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DAY 1. February 21, 2010

Registration opens 3.00pm

 

Young investigators session:  4.00 - 6.00. Papers submitted to Matthew Barnett

 

Pre-conference mixer and drinks   6.00 - 7.30pm

There are a limited number of oral presentation slots still available. Please submit abstracts to v.parslow@auckland.ac.nz

DAY 2. Human variability, international perspectives, February 22, 2010

8.30-9.00

Opening Ceremony

Powhiri

Pearse Lyons Alltech

Why should the food industry need nutrigenomics? Changed thinking in a changing economic climate.

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME.

PLENARY Measuring human variability

Charles CantorBoston University 

Evolving understanding of human variability: defining and measuring the complexity

Charles LeeHarvard University

Copy number variants: measurement and importance in human disease.

Break

SYMPOSIUM 1 Human variability, bioinformatics and potential applications to studies of gene-diet interactions

Chris Mathew , Kings College , London

GWAS in measuring human variability – strengths and potential

Jim KaputFDA

Where's the biology?

Angharad Morgan The University of Auckland

GWAS in measuring human variability - are we depending too much upon them?

 

Mik Black University of Otago

Providing a national collaborative infrastructure for genomics and bioinformatics

 

 

Cristin PrintThe University of Auckland

Pathway analysis in exploring gene expression

LUNCH

SYMPOSIUM 2 European perspectives: NuGO and gene-diet interactions in gut health

Gabrielle Höermannsperger

Host microbes and gut inflammation

 

Doris Jacobs , Unilever Research, the Netherlands

Impact of dietary polyphenols on human gut microbiota diversity and metabolome

 

Baukje de Roos Rowett Institute

Systemic inflammation triggered by hepatic metabolism.

SYMPOSIUM 3 New Zealand perspectives: NuNZ and gene-diet interactions in gut health

Nicole Roy Agresearch

Transcriptomic approaches to gene-diet interactions in gut health

Janine Cooney , Plant and Food Research gresearch

Proteomic approaches to gene-diet interactions in gut health

Claudia Huebner,The University of Auckland 

Autophagy genes, dietary responses and gut health

Break

SYMPOSIUM 4  Asia Pacific perspectives

Jianjun Liu, Genome Institute, Singapore

Approaches to studying host variability

Taesun Park , Yonsei University, South Korea

  

Ki-Baik Hahm , Gachon University, Korea

Effects of some edible phytochemicals on inflammatory disorders
Poster session

 

 

PUBLIC LECTURE

John Milner NIH

Public health genomics: translating nutrigenomics research into population health benefits

 

DAY 3. Gut health, February 23, 2010

 

Speaker 

Title of presentation

PLENARY Genes and microbiota in gut health

Chris MathewKings College , London Role of genes in gut health: The genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

PLENARY Genes and microbiota in gut health

Ian Rowland,  Reading University

Role of microbiota in gut health: Gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases

Break

PLENARY M icrobiota in gut health

Jerry Wells, The University of Wageningen Intestinal homeostasis and the role of microbe-host signaling in the epithelium

SYMPOSIUM 5 Bringing gene-diet interactions into clinical use

Michael Schulz University of Otago Host bacterial interactions and barrier effects on inflammatory bowel diseases
Chris TriggsUniversity of Auckland Analysing dietary influences on Inflammatory Bowel diseases
Alan FraserUniversity of Auckland Genes and diet in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

 

Paul Enck University of Tubingen

Food, Mood, Genes and Gender

LUNCH

PLENARY Nutrigenomics and epigenetics Young-Joon Surh Seoul University

Transcription factors in regulation of inflammatory gene expression: opportunities for nutritional intervention


Ah-Ng Tony Kong, Rutgers University

Integration of Nutrigenomics and Epigenetics of Dietary Compounds for Human Health

SYMPOSIUM 6 Epigenetic effects on gene expression

Matthew Barnett Agresearch Epigenetic effects and diet in animal models of IBD
Peter Molloy, CSIRO New methods for genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation

 

Peter Shepherd The University of Auckland

Nutrient regulation of gene expression

Break

PLENARY Nutrigenomics and personalised nutrition

Martin Kussmann Nestle, Lausanne

Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition - Science and Concept
 SYMPOSIUM 7 Metabolomics

Don Otter AgResearch

Metabolomics – contribution to understanding inflammatory bowel disease

 

Helge Dzierzon, Plant and Food Research

 

DAY 4. Is the marketplace ready for nutrigenomic foods?  February 24, 2010

 

Speaker 

Title of presentation

Setting the scene Stephen Goldson, Science Strategist, Office of the PM's Science Advisor Where Nutrigenomics science is in NZ and why it matters
PLENARY Taking Nutrigenomics to the public Michael Fenech CSIRO Taking nutrigenomics to the public: genome health clinics for personalised DNA damage prevention
PLENARY Taking Nutrigenomics to the public

Lynn Ferguson, The University of Auckland

Proving public health benefits from nutrigenomics: Challenging homeostasis

Break

SYMPOSIUM 8 Nutrigenomics and the Food industry Karl Dawson Alltech Using Nutrigenomics to develop nutritional strategies
Ronan Power, Alltech Can nutrigenomics shed light on the selenium controversy?
Jeremy Hill , Fonterra Taking the ‘omics’ to market - if, how and when?
Martin Kussmann Nestle, Lausanne Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition. Viewpoint from an international food industry
Jim Mervis, Coda Therapeutics, NZ

Is the market place ready for nutrigenomics foods?


Richard Newcombe Plant & Food Research

Gastronomics: making gene-diet interactions palatable to the public

LUNCH

PLENARY 

Jim Kaput FDA

Personalizing gene-diet interactions through community based participatory research and omics technologies
SYMPOSIUM 9 Jane Cameron, MORST, NZ Why is nutrigenomics important for the NZ economy?
Max Kennedy, FRST, NZ Why should Nutrigenomics research be funded?
Leigh Henderson, Food Standards Australia New Zealand Regulation and Nutrigenomics
Contributed papers

Bart Penders, The Netherlands

Break 

Round Table Discussion Led by  Karl Dawson and Ronan Power, Alltech Is the marketplace ready for Nutrigenomics foods?

DAY 5. International workshop, 25 February, 2010

See revised programme

Towards A Global Nutrigenomics Infrastructure Workshops @ 4th Asia Pacific Nutrigenomics Conference. An open workshop.

 

5th May, 2010 Secondary Schools Workshop (Sponsored by the Royal Society of New Zealand).

 

 

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