 | | | 3rd PLATFORM MEETING
29-31 August 2007, Haikko, Finland Programme Wednesday 29 August
18.00 Arrivals & Registration
18.00-21.00 Evening Reception & Buffet at Haikko Villa Thursday 30 August Session 1 08.30-08.45 Welcome and Introduction,Tiina Mattila-Sandholm, Valio Ltd, Helsinki, FI 08.45-09.30 Key note: The Metabolic Window on Systems Biology, Gut Microbes and Mammalian Superorganisms Jeremy Nicholson, Imperial College, London, UK 09.30-10.00 Omics and Prebiotics, Koen Venema, TNO & WCFS, NL 10.00-10.30 Prebiotics and Function, Glenn Gibson, University of Reading, UK 10.30-11.00 Coffee & X-Biotics Break Session 2 11.00-11.30 Application of Genomes of Probiotic Bifidobacteria, Douwe van Sinderen, University College Cork, IE 11.30-12.00 Exploiting the Genomes of Probiotic Lactobacilli, Willem M. de Vos, Universities of Wageningen & Helsinki, NL & FI 12.00-12.30 Proteomic and Genetic Analysis of Lactobacillus GG, Jos Vanderleijden, University of Leuven, BE Session 3 12.30-14.00 Lunch & Poster Viewing 14.00-14.30 Host-Microbe Interactions, Jerry Wells, SILS-TNO, Amsterdam, NL 14.30-15.00 Microbial Regulation of Obesity, Frederik Bäckhed, Gothenburg, SE 15.00-15.30 Gut, Diet and Obesity, John Foreyt, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA 15.30-16.00 Coffee, Tea & X-Biotics Break Session 4 16.00-17.00 Panel Discussion on X-Biotics: From Research to Products, Riitta Korpela, Valio Ltd, Helsinki, FI (chair) Invited panelists 19.00 Dinner at Haikko Manor Friday 31 August Session 5 09.00-9.45 Key Note: From Intestinal Function to Brain – Role of Microbes, Robert Jan Brummer, NUTRIM, Maastricht, NL 9.45-10.30 Young Scientific Stars: 3 Short Invited Poster Lectures, Dietrich Knorr, Technical University Berlin, DE 10.30-11.00 Coffee Session 6 11.00-11.45 Young Scientific Stars: 3 Short Invited Poster Lectures, Dietrich Knorr, Technical University Berlin, DE 11.45-13.00 Panel Discussion on Claims & Regulations: State of Art & Developments, Lorenzo Morelli, AAT, Piacenza, IT (chair), Seppo Salminen, Member of EFSA NDA Panel, FI, Liisa Lähteenmäki, VTT Biotechnology, Helsinki, FI, Riitta Korpela, Valio Ltd, Helsinki FI, Aat Ledeboer, LABIP, NL 13.00-14.00 Lunch and Departures
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