The 2011 Berry Health Benefits symposium will have three days of presentations from scientists involved with berries and health. In addition, the first day will have four sessions, "What Berry Health Benefits Mean for You", for those who can attend only one day.
One-Day Registration - $200
Full Three-Day Registration - $450
The tentative schedule follows:
Monday, June 27 ~ 9:00 to 4:30
Special One- Day Session
What Berry Health Benefits Mean for You!
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8:30 Welcome 8:45 Plenary: Berries & Cancer 9:00 Berry Polyphenols in the Prevention of Primary and Recurrent
Breast Cancer 9:30 Mechanisms of Tumor Suppressor Gene Demethylation in
Colorectal Cancer by Berries 10:00 Break 10:15 Whole Blueberries Modulate Tumor Growth and Metastatic
Potential of Triple Negative Breast Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo 10:45 TBA 11:15 Plenary: Berries & Metabolism 11:30 The Effect of Blueberries on Improving Insulin Sensitivity in
Obese and Insulin-Resistant Men and Women |
12:00 Lunch 1:00 Anthocyanin Rich Extracts, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome:
Potential Identification of a Novel Mechanism 1:30 The Berrya™s Enigma 2:00 Red Raspberries and Health: Acute and Short-term Human
Intervention Study Outcomes 2:30 Plenary: Berries & Brain Aging 2:45 Berry Fruit Supplementation and Cognitive Aging 3:15 Therapeutic Potential of Blueberries in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis 3:30 Poster Presentations |
8:30 The Cardiovascular and Cognitive Benefits of Blueberry Consumption 9:00 Behavioral and Signaling Effects of Berry Fruit 9:30 Plenary: Berry Compositional Chemistry & Biological Effects 9:45 Evaluation of Rapid Zone DryingTM (RZDTM) and
Freeze
Drying Strawberry Puree to Produce Nutrient-rich, Value-added Powder 10:15 Break 10:30 Berry Products Reduce Cardiovascular Inflammation 11:00 Urolithins, Berry Ellagitannin Metabolites, Exert Anti inflammatory
Effects In Vivo 11:30 Recovery of health-promoting proanthocyanidins from
berry co-products by alkalization |
12:00 Lunch 1:00 Plenary: Berries & Cardiovascular Health 1:15 Blueberries — a Hyperberry for Hypertension 1:45 Effect of Fruit Antioxidant on Endothelial Function 2:15 Berries and Metabolic Syndrome 2:45 Evidence Supporting the Cardiometabolic Effects of Cranberries 3:15 Break 3:00 Posters Presentations |
Keynote Dinner
Keynote speaker Christine M. Palumbo, MBA, RD
9:00 Plenary: Berries & Gut health/Gut Microflora
Chair: Jess Reed — University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:15 Black Raspberry Powder Suppresses Intestinal Ulceration by
Altering Pro-inflammatory Signaling
Daniel Rosenberg — University of Connecticut
9:45 Polyphenolics and the Gut Immune System
Dhanansayan (Dhanu) Shanmuganayagam — University of Wisconsin, Madison
10:15 Break
10:30 Cranberry Proanthocyanidins: Natural Weapons Against Tissue and
Bone Destruction Associated with Periodontal Disease
Daniel Grenier — University of Laval, Canada
11:00 Bioactive Berry Pigments: Uptake and Transformations in the
Gastrointestinal Tract
Monica Giusti — The Ohio State University
12:00 Lunch
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California Berry Health — Closing Event and Dinner
The Oxnard area of California offers an opportunity to see some of the state's best berry fields. We will view the fields on our way to the closing event dinner which will feature a speaker from UC Davis who will discuss berry growing California style. Dinner will follow at a restaurant that serves locally grown produce in a gourmet style.
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