Winter School 2009-10: Seminar - Potential for prevention of diseases
09/03 2010 13:00—16:00
Winter School 2009-10: Seminar
"Bioactive compounds in foods - Potential for prevention of diseases?"
When: March 9, 2010, 13.00-16.00
Where: University of Copenhagen - Life, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Auditorium 3-14 (ground floor)
Program:
13.00-13.10. Welcome. Lisbeth Valentin Hansen, Executive advisor, Center for Environment and Toxicology, DHI
13.10 - 13.40. Anne Tjønneland, Head of Department, the Danish Cancer Society
Prevention of cancer - the influence of diet
13.40 - 14.10. Alexandr Parlesak, Associate professor, Technical University of Denmark, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis
Bioactive compounds in food to prevent dyslipidemia and dyslipoproteinemia
14.10-14.40. Coffee/tea & Networking
14.40 - 15.10. Nikolaj Ture Gregersen, Assistant professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Human Nutrition
Effects of spices and green tea on energy balance – opportunities for prevention of obesity?
15.10 - 15.40. Lasse Saaby, Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Effects of rosehip on prevention of arthritis and inflammatory disorders
15.40-16.00. Final discussion and summing up. The Winter School organisers (DHI, Øresund Food, ActiFoods)
The program will continously be updated here.
Relevant articles
Spices & green tea:
Kovacs EMR & Mela D. Metabolically active functional food ingredients for weight control. Obesity Reviews 7; 59-78: 2006
Westerterp-Plantenga M, Diepvens K, Joosen AMCP, Bérubé-Parent S, Tremblay A. Metabolic effects of spices, teas, and caffeine. Physiology & Behaviour 89; 85-91: 2006
Hursel R, Westerterp-Plantenga MS. Thermogenic ingredients and body weight regulation. International Journal of Obesity, 2010, feb 9 [Epub ahead of print]
Green tea:
Hursel R, Viechtbauer W, Westerterp-Plantenga MS. The effect of green tea on weight loss and weight maintenance: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Obesity 33 (9); 956-961: 2009
Grove KA, Lambert JD. Laboratory, epidemiological, and human intervention studies show that tea (camellia sinensis) may be useful in the prevention of obesity. Journal of Nutrition 140; 446-453: 2010
Prevention of cancer:
Womens Health Initiative. The New England Journal Medicine 2006; 354: 684-696
Vitamin D and Cancer. World Health Organization. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 2008
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. World Cancer Research Fund 2007/2
Other:
Koehn FE & Carter GT. The evolving role of natural products in drug discovery. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 4, March 2005; 206-220
Verpoorte R, Choi YH & Kim HK. Ethnopharmacology and systems biology: A perfect holistic match. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 100; 53-56: 2005
Registration
Register online (to your right) before Wednesday March 3, 2010, or contact Mie Bendtsen (mib@oresundfood.org, +4528754092). If you, after registering, are not able to attend please inform us in good advance of the seminar (Friday March 5 at the latest).
Participant list
Anne Søndergaard, Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Ferrosan
Bangjun Wang, PhD-student – KU Life
Benjamin Gilbert-Jespersen, Adjunkt, Cand. Scient. i Klinisk Ernæring – Global Bachelor in Nutrition and Health, PH Metropol
Birgitte Reimers, scientific advisor – Ferrosan
Birthe Møller Jespersen, Associate Professor – KU-LIFE
Birthe Hauerbach Sørensen, Senior Research Associate – Novozymes A/S
Bjarne Fallesen, Senior Manager – Nordic Sugar
Brian Hansen, Medical manager – Ferrosan A/S
charlotte cerqueira, PhD student – Research Centre for Prevention and Health
Daniel Persson, Ph.D student – KU Life - Plant Nutrition
David Featherston, Science Liaison Officer – BioLogue / University of Copenhagen
Elizabeth Szeman, –
Eva Høy Engelund, PhD, konsulent – DHI
Flemming Tommerup, Managing Director – CompleMedic Aps
Gitte Vindelev, Phytoterapeut – Lallemand Human Nutrition A/S
Gitte Ravn-Haren, postdoc – DTU
Helene Reinbach, PostDoc – KU-LIFE, Department of Food Science
Helle Hein, Ernæringsterapeut – Klinik for Individuel Balance
Iben Humble Kristensen, Udviklingskonsulent – Videncenter for fødevarer og sundhed
Inge Weiergang, Senior Scientist – Nordic Sugar
Jytte Jpsephsen, – Øresund Food
Kai Grevsen, Senior scientist – Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University
Karine Audouze, assistant professor – DTU- Systems Biolgy
Kevin Jørgensen, Senior Adviser – DTU Food
Kirsten Pilegaard, Senior Adviser – National Food Institute, DTU
Kirstine Suszkiewicz Krogholm, Ph.d.student – National Food Institute
Lars Hellgren, Associate Prof – DTU
Lea Bredsdorff, M.Sc. – National Food Institute
Liaqat Ali, PhD student – SLU, Sweden
Maiken Juul Hansen, Scientific Advisor – Ferrosan
Maja Jakesevic, PhD student – Lund University, Dept of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition
Maria Søgaard Nielsen, Lecturer – VIA University College
Merete Brødsgaard, Academic assistant – Aarhus University, Department of Horticulture
Mie Bendtsen, Project manager – Øresund Food Network
Monica Takamiya, Postdoc – KU-LIFE
Peter Olesen, Professor – ActiFoods / KU Life
Peter Kristoffersen, Director – Coesam Scandinavia
Pia Knuthsen, Senior Scientist – DTU Food
Sanna Fisker, Lecturer – Metropolitan University College
Signe Humle Jørgensen, VP of Research – Nensius Research A/S
Tina Frid Rasmussen, Specialestuderende – DTU Fødevareinstituttet
Torben Schou, Postdoc – DHI
