CONFERENCE PROGRAMME A commercial exhibition runs concurrent to the programme.

THURSDAY 29 MAY 2008

09.00 Opening of the TNO Beneficial Microbes Conference   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

Interplay between nutrition and beneficial microbes Morning chair: Prof.dr. Willem de Vos, Wageningen University, the Netherlands / Helsinki University, Finland

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   12.30 Benefits of probiotics for animal nutrition and health Dr. Frederique Chaucheyras-Durand and Dr. Henri Durand, Lallemand, France   13.00 Lunch

Afternoon chair: Dr. Koen Venema, TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands Beneficial 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

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

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   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

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

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   15.30 End of the TNO Beneficial Microbes Conference

 

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