ISSFAL 2004 was the 6th International Congress organised by ISSFAL.

It was held June 27th - July 1st 2004, at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK.

As with other such meetings, it was organised in a mix of plenary lectures, concurrent oral presentation sessions, and two poster display sessions. By clicking on the underscored links, you will be taken to either the detailed programme for any particular day, or to the session concerned, from where details of the presentations or posters will be shown, with the opportunity to go to an abstract or summary if that is available.

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

SUNDAY 27th JUNE

09.00-16.30 LCPUFAs in Maternal & Child Health workshop

09.00-17.30 Assessing Coronary Heart Disease Risks with PUFA Biomarkers

14.00-17.30 Poster mounting

18.00-19.30 ISSFAL 2004 official welcome & opening reception

MONDAY 28th JUNE

Theme: FROM THE MEMBRANE TO THE NUCLEUS

09.00-10.20 Welcome and Plenary lecture 1

10.50-12.50 Plenary lectures 2-4

14.00-15.20 Plenary lectures 5-6

15.50-17.50 Parallel Concurrent sessions A-D :

Oral A - Membrane structure & function

Oral B - Cardiovascular disease

Oral C - Cell cycle, apoptosis & cancer

Oral D - Eicosanoids

18.00-19.30 Poster session 1

TUESDAY 29th JUNE

Theme: METABOLISM

09.00-10.20 Plenary lectures 7-8

10.50-12.50 Parallel Concurrent sessions E-G :

Oral E - Fatty acid synthesis & metabolism

Oral F - Cell signaling, transcription factors and gene expression

Oral G - Maternal and Infant Nutrition

14.00-17.00 Joint British Dietetic Association Forum: Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Human Health:

Perspectives for the 21st Century

14.00-17.30 Oil Quality Issues in the Manufacturing & Public Consumption of Omega-3 Oils

WEDNESDAY 30th JUNE

Theme: GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT & CHRONIC DISEASE

09.00-10.20 Plenary lectures 9-10

10.50-12.50 Parallel Concurrent sessions H-K :

Oral H - Maternal & fetal nutrition

Oral I - Inflammation and inflammatory disorders

Oral J - Conjugated linoleic acid

Oral K - Lipoproteins, lipaemia & lipoprotein metabolism

12.50-14.00 ISSFAL 2004 AGM / Business meeting

14.00-15.20 David Horrobin memorial lecture and Plenary lecture 11

15.50-17.50 Parallel Concurrent sessions L-N :

Oral L - Fatty acids & neurological,psychiatric & psychological disorders

Oral M - Obesity, insulin resistance & metabolic syndrome

Oral N - Immune function

Mini symposium: Olive Oil & the Mediterranean Diet

18.00-19.30 Poster session 2

THURSDAY 1st JULY

Theme: NEW TECHNOLOGIES - NEW LIPIDS

09.00-10.20 Plenary lectures 12-13

10.50-12.50 Parallel Concurrent sessions O-R :

Oral O - Fatty acids and brain and visual function

Oral P - Food chain

Oral Q - PUFA - Antioxidant interactions: lipid peroxidation

Oral R - Qualified claims for EPA & DHA & the prevention of treatment of disease

13.00-13.45 Summing up and presentation of ISSFAL 2004 young investigator awards for oral and

poster abstracts

13.45-14.45 Lunch and congress close