Program

Please note that the hours of this program correspond to time in Oregon, USA


Monday 28th october


8.15 - 9.45 h.   Symposium. Immunonutrition across the life course

Nutritional Modulation of Immuneoscenescence and Associated Diseases

    Speaker:
  • Simin Meydani

    Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition. Tufts University. Boston. USA.

Vitamin D receptor regulation of microbiome and micronutrients.

    Speaker:
  • Jun Sun

    UIC Cancer Center. University of Illinois Chicago. USA.

Beyond Nutrition: The Critical Role of Human Milk in Shaping Infant Microbiota and Health Outcomes

    Speaker:
  • Carmen Collado

    Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA - CSIC). Valencia. Spain.

 


Tuesday 29th october


8.00 - 9.30 h.   Symposium. Nutrition, the gut microbiota & immunity

    Speaker:
  • Shipra Vaishnava

    Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Brown University. Providence. USA.

A Healthy Gut – the key to maintaining a healthy immune system with age

    Speaker:
  • Niharika Duggal

    Institute of Inflammation and Ageing University of Birmingham Research Labs. UK.

Microbial community-scale metabolic modeling enables targeted immunomodulation through precision dietary interventions

    Speaker:
  • Sean Gibbons

    Institute for Systems Biology. University of Washington. USA.

 


Wednesday 30th october


8.00 - 9.30 h.   Symposium. Bioactives and immunity

Olive oil and derived phenolics against Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

    Speaker:
  • Amal Kaddoumi

    Department of Drug Discovery and Development. Harrison College of Pharmacy. Auburn University. Auburn. USA.

Microbial Metabolism of Botanicals and Immune Mechanisms

    Speaker:
  • Heather Zwickey

    National University of Natural Medicine. Portland. USA.

Preservation of Bioactive Milk Proteins and Identification of Novel Bioactive Peptides

    Speaker:
  • David Dallas

    College of Health, Oregon State University. USA

 


Thursday 31st october


8.00 - 9.30 h.   Symposium. Immunonutrition and disease

Dietary zinc deficiency promotes pathogenesis in Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection

    Speaker:
  • Lauren D. Palmer

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Illinois. College of Medicine. Illinois. USA.

Metabolic regulation of protein acylation

    Speaker:
  • Emily Goldberg

    University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine. USA

Immunometabolic effects of β-carotene and vitamin A in atherogenesis.

    Speaker:
  • Jaume Amengual

    Assistant Professor of Personalized Nutrition. Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.