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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
A commercial exhibition runs concurrent to the programme.
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THURSDAY 29 MAY 2008 |
09.00 |
Opening of the TNO Beneficial Microbes Conference
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09.15 |
Keynote lecture:
Beneficial Microbes: the first 100 years since Metchnikoff and beyond
Dr. Ger Rijkers, University Medical Center Utrecht and St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, the Netherlands |
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Interplay between nutrition and beneficial microbesMorning chair: Prof.dr. Willem de Vos, Wageningen University, the Netherlands / Helsinki University, Finland
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10.00 |
New approaches to understand microbial fermentation in the gut Dr. Koen Venema, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands |
10.30 |
Development of intestinal microbiota and the impact of diet and lifestyle
Prof.dr. Willem de Vos, Wageningen University, the Netherlands / Helsinki University, Finland |
11.00 |
Networking break: coffee and tea |
11.30 |
Metabolic profiling of human-microbe superorganism
Prof.dr. Elaine Holmes, Imperial College London, Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anaesthetics, UK |
12.00 |
The health impact of prebiotics Dr. Fred Brouns, Cargill, Belgium
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12.30 |
Benefits of probiotics for animal nutrition and health
Dr. Frederique Chaucheyras-Durand and Dr. Henri Durand, Lallemand, France |
13.00 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon chair:
Dr. Koen Venema, TNO Quality of Life, the NetherlandsBeneficial microbes and the epithelium |
14.00 |
Commensals and probiotics that enhance the epithelial barrier function
Prof.dr. Dirk Haller, Technische Universität München, Research Department Food and Nutrition, Germany |
14.30 |
Visceral sensitivity and the modulation of pain receptors by
Lactobacillus Prof.dr. Pierrre Desreumaux, Inserm, France |
15.00 |
Interactions of probiotic bacteria and Escherichia coli
in the intestinal tract Dr. Alojz Bomba, P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Slovakia |
15.30 |
Epithelium crosstalk with the immune system
Dr. Iliyan Iliev, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation - European Institute of Oncology, Italy |
16.00 |
Networking break: coffee and tea |
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Beneficial microbes and the immune system |
16.30 |
The topography of the intestinal immune system
Dr. Oliver Pabst, Hannover Medical School, Institute of Immunology, Germany |
17.00 |
Microbes that shape the development of the immune system
Dr. June Round, California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology, USA |
17.30 |
Prospects for immunomodulation by beneficial microbes
Dr. Richard Verbeek, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands |
18.00 |
Exhibition and Poster presentations at the Scientific Health Café
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FRIDAY 30 MAY 2008
Morning chair: Dr. Jan Sikkema, Top Institute Food and Nutrition, the Netherlands
Health applications of beneficial microbes |
08.30 |
Is there a role for probiotics in preventing intestinal dysfunctions caused by psychological stress?
Dr. Melanie Gareau, The Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology Research Program, Canada |
09.00 |
Can probiotics prevent common cold and maintain health in the workplace?
Prof.dr. Juergen Schrezenmeir, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Germany
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09.30 |
Disease-inhibiting potential of probiotics in models of inflammatory bowel disease Dr. Lex Nagelkerken, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands |
10.00 |
Prospects for use of functional foods in prevention of allergic diseases
Dr. Annick Mercenier, Nestlé Research Centre, Switzerland |
10.30 |
Networking break: coffee and tea |
11.00 |
Screening and application of beneficial microbes for infant nutrition
Dr. Margaret Dohnalek, Abbott Laboratories, USA |
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11.30 |
Anti-hypertensive effects of microbially produced bioactives
Dr. Peter Olesen, Chr. Hansen, Denmark |
12.00 |
Probiotics in animal feed applications: concept, facts and perspectives
Prof.dr. Carlos Simões Nunes, DSM Nutritional Products, France |
12.30 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon chair: Dr. Koen Venema, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands
Future developments |
13.30 |
Metagenomics: discovering new functionalities of microbes
Dr. Dusko Ehrlich, INRA, France |
14.00 |
Future scientific perspectives: Gut-Brain axis Prof.dr. Robert-Jan
Brummer, School for Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden / Maastricht University, the Netherlands |
14.30 |
Vision on beneficial microbes: 2010-2020
Dr. Nico van Belzen, ILSI Europe, Belgium |
15.00 |
Closing lecture:
Putting microbes to work – in the end, what's really possible? Dr. Gregor Reid, University of Western Ontario, Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada
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15.30 |
End of the TNO Beneficial Microbes Conference
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Secretariat TNO Beneficial Microbes Conference |
Bastiaanse Communication, P.O. Box 179, NL-3720 AD Bilthoven, the Netherlands |
T +31 30 2294247, F +31 30 2252910, BM@bastiaanse-communication.com |
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