A faculty of local and international scientists will conduct the one week advanced theoretical training course for young scientists interested in 'NUTRITION AND DISEASE: Biochemical and Molecular Insights'. The course will include lectures and tutorials on the topic.
The course is open to all nationalities. Selection of the trainees will be on a competitive basis and only outstanding applicants will be selected to participate in the course. Applicants must be senior PhD students, postdoctoral fellows or young academics under the age of 35 who are in possession of a PhD degree with the appropriate background knowledge and expertise in the area of the course.
| Name |
Address |
Topics |
| Prof Angelo Azzi |
Tufts University, USA
angelo.azzi@tufts.edu |
1. Vitamin E and cardiovascular disease: hopes and reality
2. Antioxidants: a panacea for all diseases? |
| Prof Efstathios S. Gonos |
Institute of Biological Research & Biotechnology, Athens, Greece
sgonos@eie.gr |
1. Genetic and environmental factors of human ageing and longevity
2. Proteasome activation as a novel anti-ageing strategy |
| Prof John Speakman |
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
j.speakman@abdn.ac.uk |
1. Caloric restriction: is less (nutrition) really more (life) ?
2. Effects of graded Caloric restriction on the mouse |
| Prof Anne Lartey |
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
aalartey@ug.edu.gh |
1. Malnutrition in early life: consequences for adult health
2. Nutritional interventions to improve infant and young child nutrition in Africa |
| Dr Klaus Kraemer |
DSM Nutritional Products
SIGHT AND LIFE
klaus.kraemer@dsm.com |
1. Micronutrient deficiencies: a global perspective
2. Nutritional anaemia: aetiology and mitigation strategies |
| Prof Este Vorster |
University of the NorthWest, South Africa
este.vorster@nwu.ac.za |
1. Nutrition as a multidisciplinary domain of science and practice
2. The nutrition transition: causes and consequences |
| Prof Akshay Anand |
Department of Neurology,
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh, INDIA |
1. Nutrition and Alzheimer's disease: An overview
2. Does diet influence pathogenesis of ALS through neurovascular pathway? |
| Prof Belma Turan |
Department of Biophysics,
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine,
Ankara 06100, Turkey |
1. Biological trace elements in health and disease: a summary on role of intracellular zinc in living cells.
2. Selenium and Disease: Electrophysiological and Biochemical Insights. |
