PRESENTATIONS
Overall Chair: Dr David Vauzour (University of East Anglia, UK)
Overall Co-Chair: Dr Jonathan Farrimond (Lucozade Ribena Suntory,UK)
Rapporteur: Ms Emma Flanagan (University of East Anglia, UK)
Co-Rapporteur: Dr Daniel Lamport (University of Reading, UK)
Day 1 – Thursday 30th August 2018
Session 1: Biomarkers of food intake and cognitive health
Nutrient biomarkers and brain ageing outcomes in epidemiological studies
Cecilia Samieri, INSERM Bordeaux (FR)
Biomarkers of food intake
Gunther Kuhnle, University of Reading (UK)
Modifying biomarkers as a way of preserving cognitive health – Homocysteine as an example
David Smith, Oxford University (UK)
Session 2: Microbiome: Impact on brain function
Microbiome and ageing – dietary microbiome modulation for improved mental and physical quality of life in old age
Kieran Tuohy, Fondazione Edmund Mach (IT)
Modulation of brain biology and function by gut bacteria
Philip Burnet, University of Oxford (UK)
Gut microbiota as an emerging target to attain longevity
Silvia Turroni, University of Bologna (IT)
Day 2 – Friday 31st August 2018
Session 3: Lifestyle factors affecting food efficacy and cognitive function
Early-life probiotics and gut-brain axis: lessons from paediatrics
Marko Kalliomäki, University of Turku (FI)
Diet and other lifestyle behaviours in relation to cognition in older Greeks – Results from the HELIAD study
Mary Yannakoulia, Harokopio University (GR)
Phospholipids metabolism, nutrition and cognitive ageing (not available)
Martijn de Wilde, Danone, (NL)
Session 4: New Avenues: New methodologies applied to cognitive decline
Measurement and analysis issues in cognitive testing
Louise Dye, University of Leeds (UK)
Brain metabolic rescue during ageing: implications for cognitive function
Stephen Cunnane, University of Sherbrooke (CA)
Metabolomic approach to identify novel biomarkers
Lorraine Brennan, University College Dublin (IE)
Biomarkers of ageing
Aleix Sala-Vila, IDIBAPS (ES)
Outcomes of the LipiDiDiet Study (not available)
Tobias Hartmann, University of Saarland (DE)
Session 5: The way forward
Mini-brains as versatile tools for brain research
Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (US)
Nutrition programs in care units
Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Boston University School of Medicine (US)
Meeting standards for cognitive health claims
Karin Verzijden, Axon Lawyers (NL)
Featured Posters
2. Association between depressive symptoms and feeding aspects in community dwelling elderly from São Paulo city-Brazil: a population-based study (Dr Sandra Maria Lima Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, BR)
3. Plasma endotoxemia, inflammation and long-term risk of Alzheimer’s disease among elderly community-dwellers (Ms Perrine André, INSERM – University of Bordeaux, FR)
4. Valerolactones and healthy Ageing: LInking Dietary factors, nutrient biomarkers, metabolic status and inflammation with cognition in older adults – The VALID Project (Dr Donato Angelino, University of Parma, IT)
6. Dietary patterns and dementia in older people (Dr Mary Yannakoulia, Harokopio University of Athens, GR)
7. Factors associated with risk of malnutrition in younger and older elderly people (Dr Mary Yannakoulia, Harokopio University of Athens, GR)
8. Strain-specific, stress-modulating effects of probiotics: a systematic screening in a mouse model of chronic restraint stress (Dr Elaine Patterson, Danisco Sweetners Oy, FI)
9. An interdisciplinary approach to the consumption of polyphenol-rich cocoa products over 8 weeks: their effect on cognitive function in individuals aged 50 to 60 years old (Ms Ruth Ashaye, Queen Margaret University, UK)
10. Protective effects of red berry and cocoa polyphenols against age-related cognitive impairment (Dr Sonia de Pascual-Teresa, University of Salamanca, ES)
11. B-vitamin therapy lowers homocysteine and improves cognitive outcomes in the randomized FAVORIT Ancillary Cognitive Trial (Prof. Aron Troen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL)
12. The Effects of Betaine on Brain and Liver in Methionine & Choline Deficient Rats (Prof. Aron Troen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL)
13. Plasma homocysteine is a poor biomarker of brain one-carbon metabolism in rat models of dietary hyperhomocysteinemia (Prof. Aron Troen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL)
14. CogniXtra preventive treatment affords neuroprotection against amyloid beta 25-35 peptide-induced toxicity in mice (Dr Laura Ceolin, Amylgen, FR)
15. Building Bridges between Persons with Parkinson’s and Scientific Research in Nutrition, Food Science and Pharmacotherapy (Dr Randy Mellaerts, Parki’s KookAtelier VZW, BE)
16. Maternal dietary supplementation with resveratrol prevents cognitive impairment in offspring of SAMP8 mice model: role for epigenetic changes and oxidative stress (Ms Vanessa Izquierdo Cadenas , University of Barcelona, ES)
17. Intestinal microbiota transition from adulthood to old age (Dr Miguel Gueimonde Fernandez, Instituto de Productos Lacteos de Asturias (IPLA-CSIC), ES)
18. Vitamin E effects in a mouse model of accelerated aging (Dr Giorgio La Fata, DSM, CH)
19. An online platform suitable for evaluating the cognitive effects of nutrition and nutraceuticals in individuals aged 50 and over (Prof. Keith Wesnes, University of Exeter, UK)
20. The utility of online cognitive testing in large longitudinal research trials (Prof. Keith Wesnes, University of Exeter, UK)
21. The acute effects of two date fruit extracts on mood and cognition on young healthy volunteers (Ms Duaa Altuwariki, University of Newcastle, UK)
23. Probiotics for the ageing brain (Dr Saskia Van Hemert, Winclove Probiotics, NL)
24. MedEx-UK: A feasibility study exploring the effects of a Mediterranean diet and physical activity intervention for the prevention of dementia (Dr Oliver Shannon, University of Newcastle, UK)
25. The impact of an eight-week intervention with whole beetroot on cognitive test scores in healthy older adults (Ms Tess Capper, University of Newcastle, UK)
26. Eating behaviours of brain friendly foods in adults: A pilot study from Turkey (Ms Deniz Miray Arca, Sabri Ulker Food Research Foundation, TR)
27. Neuroprotective potential of polyphenol-rich juices: in vitro molecular mechanisms (Dr Victor López, University of San Jorge, ES)
29. The Rhineland Study: an epidemiologic platform for research into the determinants of brain health (Prof. Monique Breteler, German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, DE)