BIOCENTER OULU DAY 2013 Brain’s Digest: Healthy Diet Drives a Sharp Mind
Time Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Place Leena Palotie sali (Auditorium 101A) in the Main Building of the Medical Campus, Aapistie 5A, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Information Ritva Saastamoinen, Biocenter Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland tel. 02 9448 6102, e-mail ritva.saastamoinen@oulu.fimailto:ritva.saastamoinen@oulu.fi Credits Certificate of participation will be written. Transportation There will be bus transportation from Linnanmaa to Aapistie 5A.The bus will leave at 8.30 hrs at door J from Linnanmaa and return at 17.15 hrs from Aapistie 5A to Linnanmaa Chairpersons Anna Gaciarz, Rajesh Harijan, Alicia Jurado Acosta and Nina Kozlova
PROGRAMME SESSION 1: Opening and Keynote on Nutrigenomics (Chair: Anna Gaciarz)
09.00 – 09.05 Opening remarks Anna Gaciarz, Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Biocenter Oulu
09.05 – 09.15 Welcome Prof. Johanna Myllyharju, Scientific Director of Biocenter Oulu
09.15 - 09.20 Welcome Prof. Seppo Vainio, Director of Biocenter Oulu Graduate School
09.20 – 10.00 “Nutrigenomics: Be all you can be” Dr. Jose Ordovas Genomics Lab-HNRC, TUFTS University, Boston, USA
10.00 – 10.35 Coffee at the exhibition area (35 min)
SESSION 2: Mental Health & Nutrition (Chair: Rajesh Harijan)
10.35 – 11.15 “Prenatal nutrition affects lifelong health and well-being” Prof. Tessa Roseboom Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, NL
11.15 – 11.55 “The effects of omega-3 fatty acids in Neurology” Dr. Ping Yip Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, University of London, UK
11.55 – 13.25 Lunch break and exhibition (1 h 30 min)
SESSION 3: Dietary Supplements: from Vitamins to Psychoactive Drugs (Chair: Alicia Jurado Acosta)
13.25 – 14.05 “Antioxidants and risk of major chronic disease - beneficial, indifferent or harmful?” Dr Jaakko Mursu University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
14.05 – 14.45 “Psychedelic drugs: from Psychosis to Emotion Regulation” Dr. Franz X. Vollenweider Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
14.45 – 15.25 Coffee at the exhibition area (40 min)
SESSION 4: What is a Good Diet ? (Chair: Nina Kozlova)
15.25 – 16.05 “From nutrients to foods - time for a bigger picture?” Prof. Mikael Fogelholm Dept. of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
16.05 – 16.45 “You are what you eat – are you?” Panel discussion
16.45 – 17.00 General discussion and concluding remarks
******************************** Teija Luoto, Secretary Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu P.O. Box 5000 FI-90014 UNIVERSITY OF OULU, FINLAND Street address: Aapistie 5A, 90220 OULU, FINLAND Tel +358 29448 6103, Fax +358 8 537 6115 e-mail: teija.luoto@oulu.fimailto:teija.luoto@oulu.fi BIOCENTER OULU URL: http://www.oulu.fi/biocenter (Internal mail: 5BIOCENTER)