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Plenary: Award Session
Chairs: Philip Calder, Matthijs Hesselink
(PL15) Early Career Award – John Paul San
Giovanni
Emerging Opportunities
for an Integrated Systems Approach to the Study of
Nutrient-Disease Relationships: Technical Application
and Findings from Investigations on the Impact of Highly
Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Health and Disease of the
Retina.
(PL16) New Investigator Awards (one oral
presentation for each track, to be selected on June 1
from the nominees below)
Nominees:
Track 1: Lipids and Health
M. Bernabe (Mexico)
Evidence of beneficial effects of enteral
docosahexaenoic acid on cytokine production and clinical
outcomes in surgical neonates
P. Jackson
(UK)
DHA-rich fish oil modulates cerebral haemodynamics in a
dose response manner in healthy young adults
K. Su
(Taiwan)
The effects of polymorphisms in phospholipase a2 and
cyclo-oxygenase 2 genes on interferon-alpha-induced
depression and polyunsaturated fatty acids levels
Track 2:
Biochemistry of Lipids
Giuseppe
Astarita
(USA)
Deficient liver biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid
correlates with cognitive impairment in alzheimer's
disease
M. Gregory (Australia)
Cloning and functional characterisation of the fatty
acyl elovl2 and elovl5 from rat
C. Coomans (Netherlands)
Brain insulin
signaling promotes fatty acid uptake by adipose tissue
Track 3: Lipids and
Nutrition
J. Lambert
(Canada) Islet
transplant patients do not respond to hypolipidemic
dietary intervention – role of hepatic de novo
lipogenesis
C. Childs
(UK) The DHA content of rat liver
phospholipids are significantly higher when an
alpha-linolenic acid rich diet is provided during
pregnancy.
R. Kuipers (Netherlands)
The relation between DHA and AA is synergistic at low
DHA status and antagonistic at high DHA status
Presentation
of the Awards
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