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TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010

15.30-19.00    Registration

Afternoon

17.30-18.00    Opening Ceremony

18.00-19.00    Spanish wine reception

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010

9.00-9.30        Registration

Morning

9.30.                Session 1. Physiology and metabolism

Chair: Prof. Denis Roy (Laval University, Québec, Canada)

9.30-10.30      Plenary Lecture

“New insights on physiology and metabolism of Propionibacterium freudenreichii

Speaker: Anne Thierry. Unité Mixte de Recherche Science et Technologie du Lait et de l’Oeuf, INRA, Rennes, France

10.30-11.00      Short Lectures

“Cross-feeding between bifidobacteria and butyrate-producing colon bacteria explains bifidobacterial competitiveness, butyrate production, and gas production”.

Speaker: Luc De Vuyst (Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium)

11.00-11.30    Coffee Break / Poster viewing

11.30-12.00      Short Lectures

“Molecular characterization of Bifidobacterium longum heat-shock tolerant mutans”

Speaker: Bernard Berger (Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland)

12.00-12.30      Short Lectures

“Bioconversion of anthocyanin glycosides by Bifidobacterium lactis BB-12”

Speaker: Marta Ávila (IF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)

12.30-13.15    Poster presentations

Stephanie-Marie Deutsch (France)
Ondrej Valina (Denmark)
Clinton Moodley (South Africa)
Marta Corzo-Martínez (Spain)

13.30-15.00    Lunch

Afternoon

15.00.              Session 2. Industrial and Technological Applications

Chair: Prof. Thor Langsrud (Norwegian University of Life Science, Aas, Norway)

15.00-16.00    Plenary Lecture

“Technological challenges of bifidobacteria –how to ensure and improve viability and stability”

Speaker: Maria Saarela. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland.

16.00-16.30      Short Lectures

“Role of bifidobacteria in biotransformation of isoflavones glycosides to isoflavones aglycones”

Speaker: Nagendra Shah (Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia)

16.30-17.00    Coffee Break/Poster viewing

17.00-17.30      Short Lectures

“Selection and characterization of Bifidobacterium strains isolated from breast-milk as potential probiotics for neonates”

Speaker: Miguel Gueimonde (IPLA-CSIC, Asturias, Spain)

17.30-18.00      Short Lectures

“Probiotics against metabolic diseases: anti-diabetic effects and mechanisms of Bifidobacterium lactis 420”

Speaker: Sampo Lahtinen (Danisco, Kantvik, Finland)

18.00-18.45    Poster Presentations

Susana Delgado (Spain)
Cristina S.B. Bogsan (Brazil)
Fabien Cousin (France)

Departure 19.45    Traditional Asturian Dinner “Espicha”

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010

Morning

9.00.                Session 3. Health Effects: Clinical and in vivo Data

Chair: Dr. Teresa Requena (IF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)

9.00-10.00      Plenary Lecture

“The WGO (World Gastroenterology Organization) guideline for probiotics. Focus on Bifidobacterium and Propionibacterium

Speaker: Francisco Guarner. Hospital Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain

10.00-10.30      Short Lectures

“Gut microbiota and food-grade bacteria have a regulatory influence on the composition of host fat tissue”

Speaker: Catherine Stanton (Teagasc, Cork, Ireland)


 

 

10.30-11.00    Coffee Break/Poster viewing

11.00-11.30      Short Lectures

“Mother-to-child transmission of bifidobacteria through breastfeeding”

Speaker: Esther Jiménez (Complutense University, Madrid, Spain)

11.30-12.00      Short Lectures

“Use of probiotic yogurt supplemented with a Bifidobacterium longum strain as treatment of children and adolescents with functional chronic intestinal constipation: a double-blind randomized study”

Speaker: Paula Guerra (Minas Gerais F. University, Belo Horizonte, Brasil)

12.00.-12.45   Poster presentations

Patricia Peso-Echarri (Spain)
Patricia Savard (Canada)
Tomás García-Cayuela (Spain)
Celia Ferreira (Brazil)

13.00-14.30    Lunch

Afternoon

14.30.              Session 4. Health Effects: Mechanisms

Chair: Prof. Yoshimi Benno (RIKEN Bioresource Center, Saitama, Japan)

14.30-15.30    Plenary Lecture

“Bifidobacteria and Propionibacteria: from characterization to health benefits”

Speaker: Seppo Salminen. Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.  

15.30-16.00      Short Lectures

“A surface peptidoglycan-lytic enzyme mediates the immune-stimulatory effects of Bifidobacterium bifidum MIMBb75 on dendritic cells”

Speaker: Simone Guglielmetti (Milan University, Milan, Italy)

16.00-16.30    Coffee Break / Poster viewing

16.30-17.00      Short Lectures

“Comparative analysis of a highly diverse set of bifidobacteria using in vitro cellular models towards an alleviation of IBS symptoms”

Speaker: Biliana Lesic (Danone Research, Palaiseau, France)

17.00-17.30      Short Lectures

“Promising immunomodulatory effects of selected strains of Propionibacterium freudenreichii  evidenced in vitro and in vivo

Speaker: Gwénaël Jan (STLO-INRA, Rennes, France)

17.30-18.15    Poster presentations

Patricia López (Spain)
Julia Preising (Germany)
Nuria Salazar (Spain)
José-Antonio Moreno (Spain)

Departure 21.30   Gala Dinner

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010

Morning

9.30.                Session 5. Omics and Molecular Approaches

Chair: Dr. Abelardo Margolles (IPLA-CSIC, Asturias, Spain)

9.30-10.30      Plenary Lecture

“Functional analysis of a prototype Bifidobacterium through ‘omics’ approaches”

Speaker: Douwe van Sinderen. National University of Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland.

10.30-11.00      Short Lectures

“The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium bifidum 317B reveals genetic strategies for utilization of host derived glycans”

Speaker: Marco Ventura (University of Parma, Parma, Italy)

11.00-11.30    Coffee Break / Poster viewing

11.30-12.00      Short Lectures

“The (pan)genomics and glycobiology of Bifidobacterium longum utilization of human milk oligosaccharides”

Speaker: David Sela (University of California, Davis, CA, USA)

12.00-12.30      Short Lectures

“The complete genome of Propionibacterium freudenreichii CIRM 1, a hardy actinobacteria with food and probiotic applications”

Speaker: Hélène Falentin (STLO-INRA, Rennes, France)

12.30-13.15    Poster presentations

Marion Dalmasso (France)
Pablo Álvarez (Ireland)
Deborah Moine (Switzerland)

13.15-13.30    Concluding remarks and closing

Speaker: Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán (IPLA-CSIC, Asturias, Spain)

13.30-15.00    Lunch

International Journal of Food Microbiology special issue: Speakers of Plenary and Short Lectures are invited to submit an original article to IJFM before September, 30th, 2010. The papers will be subjected to the usual peer review process maintaining the quality standard of the journal.


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