OMEGA-3

Rome, March 13th - 14th 2014
CO-ORGANIZERS:
School of Food Science and Human Nutrition,
Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, IT
Office of Dietary Supplements,
National Institutes of Health, USA
DSM Nutritional Products, Basel, CH
WORKSHOP ON
OMEGA-3
FATTY ACIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
UNIVERSITÀ CAMPUS BIO-MEDICO DI ROMA
MAIN SUPPORTERS
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Angelo AZZI
Biochemist, Tuft University, Boston, USA
Paul COATES
Director, Office of Dietary Supplements,
National Institutes of Health, USA
Laura DE GARA
Chief, School of Food Science and Human Nutrition,
Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, IT
Manfred EGGERSDORFER
Chief, R&D of DSM Nutritional Products, Basel, CH
Luigi MONDELLO
Analytical Chemist, University of Messina, IT
Paolo POZZILLI
Chief, Endocrinology Department,
Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, IT
Robert RUSSELL
Clinician, Tufts University, USA
and NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Helmut SIES
Biochemist, University of Düsseldorf, D
Elizabeth YETLEY
Nutrition Scientist, Office of Dietary Supplements,
National Institutes of Health, USA
ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21 | 00128 Roma
Ph. +39.06.225419707/9191 | Fax +39.06.225419118
eventi@unicampus.it | www.unicampus.it
POLO DI RICERCA AVANZATA IN BIOMEDICINA E BIOINGEGNERIA
Sala Conferenze
DAY1
9:00-9:30
OPENING ADDRESS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
CHAIR: Angelo AZZI, Tufts University, Boston, USA
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
DAY1
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: INFANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAIR: Carlo AGOSTONI, University of Milan, IT
12:30-13:00
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Visual Development
Maria MAKRIDES, Women’s & Children’s Health Research Institute
and University of Adelaide, AUS
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM: SOURCES AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Sources of omega-3 fatty acids: foods, fish oils, fungal-algae sources
Manfred EGGERSDORFER, DSM, CH
13:00-13:30
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cognitive Development
Maria MAKRIDES, Women’s & Children’s Health Research Institute
and University of Adelaide, AUS
Innovative Analytical Approaches for the Determination of Health-promoting
and Pathogenic Fatty Acids
Luigi MONDELLO, University of Messina, IT
13:30-14:30
COFFEE BREAK
14:30-15:00
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Anti-arrhythmic effects
Christine ALBERT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Assessing Omega-3 Fatty Acid Status of Populations
Elizabeth A. YETLEY, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, USA
15:00-15:30
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Other Cardiovascular effects
Richard J. DECKELBAUM, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
EUROPEAN APPLICATIONS
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: From Basic Research to Claims
Carlo AGOSTONI, DISCO University of Milan, IT
15:30-16:00
Guidelines for the management of dyslipidemias
Ivan PECIN, University of Zagreb, HR
16:00-17:00
PANEL DISCUSSION
CHAIR: Robert RUSSELL, Tufts University, Boston, USA
Omega-3 Fatty Acids - What are they?
Philip C. CALDER, University of Southampton, UK
12:00-12:30
MEETING PROGRAM
LUNCH
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
CHAIR: Maria J. MORENO ALIAGA, University of Navarra, E
9:00-9:30
Inflammatory Processes and Associated Diseases and Disorders
Philip C. CALDER, University of Southampton, UK
9:30-10:00
Dietary interventions for multiple sclerosis
Silvana SIMI, Cochrane Collaboration Multiple Sclerosis Group, Pisa, IT
10:00-10:30
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Brain resistance to ageing
Isabelle DENIS, INRA, F
10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
CHAIR: Helmut SIES, University of Düsseldorf, D
PUBLIC HEALTH: STATUS ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING
CHAIR: Nicolò MERENDINO, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, IT
11:30-12:00
DAY2
WO R KS H O P O N O M E G A- 3
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS: OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES AND NEW FRONTIERS
CHAIR: Mauro MACCARRONE, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, IT
11:00-11:30
Omega- 3 Fatty Acids and Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Dario PITOCCO, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, IT
11:30-12:00
Omega- 3 Fatty Acids and Genetics
José M. ORDOVAS, Tufts University, Boston, USA
12:00-12:30
Possible actions of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
mediated by enocannabinoids and related mediators
Vincenzo DI MARZO, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Pozzuoli, IT
12:30-13:00
Summary and Wrap-Up
Angelo AZZI, Tufts University, Boston, USA
MARCH 13TH - 14TH 2014