Thursday 1st July

Theme: NEW TECHNOLOGIES - NEW LIPIDS

PLENARY 12: Modifying the fatty acid composition of cows milk

Professor Dale Bauman,Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

PLENARY 13: PUFA synthases: characterisation, distribution and prospects for PUFA production in heterologous systems

Dr Jim Metz, Martek Biosciences Boulder Corporation, Boulder, USA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS O - R

CONCURRENT SESSION O - Fatty Acids and brain and visual function

Chairpersons: Michael Crawford and Christian Drevon

O1 QUANTIFYING REGIONAL INCORPORATION RATES OF PUFAS INTO HUMAN BRAIN BY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET): FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MEASURED RATES
S.I. Rapoport* and J. Demar, Brain Physiology Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

O2 DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID N-6 CANNOT SUBSTITUTE FOR DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION
S-Y. Lim1, J. Hoshiba2 and N. Salem, Jr3. 1Division of Ocean and Science, Korea Maritime University, Busan, Korea, 2Department of Animal, Resources, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan and 3Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, NIAAA, NIH, USA

O3 REPLETION OF N-3 FATTY ACIDS IN THE RETINA OF OLD N-3 DEFICIENT RATS. ELECTRORETINOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES
JM Chardigny, B Pasquis, L Bretillon, N Acar, C Joffre and JL Sébédio, INRA- Unité de Nutrition Lipidique, 21065 DIJON, France

O4 DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID PROMOTES NEURITE GROWTH IN HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS
Frances Calderon and Hee-Yong Kim, Section of Mass Spectrometry, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

O5 THE EFFECT OF DHA SUPPLEMENTATION ON AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE RAT BRAIN
S.J.Little1, M.A.Lynch2, T.I.Kavanagh2, B.J.Clark1, M.Manku3 and A.Nicolaou1, 1School of Pharmacy, University of Bradford, UK 2Department of Physiology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; 3Laxdale Research Ltd, Stirling, Scotland, UK

O6 INFLUENCE OF DIETARY OMEGA 3 PUFA SUPPLY ON BRAIN GENE EXPRESSION
AP Jayasooriya1,2 , RS Weisinger2, HS Weisinger3, M Mathai3, LG Puskas4, K Kitajka4, AJ Sinclair1,1Food Science, RMIT University, Australia, 2Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, 3Department of Optometry, University of Melbourne, 4Laboratory of Functional Genomics,Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary

O7 IMPACT OF AN N-3 DEFICIENT DIET ON MALE AND FEMALE RAT BRAIN PHOSPHOLIPIDPROFILES AND BINDING OF A BENZODIAZEPINE BY GABA(A)
Brian W. Bailey, Ph.D., Jennifer Lewis, Nathan Swenby, Drake C. Mitchell, Ph.D.,Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, NIH/NIAAA, Bethesda, MD, USA

O8 DESPITE INDUCING ONLY TRANSIENT KETOSIS, A VERY HIGH FAT KETOGENIC DIET MARKEDLY CHANGES TISSUE POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN RATS
A.Y. Taha, M.A. Ryan and S.C. Cunnane,Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

CONCURRENT SESSION P - Food chain

Chairpersons: John Harwood and Gordon Bell

Reverse engineering of PUFA biosynthesis in transgenic plants

Professor Johnathan Napier, Rothamsted Research, Hardpenden, UK

P1 MANIPULATION OF LIPID METABOLISM IN OILSEED PLANTS TO PRODUCE HEALTHIER EDIBLE OILS
Anthony J. Kinney, Pioneer Crop Genetics Research, DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE, USA

P2 ATLANTIC SALMON LIPID METABOLISM AND GENE EXPRESSION IS AFFECTED BY REPLACING DIETARY CAPELIN OIL WITH RAPESEED OIL OR LINSEED OIL
Bente E. Torstensen1, J. Gordon Bell2, Ann- Elise O. Jordal1, Xiaozhong Zheng2, Ingunn Stubhaug1,Susan Douglas3 & Douglas R. Tocher2 1-National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen, Norway. 2-Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, UK.3-Institute of Marine Biosciences, NRC, Halifax, Canada

P3 OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF HABITUAL DIETS IN AUSTRALIA
Neil J Mann, Yvonne F Pirotta, Fiona D Kelly and Andrew J Sinclair, Department of Food Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

P4 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF FOODS ENRICHED WITH OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FROM FISH OIL
K Murphya, J Mansourc, C Patchd, T Moric, B Meyerd, L Tapselld, M Noakesb, P Cliftonb, I Puddeyc & P Howea aNutritional Physiology Research Group, Univ of Adelaide & Univ of South Australia and bCSIRO Health Sciences & Nutrition, Adelaide; cSchool of Medicine & Pharmacol., Univ of Western Australia, Perth; dSmart Foods Centre, Univ of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

