

 

Discussion session 3
Nutrigenomics: communicating science to non-scientific stakeholders

Chair:	D. Schmidt
	International Food Information Council, USA
	Mrs. C. White
	Cogent Research, USA
18.15	Chair's introduction
18.30	Discussion
19.15	End of discussion session 3
20.30	Conference dinner

 

Friday 7 November 2003

Session 5
Personalised nutrition

Chair:	Dr. J. Maat
	Unilever, the Netherlands
08.30	Introduction by the chair
08.35	Personalised nutrition: fact or fiction
	Mrs. Dr. R.M. Weggemans
	Unilever, the Netherlands
09.00	Nutrigenomics: the genetic component
	Prof.dr. H.-G. Joost
	German Institute of Human Nutrition, Germany
09.30	Personalised nutrition and nutrigenetics
	Mrs. Dr. R.D. Gill-Garrison
	Sciona, UK
10.00	The impact of nutrigenomics from a business perspective
	Mr. A. Merolli
	Life Science Alliance, USA
10.30	Coffee/tea break

 

Session 6
Nutrigenomics: challenges in communication and education

Chair:	Dr. P.J. Gillies
	DuPont Nutrition & Health, USA
11.00	Introduction by the chair
11.10	Nutrigenomics: the importance of pro-active dialogue
	Mrs. A. Jung
	European Food Information Council, Belgium
11.40	How to reach a tipping point in nutrigenomics for the healthcare provider?
	Dr. R.F. Kushner
	Northwestern Memorial Hospital, USA
12.10	Ethics guidelines for nutritional genomics and genetics
	Dr. D. Castle
	University of Guelph, Canada
12.40	Lunch

 

Session 7
Bioactivity profiling and discovery

Chair:	Prof.dr. J. van der Greef
	TNO Systems Biology, the Netherlands
14.00	Introduction by the chair
14.10	Nutrigenomics based screening approaches
	Dr. H. Kato and Mrs. Prof.dr. K. Abe
	University of Tokyo, Japan
14.40	Discovery of bioactive molecules in functional foods
	Prof.dr. H. Irth
	Kiadis, the Netherlands
15.10	Nutritional recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: 'double-twisting the Pyramid'
	Prof.dr. J. Ordovas
	Tufts University, USA
15.40	Closing lecture: Complementary opportunities for industry and academia of nutritional systems biology
	Prof.dr. J.B. German
	Nestlé Research Centre, Switzerland / University of California, Davis, USA
16.15	Closing of The second International Nutrigenomics Conference
	Dr. B. van Ommen
	TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands
16.30	End of  conference

 

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