Organized by
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
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| Conference Program (tentative) |
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| 0730 - 0845 |
Registration |
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| 0845 - 0900 |
Opening and Welcome Address |
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| SESSION 1: |
Overview of immune function, immune development and the role of nutrition |
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| 0900 - 0930 |
Overview of the immune system: Impact of nutritional status
Prof Chan Soh Ha, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore |
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| 0930 - 1010 |
Immune development during infancy: Significance of maternal nutrition and other dietary factors
Prof Harsham Gil, Department of Primary Industries, Australis |
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| 1010 - 1030 |
Tea Break |
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| 1030 - 1110 |
Recent findings in infant nutrition and immunity
Prof Pedro Gutiérrez-Castrellón, National Pediatric Institute, Mexico |
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| SESSION 2: |
Micronutrients and immunity |
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| 1110 - 1150 |
Recent advances in the effect of micronutrient supplementation on immune response and infectious morbidity in children
Prof Sunil Sazawal, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
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| 1150 - 1230 |
Immunomodulatory actions of Vitamin D
Dr Adrian Martineau, Barts and the London School of Medicine, UK |
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| 1230 - 1400 |
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing |
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| SESSION 3: |
Effect of stress, ageing, and exercise on immunity: The role of diet |
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| 1400 - 1445 |
Age-associated immune and imflammatory dysregulation: Impact of nutrition
Prof Dayong Wu, JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Ageing at Tufts University |
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| 1445 - 1530 |
Omega-3 PUFA and the immune/inflammatory response in humans
Dr Daniel Raederstorff, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, Switzerland |
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| 1530 - 1550 |
Tea Break |
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| 1550 - 1620 |
Immunonutrition in critical illness: Recent findings
Prof Pedro Gutierrez-Castrellon, National Pediatric Institute, Mexico |
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| 1620 - 1700 |
The role of nutrition in regulating the immunological responses to exercises
Prof David Cameron-Smith, Deakin Unviersity, Australia |
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| SESSION 4: |
Foods and bioactive food components that enhance immune function |
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| 0900 - 0940 |
Probiotics for the treatment and prevention of allergic disease
Prof Mimi Tang, Department of Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia |
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| 0940 - 1000 |
Specific strains of intestinal lactic acid bacteria modulate innate infant immunity
Prof Lee Yuan Kun, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National Unviersity of Singapore |
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| 1000 - 1040 |
Establishment of microbiota and influencingg factors including c-section - concept of probiotics
Prof Patricia Conway, University of New South Wales, Australia |
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| 1040 - 1110 |
Tea Break & Poster Viewing |
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| 1110 - 1140 |
Immune modulation effects of prebiotics in infancy
Prof Johan Garssen, Numico Research, Wageningen, Netherlands |
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| 1140 - 1210 |
Specific micronutrient fortification of milk including zinc and iron reduce morbidity and improve anemia, iron status, growth and physical activity among 1-4 year old children - a community based, double masked, randomized trial
Prof Sunil Sazawal, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
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| 1210 - 1400 |
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing |
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| SESSION 5: |
Asian Studies on Diet and Immunity |
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| 1400 - 1430 |
Beneficial effect of soybean saponin and capsaicin against inflammation-associated pathologies
Prof Rina Yu, University of Ulsan, Korea |
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| 1430 - 1450 |
Chinese wolfberry and immune functions
Prof Chan Soh Ha, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore |
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| 1450 - 1510 |
White button mushroom promotes natural killer and dendritic cell functions
Prof Dayong Wu, JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Ageing at Tufts Universitty |
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| 1510 - 1540 |
Tea Break |
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| 1540 - 1600 |
The effect of vitamin E from palm oil on immune response to tetanus toxoid immunization
Prof Ammu Radhakrishnan, International Medical University, Malaysia |
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| 1600 - 1620 |
Probiotic properties of lactic acid bacteria isolated from dadih, a traditional Indonesian fermented milk
Prof Ingrid Surono, SEAMEO-TROPMED RCCN-University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia |
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| 1620 - 1630 |
Closing Remark |
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