P5 RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MEATS AND FISH TO VERY LONG CHAIN OMEGA-3 (VLC ω3) INTAKES
PRC Howea, BJ Meyerb, S Recordc, K Baghurstc, aNutritional Physiology, Univ of Adelaide & Univ of South Australia, Adelaide,bDept of Biomedical Science, Univ of Wollongong NSW, cCSIRO Health Sciences & Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia

PPARs in fish

Dr Grigorios Krey,Fisheries Research Institute, Kavala, Greece

CONCURRENT SESSION Q - PUFA - antioxidant interactions: Lipid peroxidation

Chairpersons: Peter Quinn and Anna Nicolaou

Peroxidation of phosphatidylserine PUFA in apoptosis: signaling and antioxidant regulation

Professor Valerian Kagan, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

Q1 ENHANCED LIPID PEROXIDATION AND PLATELET ACTIVATION IN DIABETIC PATIENTS
Evelyne Véricel, Caroline Januel, Martine Carreras, Philippe Moulin, Catherine Calzada, Michel Lagarde, INSERM U.585, INSA-Lyon, IMBL, Villeurbanne, France

Q2 NEW URINARY MARKERS OF LIPID PEROXIDATION. MEASUREMENTS IN DIABETES AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Guichardant, M.1, Molière, P.1, Chantegrel, B.2, Deshayes, C.2, Durieu, I.3, Moulin P.1, Doutheau, A.2 and Lagarde, M.11 UMR 585 INSERM / INSA-Lyon, 2 UMR 5181CNRS / INSA-Lyon, Villeurbanne, 3 HCL Lyon-Sud, France

Q3 EFFECT OF OXIDIZED HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN ON LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION
F. Thies, W. Lu , J. Neo, R. Ogilvie,Medical school, University of Aberdeen, UK

Q4 IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS A MULTIFACTORIAL DISEASE OR IS IT CAUSED BY A SEQUENCE OF LIPID PEROXIDATION PROCESSES?
Gerhard Spiteller, Am Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie 1, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Q5 LIPID PEROXIDATION AND MICROVISCOSITY OF THREE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MEMBRANE FRACTIONS FROM KREBS 11 CELLS UNDER THE EFFECT OF PHORBOL ESTER
Palmina N.P., Pynzar E.I., Konyuhov A.I., Pryme I.F.* Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS, Moscow,Russia; *University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Q6 EFFECTS OF DIETARY OXIDIZED LIPIDS AND VITAMIN A ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND ANTIOXIDANT STATUS OF SIBERIAN STURGEON LARVAE
S. Fontagné1, T. Rouault2, P. Bergot1.1UMR Nutrition, Aquaculture et Genomique, INRA, 64310 Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France and 2UR Ressources Aquatiques Continentales, CEMAGREF, 33660 Saint Seurin-sur-l'Isle France

CONCURRENT SESSION R - Qualified claims for EPA and DHA and the prevention of treatment of disease

ISSFAL recommendations on EPA/DHA intake
Dr Bill Harris, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas, USA

Omega-3/CVD and Biomarkers
Dr Bill Harris, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas, USA

R1 GUIDELINES FOR FOOD FORTIFICATION WITH OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS AND SUBSTANTIATION OF RELATED CARDIOVASCULAR CLAIMS
E Kalonji, L du Chaffaut, C Dumas, L Lafay, JL Berta, J Ireland, A Martin and the Afssa working group on omega-3 fatty acids, French Food Safety Agency (Afssa), Maisons-Alfort, France

Canadian Experiences with Health Claim Submissions
Dr Janet Shay,VP of Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Ocean Nutrition Canada

US Experiences with Health Claim Submissions
Dr Linda Arterburn,Martek Bioscciences Corporation, Columbia, USA

The UK Health Claim Submission Process (JHCI)
Ms Melanie Ruffel, Joint Health Claims Initiative, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK

Open Forum: Where do we go from here?

Summing up - Professor Philip Calder

Presentation of the ISSFAL 2004 Young Investigator awards

ORALS:

Presentation of cash awards to the top 10 oral presenters

POSTERS:

Presentations to the best poster presenters

With thanks to Clinical Science:

Clinical Science Young Investigator Award

With thanks to Elsevier:

Elsevier Young Investigator Award

Presentation of the Hugh Sinclair Young Investigator Award

With thanks to Marius Press:

Phospholipid Spectrum Disorder in Psychiatry - 1st edition

Phospholipid Spectrum Disorder in Psychiatry - 2nd edition

With thanks to Blackwell Publishing:

Fats in Food Technology

Lipid Biochemistry

With thanks to The Oily Press / PJ Barnes:

Vouchers entitling the bearer to a copy of Bioactive Lipids

With thanks to Wiley VCH:

Vouchers entitling the bearer to a years complimentary subscription to the European

Journal of Lipid Research & Technology

Launch of ISSFAL 2006

Dr Robert Gibson

Bedford Park, Australia

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