Nutriscience 2011  

NUTRISCIENCE - Education and Consulting

UNIQUE NUTRITION SEMINAR IN LISBON, PORTUGAL:

VITAMINS AND MINERALS:

A SCIENTIFIC, MODERN, EVOLUTIONARY AND GLOBAL APPROACH

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Faculty of Sciences (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM:

1. Vitamin D - New Perspectives

• Non-calcemic effects of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D Deficiency – A Pandemic
• Evaluation of Vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D status in non-westernized populations
• Evidence based Medicine and the Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D

2. Vitamin K – Beyond Coagulation

• The various forms of Vitamin K
• Vitamin K and Bone Health
• Vitamin K and Arterial Calcification
• Are the Dietary Reference Intakes adequate?

3. Interaction between Vitamins A, K & D

4. Controversies about Calcium

• Calcium Balance
• Calcium and Bone Health – What is the evidence?
• Risks of Excessive Calcium

5. Pathophysiological consequences of Magnesium Deficiency

6. The Complexity of Iron

7. Iodine, Selenium and the Ancient Land-Water Ecosystem

8. B Vitamins

• Folate, B6, B12, Choline, Betaine and One Carbon Metabolism
• Homocysteine
• Epigenetics

9. Folic Acid controversies

10. Antioxidants – A Modern View

• Inflammation and the Antioxidant Network
• Free radicals as signaling molecules
• Critical Review of Intervention trials looking at the connection between antioxidant supplementation and mortality
• Antioxidant Supplementation?

Prof. Dr. Frits Muskiet

• Ph.D. Mathematics and Physics (Groningen State University).
• Thesis: ‘Determinations of catecholamines and catecholamine (precursor) metabolites in biological fluids and their clinical applications’.
• M.S. Biochemistry (Groningen State University).
• B.S. Chemistry (Groningen State University).
• Clinical Chemist Certification (Dutch register of Clinical Chemists).
• Clinical Chemist at the University Medical Center Groningen.
• Professor of Pathophysiology and Clinical Chemical Analysis, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (Groningen State University).
• Associate Professor of Pathophysiology and Clinical Chemical Analysis, Faculty of Medical Sciences (University Medical Centre Groningen).
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Vitamin Information Bureau; International Society for the study of fatty acids and lipids; Royal Society of Physics; Dutch Federation of Clinical Chemists; Dutch Cancer Society; and Dutch Atherosclerosis Society.
• Scientific interests: Nutrition (Essential Fatty Acids, Vitamins, Human Milk); Obstetics/Perinatology (Preeclampsia, Maternal and Neonatal Nutrition); Epigenetics; Atherosclerosis (Lipids, Hyperhomocysteinemia); Oncology (Tumor Markers, Cell Kinetics); Hematology (Hemoglobinopathies, Thalassemias); Psychiatry (Autism, Schizophrenia, Depression); Evolutionary Medicine; Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine.
• Supervisor of more than 25 PhD theses
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
• Reviewer for various peer-reviewed scientific journals (European Journal of Nutrition; Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids; Pediatric Research; West Indian Medical Journal; Annals of Clinical Biochemistry; Analytical Biochemistry; Chimica Chimica Acta; Journal of Chromatography A and B; Tijdschrift Ned Vereniging voor Klinische Chemie;  Biomedical Mass Spectrometry)
• Author/Co-author of 242 PubMed registered peer-reviewed scientific publications.

DATE

February 5, Starting at 9:30 AM

LOCATION

Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal ("Cidade Universitária", Campo Grande") 

COST

80 € (Health Professionals and General Public)  /  60 € (Students *)

*Students are required to send us copy of student card

Payment by International Bank Transfer

BANK: BANCO POPULAR

BANK ADDRESS:

R. BRAANCAMP, 68-70

City: Lisbon

Country: Portugal

Zip Code: 1250-140

IBAN: PT50004600520060005465166

BIC/SWIFT: CRBNPTPL

REGISTRATION

To register, fill out the REGISTRATION FORM and please e-mail it together with a document confirming payment to: cursos@nutriscience.pt

For more information (including information concerning hotels in Lisbon), contact us directly:

PEDRO BASTOS: +351 967 088 799 / pedro.bastos@nutriscience.pt  

ANDRÉ MATIAS: +351 965 618 875 / andre.matias@nutriscience.pt   

HOW TO REACH THE FACULTY OF SCIENCES

By METRO:

Yellow Line - "Campo Grande" Station

Green Line - "Campo Grande" Station or "Cidade Universitária" station

By CAR - GPS: N 38 45.403 W 9 09.318